Interview by Aleksandra Glos and Felipe Toro Franco This interview was conducted in relation to the manuscript “On the art of audio description: Naomi Kawase’s Radiance”, published in Medical Humanities. The reviewers of this article wanted to know whether Naomi Kawase had worked with audio describers during the preparation of the film. As we could not find this information […]
Category: Interviews
Engaging with popular medical humanities writing, research, media, and film, the interviews will be chosen for their contribution to a debate which will be actively framed by the interviewer –the interview will always be introduced with a paragraph that speaks to the issues raised by the work and how this is relevant to the field, and particularly to the journal’s contribution to the field. (in future, many will also be available as podcasts). Suggested interviews may be submitted the attention of the blog editor.
Interview with Dr. Keisha S. Ray on Anti-black Racism and Black Bioethics
Interview by Jared N. Smith, PhD and Keisha Ray, PhD In many key respects, the history of bioethics is a record of the abuse of Black bodies and minds. We are taught about how Black men were experimented on in the US Public Health syphilis study; we learn how J. Marion Sims’s misogynoir contributed to […]
Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Film
Neus Ballús, Catalan film maker, discusses her film ‘The Odd Job Men’ (Spain 2021) with Khalid Ali, film, and media correspondent On the 21st of May 2022, the United Nations celebrate the ‘World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development’. The Day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2002 […]
The Dignity of Help: Sara Hendren’s What A Body Can Do
Podcast with Sara Hendren, artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering, and Brandy Schillace, EIC Sara Hendren’s book, What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World, looks at design and disability at all scales: prosthetics, furniture, architecture, urban planning, and more, to examine critically the definition of the […]
Accessibility Isn’t a New Coat of Paint: Chris Higgins on His Film ACCESS
Podcast with Chris Higgins, a writer and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon and Brandy Schillace, EIC On today’s podcast, Editor Brandy Schillace speaks with Chris Higgins, a writer and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, This American Life, and Mental Floss, and his most recent book is The Blogger […]
June Special Issue: The Human Bodies of WWII, Beyond the Battlefield
Brandy Schillace Interviews Dr. Hannah Simpson and Dr. Megan Girdwoood, editors of the June Special Issue The destructive action of World War II extended far beyond the traditional battlefield arena, the more familiar trench-and-no-man’s-land zones that had typified World War I. This special issue investigates the impact of medical crisis and treatment as it impacted […]
Is It Medicine, Is it Religion, or Is It Both? An Interview with Comic Book Writer Al Ewing
Interview by A. David Lewis In this discussion with award-winning comic book author Al Ewing, comics theorist and graphic medicine researcher A. David Lewis explores the growing idea that the comics medium may be drawing medicine and religion—bodily health and spiritual affairs—more closely towards each other via its superhero titles. From Ewing’s revolutionary work on […]
Laila Eloui, Iconic Egyptian Actress, Reflects on Womanhood, Film and Social Responsibility
Interview by Dr Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent Laila Eloui has earned her iconic status and popularity in the Egyptian and Arab film industry as one of the most versatile actresses of her generation. Having started as a child performer in radio programs at the age of 7 years, she made a successful transition […]
Making Space
Podcast Interview with Ciara Breathnach and Brandy Shillace Ciara Breathnach (@CiaraBreath) is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is a current Irish research Council Laureate holder and her research focuses on Irish social history of medicine and health. In this conversation with Brandy Schillace, she also talks about the […]
Bridges of Hope: Supporting Women and Youth Through Economic Empowerment
Dr Wessam El Beih in conversation with Dr Khalid Ali In this podcast, Dr El Beih, Egypt’s country director of the Drosos Foundation, talks about her journey from a hospital doctor to becoming a pioneer in the use of art and creativity in healing. She was behind the making of the Egyptian film ‘Asmaa’ which […]