In the Zine House: The Kitchen
We explore zines that centre food in Part Four of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities. Most good zine titles involve a pun. This title is a
In the Zine House: The Bathroom
In Part Three of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities, we move from the living room to the bathroom, containing zines around (Self-)Care. Most good zine titles
In the Zine House: The Living Room
In Part Two of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities, we move from the bedroom to the living room, where we encounter zines about trauma and memory.
In the Zine House: The Bedroom
In this six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities, Lea Cooper starts in the bedroom, where many zines begin their lives. Most good zine titles involve a pun. This title
Challenging Narrative in the Critical Medical Humanities
MedHums 101: Tom Hey explores the role of illness narrative in the medical humanities, from its importance in cementing the field to crucial questions about what lies beyond. Once upon a time in the
‘Breast Cancer Inside Out’: Book Review
Gita Ralleigh reviews , Breast Cancer Inside Out: Bodies, Biographies & Beliefs, edited by Kimberly R. Myers (Peter Lang, 2021) In Breast Cancer Inside Out, Kimberly Myers, a medical humanities scholar who
The Radical Healing Possibilities of Witchcare
In August 2021, the Witch Institute convened witches, activists, artists, filmmakers, curators, historians, scholars, feminists, healers, and more to explore the radical possibilities and dangers under Western capitalist colonialism of witchy ways of knowing, being, caring,
Confabulations: Art Practice, Art History, Critical Medical Humanities
Launched in October 2021, Confabulations: Art Practice, Art History, Critical Medical Humanities aims to make explicit the contributions that artists and art historians can make to debates and developments in critical medical humanities. Convenors Fiona Johnstone, Allison Morehead and Imogen Wiltshire reflect on the programme so far.
‘Archiving an Epidemic’: Book Review
Louisa Hann reviews Robb Hernández’s Archiving an Epidemic: Art, AIDS, and the Queer Avant-Garde (New York: New York University Press, 2019). The broad and ever-expanding domain of HIV/AIDS arts and performance scholarship has faced
Endometriosis, pain and paintings – where science meets art
Following endometriosis awareness month, scientist and researcher Danielle Perro questions the use of art as a tool within clinical practice when researching endometriosis-associated pain. Endometriosis; a chronic inflammatory condition characterised by tissue similar to that