The Polyphony launched in September 2018 and our catalogue of new content is growing rapidly.
While The Polyphony is developing you can also explore archive posts from our old blog centreformedicalhumanities.org
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Whistle While You Work (For Nothing): Positive Affect as Coercive Strategy – The Case of Workfare
In this post, Lynne Friedli and Robert Stearn look at the role of psychological coercion, notably through the imposition of positive affect, in UK Government workfare programmes. There has been little -
The DSM5 Debates: Searching for the voices of those living under, through, and beyond psychiatric diagnoses
Next week, on June 4–5, 2013, I will be speaking at the DSM-5 extravaganza taking place at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. There is a 2-day international conference -
Medical Humanities and Literary Medicine
Medical Humanities and Literary Medicine Brandy Schillace, PhD Managing Editor, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry The designation “medical humanities” is a relatively new one. The British Medical Journal began its run -
Towards a Cultural History of Exhaustion
Anna Katharina Schaffner writes: In the age of burn-out, in which even the pope – traditionally a beacon of unwavering faith and indefatigable service until death – has cited both -
Tilery Lanterns 2012 – The night before…
It has been a hectic two days down at Tilery; lanterns have been finished off and papered at quite a rate. There are now some mighty creatures at home in
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The Therapist: Musicians Go to the Doctor
The recent suicides of musicians such as Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington highlight a dark thread in popular music and renew the importance of mental-health -
Reviews on The Polyphony
We are delighted to introduce our Reviews section and also to kickstart our call for reviewers. The Polyphony aims to showcase reviews of books, exhibitions and -
A hand on the arm: Gesture, neurodiversity and performance
Not I (TourettesHero) and A Certain Sense of Order (Tick Tock) ‘I can’t say how many times I’ve felt so happy’ says Jess Thom, ‘for a hand -
Imagining Other-Wise: Speculations on Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Future of Bioethics
Esther Jones gives a teaser of her keynote at this week’s Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research Congress at the University of Leeds. Science and -
Space travellers, refugees and the power of images
Guido Furci reflects on the power of images in his pedagogic practice, and responds to Fiona Johnnstone’s post on the potential of visual culture in the medical