Ontological Friction: Understanding Dysmenorrhea through Multiplicity
Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain.
Every Pill I Took
Prompted by Michael Lorenzini’s Every Pill I Took (2022), Peder Clark explores the materiality of Ecstasy pills, thinking about the possible meanings behind- and consequences of- their brash branding.
Narrating Anxiety through Lovecraftian Horror
Büke Sağlam takes us through the weird and wonderful world of Lovecraft’s writings, exploring the link between his work, his anxieties, and posthumanist thinking.
Posthumanism in the Medical Humanities
Anna McFarlane examines the impact a posthumanistic approach can have within critical medical humanities research
Nature’s Medicine: Could Green Prescribing Shape the Future of our Health?
Shauna Walker contextualises the UK government’s recent investment in ‘green social prescribing.’
Lunar Chronicles: Belief and Bodies in Pain
In this highly personal piece Deepsikha Dasgupta recounts the intersection between lunar phases and the arthritic pain experienced by women in her family.
Making Sense of Animal Research and Ourselves: The Importance of Vulnerability
In the second of our Animals in Medicine series, Renelle McGlacken invites us to think about the moral legitimacy of animal research through the lens of vulnerability. The moral legitimacy of animal research can
Thinking with Non-human Animals in the Medical Humanities
In the first post of our Animals in Medicine series, Camille Bellet asks us to look beyond the human-centric instrumentalisation of animals in both health research and critical medical humanities scholarship. Take a close
A critical posthuman call to make ‘person-centered care’ messier
Jamie Smith, a practicing nurse, brings a critical posthuman approach to ‘person-centre care’- urging us to question the assumptions that underly the widely employed framework. As a nurse, privilege is made perceptible to me
Visiting the “Can robots care?” exhibition: report from the launch
Beata Gubacsi reflects on the “Can robots care?” exhibition launch, the first big event of the Imagining Posthuman Care project, bringing together medicine, technology, and popular culture through posthumanism, running until 16th October 2022.