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Rebecca Irons
Dr. Joanna Cook
鈥淚f mindfulness is the answer, what is the question?鈥� was a talk given by Dr Joanna Cook, 最准的六合彩论坛 (Presentation with Q&A) as part of the Round Table 鈥淢indfulness in Public Discourse鈥� which was held at the Centre of Buddhist Studies, SOAS University of London on 8 December 2018.
By Rebecca Irons
Rebecca Skloot鈥檚 2010 book 鈥淭he Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks鈥� is one that many of us may be familiar with. An exploration of the human story behind the HeLa cells, the book deals with more than simply an historical account of biomedical research; it is essentially a book about race, bioethics, and the medical industry at large.
By Elizabeth Markowitz
鈥淎s always, as people, there are problems 鈥� perhaps they happen [as depression] but one does not know the form鈥︹�澨�
鈥� Tzunun谩 woman
How does major depressive disorder exist in a society lacking a word for it? I studied this question through the lens of the female experience of tristeza (sadness) in an indigenous Kaqchikel-speaking region above the shores of Lake Atitl谩n, Guatemala.
by听Chiara Carboni
鈥淚 had no idea people were still talking about this. They have even reopened the beach!鈥� Ernesto (the name is fictitious) is probably in his late 70s, but may be much younger: his skin, shrivelled and darkened by Sardinia鈥檚 sun, makes it tricky to tell his age. We are in Porto Corallo, one of Villaputzu鈥檚 beaches. Some friends have quite abruptly introduced him to me, for he is a farmer living close to Quirra, the tiny fraction of Villaputzu鈥檚 municipality that has repeatedly hit the headlines of many local and national newspapers in the last 10 years.
by Leah Eades
At March for Life, Britain鈥檚 largest anti-abortion demonstration, I found myself face-to-face with a sign exhorting me to 鈥渓ove them both鈥�. The both referred to the smiling mother and baby also pictured. Underneath, a subtitle read: 鈥淎bortion: kills one, hurts another鈥�.
By Rebecca Irons
By David-Paul Pertaub
On the 12th October Sjaak van der Geest听(University of Amsterdam) presented his paper entitled 鈥楾hree Achievements of Dirt: Disgust, Humour, Emphasis鈥� as part of the听最准的六合彩论坛 Medical Anthropology Seminar Series, currently dealing with dirt and pollution. Rebecca Williams and Jed Stevenson comment below, followed by a response to both from听Sjaak van der Geest. Images and captions are from Sjaak van der Geest.听
Intersubjectivities of Care
By Timothy Carroll
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