Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities
Benjamin Dalton and Rebecca Rosenberg give an overview of the programme for the forthcoming conference ‘Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities’, 29-31 July 2021.
The End of Care: Notes on ‘Assisted Suicide’ in Noëlle Châtelet’s La dernière leçon
Adina Stroia explores care as durational practice in Noëlle Châtelet’s writings on her mother’s decision to end her own life. Part of the series ‘Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities’, guest edited for The Polyphony by Rebecca Rosenberg and Benjamin Dalton.
From Babe to Baba: female ageing in Dubravka Ugresić’s Baba Yaga Laid an Egg.
Roxana Elena Doncu explores female ageing in Dubravka Ugresić’s novel Baba Yaga Laid an Egg. Part of the series ‘Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities’, guest edited for The Polyphony by Rebecca Rosenberg and Benjamin Dalton.
Ecologies of Skin, Gender and Landscape: an Experiment with Practice as Research
Freya Verlander reflects on an experiment leading seminar participants on a virtual ‘skin safari’. Part of the series ‘Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities’, guest edited for The Polyphony by Rebecca Rosenberg and Benjamin Dalton.
Something from Nothing? Constructing a narrative when a baby dies at birth
Tamarin Norwood considers how writing practices might help support parents bereaved at birth. Part of the series ‘Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities’, guest edited for The Polyphony by Rebecca Rosenberg and Benjamin Dalton.
Literature as activism in the fight to eradicate FGM
Maria Tomlinson explores the portrayal of FGM in Adelle Barry’s short story “En attendant minuit”. Part of the series ‘Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities’, guest edited for The Polyphony by Rebecca Rosenberg and Benjamin Dalton.
Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities
Rebecca Rosenberg and Benjamin Dalton introduce a ten-day takeover of The Polyphony by Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities.
Australasian Health and Medical Humanities Network Launch and Inaugural Symposium
The Australasian Health and Medical Humanities Network was launched in June 2021. Elizabeth Stephens, Claire Hooker, Keren Hammerschlag, Sandra Carr, and Karin Sellberg outline the network’s aims and give an overview of current medical humanities practice in Australia.
The (in)visibility of human tissue (journey of a dermatological mole)
How does technological innovation in the medical field give rise to new and expert ‘ways of seeing’? Researchers Jojanneke Drogt and Megan Milota, working in collaboration with pathologist Shoko Vos, trace the journey of a dermatological mole ‘in’ and ‘out’ of visibility to reveal different modes of ‘perceiving’ in relation to medical images.
Figuring the Nurse
Michaela Clark on stereotypes, nostalgia, and present day health inequalities in artist Sue Greeff’s personal & pictorial history of nursing in South Africa.