January 2020
The Book of Jo
The Book of Jo looks at what happens when life falls apart. How can we maintain hope when the worst happens? And why do bad things happen anyway? A woman faced with a rare and random terminal diagnosis sits in the ... Read more...
Find out more »Tobacco: Shape Shifting Substance from South America
What have been some of the relationships between tobacco and people, past and present and worldwide? What happens when these different relationships are brought into dialogue with one another? From its evolutionary origins and ‘deep history’ among indigenous communities in South ... Read more...
Find out more »February 2020
The Body Says It
In this talk, Life of Breath researcher and anthropologist Dr Alice Malpass will explore how bodily sensations of breathlessness come to be measured as a symptom. She describes the mis-match between the language used in research and clinics with the ... Read more...
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