Of or About: Classifying Memoirs Concerning Schizophrenia
Arunima A. Vasudevan examines the need for an academic distinction between ‘memoirs of’ and ‘memoirs about’ schizophrenia to better account for complexity of expression within the experience.
Respectful Disposal: an exhibition inviting public views on incinerating human remains
Mark Shtanov invites readers of The Polyphony to the exhibition Respectful Disposal, taking place at Saan1 Gallery in Manchester on 25–26 July.
Queer methods of presence, proximity, and pressure
Susie Russell examines her experience of embodiment, relationality, and interdependence at the 2025 PhD School: Queer Methodologies in Medical Humanities.
The Architecture of Suffering: Notes from a Johannesburg Trauma Ward
Louis Kennedy reflects on working at a public trauma hospital in Johannesburg, unpicking how it operates as a ‘sociostructural space of pain’.
Co-Production and Physical Activity: Reflections from Research, Practice, and Lived Experience
Crystal Voyle, Michelle Pullen, and Kate Marks reflect on the key points raised at the Co-Production and Physical Activity event held at Durham University in March 2026.
Necessary Independence: Ableism in Natural Disaster Discourse
Lydia Chung illuminates the structural ableism in disaster response design.
Metaphor Map for Psychiatric Experiences
Anita Wohlmann and Birgit Bundesen introduce us to the ‘Metaphor Map’- a way to help those express, listen to, and create meaning out of psychic experience.
Glasgoscopy: Creative Writing as Reflective Practice
Vicki Husband uses her poetic perspective to reflect on the practice and pedagogy of occupational therapy in her book Glasgoscopy.
Feeling Detached After a Traumatic Experience
Inspired by both personal history and intellectual curiosity, researcher Molly Scott examines the impact of bodily disconnect on responses to touch in those who have experienced trauma.
Time of Mattering: Disidentification and Care in Small Rain
Marie Cuvelier explores how the temporal logics of hospitalisation are subtly resisted in Gareth Greenwell’s 2025 novel Small Rain.