Eva Surawy Stepney

Great to see this! Such an interesting piece. Tagging @kristinhussey.bsky.social 🙌

Between the Lab and the Clinic: Perspectives from Medical Humanities and Science and Technology Studies (STS) Kristin D. Hussey and Hannah Star Rogers draw on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think through how the ‘lab’ is being employed across the medical humanities.

Kristin D. Hussey and Hannah Star Rogers draw on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think through how the ‘lab’ is being employed across the medical humanities.

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The Paradox of Purity: Envisioning Theoretical Directions for Critical OCD Studies: Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies: Vol 20, No 1 This article imagines some theoretical directions for what is deemed as “critical OCD studies.” Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized in both clinical and cultural discourse as a preoccupation with order. This article moves beyond the ...

I have a new article published today! Written with my fellow OCD-ist. Accepted a couple of years ago, the piece envisions theoretical directions for critical OCD studies through approaching order/control through a social and experiential lens.

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Beyond Reductionism: Reimagining Medical Education through the Humanities Vivek N. D. reviews Alan Bleakley’s ‘Medical Humanities: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics (2024)’, examining the contemporary purpose of medical humanities in medical education.

My book review of Alan Bleakley’s "Medical Humanities: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics" out now in @the-polyphony.bsky.social Much thanks to Grace Brimacombe-Rand and @evasurawy.bsky.social for the sharp edits and support!

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My short article on ‘ontological friction’ is out now! Super grateful to @evasurawy.bsky.social for the incredible support

Thanks so much for everything, Arya. For your creativity and commitment!

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.

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.
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"When anti-stigma campaigns shift away from acting on the wider determinants of health [..] they tend to [..] reproduce inequalities."

#RecalibratingStigma

@oliwilliams.bsky.social @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social
Tanisha Spratt

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Reproductive norms: stigma and disruptions in family-building In the final of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Caroline Law and Harriet Cooper explores how stigma operates in relation to reproductive norms.

Lastly Caroline Law and @harrietcooper.bsky.social pull together their respective analyses of male infertility and parenting disabled children to consider how stigma is involved in shaping and maintaining reproductive norms and idealised notions of family. 4/5

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Recalibrating Stigma Recalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r...

Thanks @the-polyphony.bsky.social for sharing your platform with us to give people a sense of what's in the new edited collection 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness' Available as a free e-book or relatively inexpensive paperback 5/5

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Recalibrating Stigma Gareth Thomas, Tanisha Spratt, Oli Williams, and Amy Chandler reflect on the 2023 symposium: Recalibrating Stigma, Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness.

2 years ago @the-polyphony.bsky.social kindly invited me @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social & Tanisha to write about the book we were putting together on stigma (see ⬇️). Now it's out @brisunipress.bsky.social they've let us do a mini-takeover! 1/5

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What’s wrong with anti-stigma? In the first of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Oli Williams, Gareth M. Thomas, Amy Chandler, and Tanisha Spratt introduce the concept of anti-stigma.

In the first of our 'Recalibrating Stigma' mini-takeover, Oli Williams, Gareth M. Thomas, Amy Chandler, and Tanisha Spratt introduce the concept of anti-stigma.

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On David Wojnarowicz, politics, and gestures — Lisa Diedrich This is the final weekend for the exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art of the work of David Wojnarowicz, “History Keeps Me Awake at Night.” I can’t recommend the show enough, especi...

On World AIDS Day, reposting this piece on David Wojnarowicz, politics, & gestures that draws on one of my snapshots of illness-thought-activism in time in my book Indirect Action.
#IllnessPolitics

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Gut Feelings: Challenging Crip Gut Stigma Órla Meadhbh Murray introduces the Gut Feelings course: a space for people to narrate, explore, and challenge their experience of gut symptoms.

Órla Meadhbh Murray introduces the Gut Feelings course: a space for people to narrate, explore, and challenge their experience of gut symptoms.

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Am I queer enough? When theory and lived experience collide David Woodhead reflects on being gay and getting older.

David Woodhead reflects on being gay and getting older.

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Not long left to apply to be an editor at the Polyphony!

Some of my favourite people on a panel @ historical materialism @drrobertchapman.bsky.social

Come and work with me! :D

Privilege and Pain: Why the Medical Humanities Matter Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.

I recently wrote a reflective piece for the Polyphony blog @the-polyphony.bsky.social explaining the motivations behind my work on ME, and what I think a medical humanities approach has to offer this field - and health research more generally

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Privilege and Pain: Why the Medical Humanities Matter Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.

Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.

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This year, I've been lucky enough to work with @actionforme.bsky.social, as part of a collaboration between Action for ME and @durhamimh.bsky.social. (More on this soon!)

For now, this reflective post explains my motivations - and what I believe a collaborative, cross-sector approach can achieve.

Crip Time and the Recovery Paradigm: Clashes Between Institutional and Lived Temporality Employing Alison Kafer’s concept of ‘crip time’ as a mode of writing, Ayeong unravels the recovery paradigm and its institutional salience.

Employing Alison Kafer's 'crip time' as a mode of writing, Ayeong unravels the recovery paradigm and its institutional salience.

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Really enjoyed working with Yann on this, important and thoughtful reflections from clinical practice

“Not Like Them”: Opacity, Disidentification, and the Queer Art of Refusal in the Therapeutic Encounter Yann Phesans interrogates the concept of therapeutic neutrality, combining personal history and clinical experience to offer an alternative.

Yann Phesans interrogates the concept of therapeutic neutrality, combining personal history and clinical experience to offer an alternative.

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Queer science in action: “As Max put it, ‘Be open to surprises…biology will surprise you. Let the animals tell you something different about the world than what you thought.’ He was talking abt frogs, of course. But also abt the many, many other animals who don’t live quite the way we might expect.”

‘It’s a monster’: How generative AI is forcing university professors to rethink learning As students turn to ChatGPT, educators warn that critical thinking, academic integrity and the future of the humanities are at stake

I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Really like Christina's interrogation of the terms "town hall" and "circus" in this piece on listening exercises and the question of who is able to speak / who can be heard #DisabilityMatters

Transforming Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Through Disability Christina Lee introduces the context behind Disability Matters’ upcoming ‘Online Town Hall Circus’ event which will take place on the 19th of September.

Christina Lee introduces the context behind Disability Matters' upcoming 'Online Town Hall Circus' event which will take place on the 19th of September.

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Our research into historical #pandemics and literature has just been published on the medical humanities platform @the-polyphony.bsky.social - find it here ⬇️ #medhums #hstm #histsci #litsi

Slowing, Stillness and Sedentarism: Insights from a Cross-Disciplinary Moving Bodies Lab Workshop Members of the Institute for Medical Humanities’ Moving Bodies Lab reflect on a series of talks and workshops exploring what it means to be slow, still, and sedentary.

Members of the Institute for Medical Humanities' Moving Bodies Lab reflect on a series of talks and workshops exploring what it means to be slow, still, and sedentary.

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