It’s not often that we make book announcements on Somatosphere, but some books invite attention straight out of the gate. One such book is Roger Cooter‘s (with Claudia Stein) Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine, published just this week by Yale University Press. The book is a tremendous resource for those working along the vanishing coastlines …
Tag Archives: History
Robert Castel – 1933 – 2013
A French-language version of this piece, written by Nicolas Henckes, first appeared on h-madness. It has been translated into English by Anne Lovell and is also being posted simultaneously on h-madness.
French sociologist and historian Robert Castel passed away on March 12, 2013, at the age of 79. An important figure in French intellectual life over the past …
Kin Porn
This article is part of the series: The archaeology of past futures, or fieldwork by fragments
Drive by the building. Roll down the window. Look in the opposite direction. Chat with the driver. Shoot. Several times. Keep looking elsewhere. Hide the camera under your legs. Close the window.
I took this picture of the Institut d’Enseignement Médical (IEM, Institute of Medical Education) in December 2007 in Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa. The IEM was designed in the late fifties …
The archaeology of past futures, or fieldwork by fragments
This article is part of the series: The archaeology of past futures, or fieldwork by fragments
This series is an exercise in fieldwork through material fragments – of coming to grips with the present pasts of scientific institutions in the ‘tropics’. It is about what biomedicine leaves behind – rusted instruments, congealed and unlabeled bloods slides – and the losses, pleasures, failures, and desires these leftovers relay. It is about photographs, blueprints, monuments and archives – …
Call for papers: The Psy-ences and Mental Health in East Central Europe and Eurasia, April 29-30, 2013, University of Chicago
From the New Socialist Person to Global Mental Health: the Psy-ences and Mental Health in East Central Europe and Eurasia
April 29-30, 2013, [Rescheduled dates] University of Chicago, Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES)
Over the last three decades, the professions and disciplines concerned with the human mind, brain and behavior (“the psy-ences”) have undergone significant changes …
Special Virtual Issue: Social History of Medicine, “Emotions, Health, and Well-Being”
In light of the upcoming “Emotions, Health, and Well-Being” conference (to be held September 10-12, 2012, at Queen Mary University of London), Social History of Medicine has compiled a virtual issue of relevant articles from across the years, currently online and available through the end of October 2012. Along with a brief introduction by Colin Jones, the issues …