Roshni Beeharry, a medical educator and Writing for Wellbeing and Personal Development facilitator, reflects on the multitude of ways creative writing practice contributes to a well-rounded healthcare education. In 2013, I formally explored the
How may individuals with sensory acuity and struggling with fear and anxiety be encouraged to participate more in social activities? Dawn-joy Leong reimagines conducive spaces for all, inspired by natural Autistic ways of coping
Joanna Ingham reflects on her experience of ovarian health and using poetry to explore illness, bodies, and grief. MRI Because I am asked so often if I have metal in my body, and I
Reflecting on her four-decade nursing career, Sue Spencer uses poetry to explore justice, values and change. I read an earlier version of this poem at an event I organised that “celebrated” 40 years since
To kick off 2023, The Polyphony is pleased to welcome three new associate editors to our team: Alexander Henry, Jordan McCullough, and Eva Surawy Stepney. Alex will join the Reviews team and Jordan and
In the final part of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities, we move through the Hallway and out onto the Balcony to consider zines, libraries and research.
Editor in Chief Chase Ledin takes a look at The Polyphony activities from 2022 Here at The Polyphony, we have had an incredible publication year in 2022. First, we published a wide range of
Harriet Cooper reviews Medical Education, Politics and Social Justice by Alan Bleakley (Routledge, 2021). Alan Bleakley’s latest book Medical Education, Politics and Social Justice (Routledge, 2021) presents a new vision for what medical education
How does literature question dementia as a category of difference? Monika Leipelt-Tsai explores narratives about dementing diseases in contemporary German-Language literary texts and argues that dementia narratives can disrupt the current order of knowledge
Zines that connect to plants, the environment and nature often distribute knowledges with long histories as well as offering new ways of relating to the future, says Lea Cooper in part five of their
