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Pramod Ranjan deposited कोविड 19: पत्रकारिता से क्यों गायब हैं सवाल in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoफ़रवरी, 2020 तक भारतीय अख़बारों में दुनिया में एक नये वायरस के फैलने की सूचना प्रमुखता से आने लगी थी।
अख़बारों ने हमें बताया कि कोविड-19 सबसे अधिक जानलेवा है। लेकिन यह नहीं बताया कि हमारी हिंदी पट्टी में टी.बी, चमकी बुख़ार, न्यूमोनिया, मलेरिया आदि से मरने वालों की एक विशाल संख्या है। इन बीमारियों से सिर्फ़ हिंदी पट्टी में हर साल 5 से 7 लाख…[Read more] -
Christopher Griffin deposited Relationalities of Refusal: Neuroqueer Disidentification and Post-Normative Approaches to Narrative Recognition in the group
Critical Disability Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThe proliferation of work by autistic writers continues apace, defying a long and multidisciplinary tradition of constructing autistic people as lacking the capacity for narration. To study neurodivergent literature, then, is to witness the refusal of these exclusionary narrative conventions, and to register the ideological presuppositions that…[Read more]
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Christopher Griffin deposited On Relationalities: Politics, Narrative, Sociality (Call for Papers) in the group
Critical Disability Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoA one-day hybrid symposium to be hosted by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE) at the University of Brighton (UK). Date: Wednesday 5 April 2023. Location: University of Brighton, City Campus, M2, and online. Keynote speaker: Dr Leticia Sabsay (LSE). Deadline for abstracts: Friday 24 February 2023. Please see poster for…[Read more]
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Christopher Griffin started the topic CfP: On Relationalities: Politics, Narrative, Sociality in the discussion
Critical Disability Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoOn Relationalities: Politics, Narrative, Sociality
A one-day hybrid symposium to be hosted by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE) at the University of Brighton (UK).
Date: Wednesday 5 April 2023
Location: University of Brighton, City Campus, M2, and online
Keynote speaker: Dr Leticia Sabsay (LSE)
Deadline…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Slides: Epidemiology in the Bhelasaṃhitā: The Chapter on Distinctions According to Land and People in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoPresentation in the working group “History of Science in Early South Asia” at https://www.chstm.org/early-south-asia on Dec. 19th 2022.
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Pramod Ranjan deposited बजट 2021: मौत, अकाल की आहट और आर्थिक असमानता पर चुप्पी क्यों? in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoभारत में क्या हालत हो चुकी है, इसका अनुमान दिसंबर, 2020 में हुए एक सर्वेक्षण से लगता है। इस सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार भारत की आधी से अधिक आबादी को कोरोना-काल में पहले की तुलना में कम भोजन मिल रहा है। इनमें ज़्यादातर दलित और आदिवासी हैं।
लेकिन इन सूचनाओं से भी अधिक भयावह यह है कि भारत का बौद्धिक वर्ग, ग़रीबों के सर पर मँडराते मौत के इस साये से प्…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Medication or Magic? Mantras in Early Āyurveda in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Slides: Medication or Magic? Mantras in Early Āyurveda in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited COVID-19, science and responsibility of the intellectuals in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe coronavirus-induced lockdown hasn’t just eroded our physical liberty; it has also eroded our intellectual freedom. Our freedom to think has been put under lock and key. Clearly, we are on the threshold of a dangerous phase. Which way we go from here will depend on how soon and how well we gauge the danger and start exploring the ways to c…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited महामारी के दौर में डॉक्टरों की भूमिका, सीमाएं और प्रोटोकॉल के कुछ सवाल in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoअधिकांश लोग समझते हैं कि चिकित्सक ही जांच द्वारा तय करते हैं कि किसे कोविड है और किसे नहीं तथा अगर किसी की मौत होती है तो चिकित्सक ही यह तय करते हैं कि वह मृत्यु कोविड से हुई है या किसी अन्य कारण से। इसलिए जब कोई खुद को चिकित्सक बताता है या अपने परिवार में चिकित्सकों के होने का ज़िक्र करता है तो लोग उसकी बात पर अनिवार्य रूप से विश्वास करते ह…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Covid-19: Role and limitations of doctors and treatment protocols in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoAs was expected, the country is witnessing an explosion of Covid cases, leading to chaos and mayhem. People are dying for want of oxygen. The protocol for the treatment of Covid patients is faulty and that is one reason for the high number of deaths. Thanks to the protocol, deaths due to other causes are also being added to the Covid toll. In this…[Read more]
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