When Psychiatry Meets Mythology

Loshini Rajentharan explains why mythological vignettes help her reflect on her work with psychiatric patients.

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The ‘Gotcha’: AI and the Reception of Laundry Lists

What role do intention, generation, and reception play in creativity? When does an artefact become art? James de Lullington responds to the Interdisciplinary AI workshop held at the Institute of Medical Humanities in June 2026.

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Sex, Relationships and Social Care for Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities  

Georgia Rivers and Monique Huysamen discuss how social care policy can better understand the way in which autistic adults and people with learning disabilities express their desires.

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Apparently Recovered: An Interview with Monika Pietrzak-Franger on her New Visual Study of Long Covid

Genevieve Smart interviews Professor Monika Pietrzak-Franger on Apparently Recovered: A Study of Long Covid. The interview focuses on health invisibility, stigma, and the right to hope.

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A blue wall with the words 'You Choose' written and underlined in white to imitate a pharmaceutical advert or design. The subheading 'Healthcare made just for you' is written underneath.

‘You Choose’: 3D Pills, Cancer, and Personalised Medicine in the Museum

Claire Turner and Jack Gann explore questions of personalised medicine, digital technologies, and prevalent health concerns in the exhibition You Choose.

Epidemic Narratives

Dilip K. Das introduces an interdisciplinary framework for epidemic narratives in India by drawing on methods from literature, social theory, and public health. He explores how communities, writers, and scholars make sense of outbreak narratives.

A geometric structure features terracotta-orange blocks arranged like steps leading up to a platform holding three brass vessels. The structure is encased in a minimalist black metal frame forming pointed arches. In the background, large-scale photographs of historical stepwell architecture are visible through the arches.

Holding and Beholding Art

Surjavo Sen Gupta reimagines a multisensory art gallery as a space for restoration and ocular relief through his time as a walk leader at the Flowing Heritage exhibition at Arthshila.

A sliver of light falls on Kari's sleeping face. The atmosphere is dark and grimy.

The Boatman of the Sewers: Queering Graphic Medicine

Suniti Madaan discusses how Amruta Patil’s graphic narrative Kari reconceptualises graphic medicine to trace the sociocultural and temporal paradigms of sickness in Mumbai.

DMS 69: Art Activism as Rebellion Against Psychiatric Authority

Dolly Sen dismantles psychiatric authority through art activism, exposing the politics of diagnosis and reclaiming the narrative of madness.

A stock photo of a medical encounter. A female patient sits on a sofa gesturing with an angry face at a woman in a white coat facing her.

Whose Body is it Anyway? Epistemic Injustices in Healthcare

Leo Gunn explores epistemic injustice, "a wrong done to someone specifically in their capacity as a knower" in chronic illness.

Person with long dark hair sitting indoors, arms wrapped around their knees, wearing a sleeveless black top, with body language and facial expression suggesting distress.

When “A Bit Unwell” Means a Lot

Xue Dong examines a seemingly euphemistic expression used by Chinese patients that may actually suggest serious discomfort.

Cartographies of Disability through Creative Practice

In our next creative piece for the 'In Practice' project, Greg Hohman explores disability, geography and mobility through his digital cartography titled Travels of a Disabled Person Who Does Not Drive in 'America's Finest City (2003-2025).

Breathing Together: Multispecies Care in Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes  

Anuj Kumar brings together ecological vulnerability, multispecies care, and relational health in his reading of Shaunak Sen’s film All That Breathes.