Phenomenology of Illness by Havi Carel
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel‘s new book Phenomenology of Illness is now available. Havi argues that the experience of illness has been…
On illness & philosophy: An interview with Havi Carel
In this video Havi Carel is interviewed by Joe Boswell for The University of Bristol’s Centre for Science and Philosophy
Breathlessness: from bodily symptom to existential experience (Williams & Carel, 2018)
Tina Williams and Havi Carel have contributed a chapter on breathlessness to this new essay collection which explores the experience…
Invisible Suffering: The Experience of Breathlessness (Carel, 2018)
In this book chapter in the volume Atmospheres of Breathing, Prof Carel considers breathlessness from a phenomenological perspective, reframing it…
Five breathtaking years
As the project ends, lead researchers Jane Macnaughton and Havi Carel reflect on five years of Life of Breath.
Our final conspiration
This year the Life of Breath project will end after 5 years, around 50 research publications and countless events and…
‘She’s Breathing’ a poem by Alexandra Pârvan
While visiting the University of Bristol and working alongside Havi Carel and the Bristol team, Alexandra Pârvan was inpired to…
I breathe, you breathe, we breathe: Public engagement & the Life of Breath
Senior Research Associate on the Life of Breath project, clinical music therapist and mindful yoga teacher Kate Binnie reflects on…
The Unmapped Geography of Breath
Poet, poetry tutor, and GP Emily Wills writes… In September 2019 I had the privilege of being poet in residence…
Symposium on Michael Brady’s “Suffering and Virtue”
The Life of Breath project, University of Bristol Deptartment of Philosophy, and Centre for Health, Humanities & Science are jointly…
‘It’s hard to think without your pants on’: patients as knowers
On Friday 18 October 2019 at Foyles Bookshop in London (Charing Cross Road), Prof Havi Carel delivered a talk ‘It’s…
#UHBristolArts ‘Second Wednesdays’ BREATH event
In September the #UHBristolArts theme is BREATH and Life of Breath is delighted to be featured as part of their…
Rewriting the PH story
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare condition affecting the heart and lungs, with the main symptom being breathlessness. It is…
‘The troubled breath of so many’: On Sam Guglani’s “Histories”
Life of Breath Principle Investigator Prof Havi Carel explores themes of breath and illness in Sam Guglani‘s novel Histories (Riverrun, 2017)……
Policy Recommendations
For World COPD Day 2018 and the publication of Life of Breath’s new Policy Report, consultant respiratory physician and honorary…
FUTURES @ We The Curious
28 Sept 2018, Bristol – 7:15-7:40pm Life of Breath will be participating in FUTURES @ We The Curious (Bristol), part…
Phenomenology’s contribution to health and illness
A new book on phenomenology and illness entitled Existential Medicine: Essays on Health and Illness is now out, with a chapter by…
Epistemic Petrification Conference
EPISTEMIC PETRIFICATION CONFERENCE 2-3 July 2018, University of Bristol Location: Wills Physics Laboratory, Room 3.34, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TL Organisers: Havi Carel (Bristol), Robbie…
Respiratory Philosophy
A new book on the philosophy of breathing entitled Atmospheres of Breathing is now out, with a chapter by Life…
Exploring the logic of respiration
Music & Mindful Yoga Therapist Kate Binnie joined Life of Breath as a researcher in January 2018. She writes: I…
Breath, Breathing, and Being: Discussions of Phenomenology, Respiration, and Identity
Fri 1 Dec, Oxford The Bristol Life of Breath team has been invited by the Oxford Phenomenology Network to run…
Under The Surface
Under the Surface is a choral piece composed by Toby Young which was specially commissioned for, and premiered at, the…
The Last Breath
25 August 2017, Edinburgh VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: A GOOD DEATH Over 50% of people say they want to die…