When Psychiatry Meets Mythology
Loshini Rajentharan explains why mythological vignettes help her reflect on her work with psychiatric patients.
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.
‘Mrs Average of the UK’ Makes Something of Her Menopause
Arlene Jackson’s reflective cyanotype prints allow the sun’s rays to transform a body dehumanised by sexist medical disbelief into ‘something extraordinary’.
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.
Borrowing Stories
Chris Bowlby considers the nature of legacy and grief as he reflects on preparing his son Ewan’s work for publication after his death.
Beyond the Journal Article: Making Trans+ Autistic Health Research Accessible
In the first of two pieces about their zine, Cervical screening for trans+ autistic people: A tool for self advocacy, researchers Georgia Rivers and Katie Munday discuss the pressing need for accessible community resources and why they chose to create one for themselves.
The Body in Pain Across Languages: Translating Medical Records into Art
Elena Foulis and Julieta Manrique consider additional ways to understand people’s experiences with illness and pain beyond spoken languages, focusing on Manrique’s paintings of her experiences with fibromyalgia.
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.
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.