Surviving a metaphorical suffocation: Daisy Lafarge’s Life Without Air
Alba de Juan explores the intersection of climate anxiety, social breakdown, and the lyrical verse through Daisy Lafarge’s poetry collection Life Without Air (2020).
From clinical placement to simulation: the future of nursing education?
Eva-Maria Willis, Jamie Smith, and Iris Epstein discuss the increasing use of simulation training in nursing, its implications, and the possibilities of a posthuman perspective.
We should talk about our methodological failures
Claudia Sterbini articulates why medical humanities scholars should critically reflect upon methodological challenges to encourage collaboration
DisCrit in the Medical Humanities
Christina Lee outlines the core tenets of Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) and discusses its necessary application in the medical humanities field.
The Dismantled Clock: Chronicling Parietal Osteosarcoma and Waiting for Healing
Sayendri Panchadhyayi considers a journey of waiting for recovery from a rare health condition, reflecting on questions of selfhood and fractured time, provoked by the experience of malady.
Munnabhai MBBS (2003) and the Germination of Medical Humanities in India
Shrishti Dey, Anandita Saraswat and Aratrika Das reflect upon the need to assimilate a humanistic understanding of medicine into the landscape of Indian healthcare through Rajkumar Hirani’s 2003 film Munnabhai MBBS.
Jack Moyse, You and I. Ffotogallery Cardiff.
Fiona Johnstone reviews an exhibition of photographic works by Jack Moyse, a young artist living with muscular dystrophy.
Medizinische Geisteswissenschaften, Sciences humaines en médecine, Scienze umane mediche: Medical Humanities in Switzerland
Marc Keller considers the establishment of medical humanities in Switzerland as a diverse and institutionally open field and asks where the untapped potential of this multilingual country might lie.
Madness, Control and Agency in Video Games
Researcher Rebecca Milton explores the unique ability of interactive video games to represent experiences of Madness
Affecting Healing through Exorcism: Cases from Contemporary Japan
Andrea De Antoni explores experiences of spirit possession and healing through exorcism, by focusing on situated affects and interactions.