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Mark Beumer deposited The Foundation of Anthropology to Ritual Studies in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThe present paper aims to investigate the role of anthropology in the development of Ritual Studies as an inter-disciplinary platform, with a focus on ritual dynamics by using a historiographic description, focusing on thetransition of Greco-Roman to Christian culture. This study attempts to shed light not only on the contributionof anthropology…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited कोविड पश्चात दुनिया और बहुजन कार्यकर्ताओं की ज़िम्मेदारी in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoइस आलेख में मैंने देखने की कोशिश कि कोविड की रोकथाम के लिए उठाए गए अतिरेकपूर्ण कदमों के कारण दुनिया में क्या स्थितियाँ उत्पन्न होने वाली हैं। विशेष तौर पर सामाजिक वंचना झेल रहे मानव-समुदायों पर इसका क्या प्रभाव पड़ने वाला है। आलेख में भारत के उन शोषित समुदायों को केंद्र में रखा गया है, जो भारतीय आबादी का बहुसंख्यक हिस्सा हैं। इस बहुसंख्या में…[Read more]
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Black QR code in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoBlack QR code * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-ND
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Art Attack! in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoArt Attack! * PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-ND
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Ernesto Priego posted an update in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoRepresenting Race & Disability in Comics: A Quick Q&A with Jonathan W. Gray in Anticipation of his Seminar (City, University of London, 20 February 2023 6pm GMT) https://ernestopriego.com/2023/02/17/representing-race-disability-in-comics-a-quick-qa-with-jonathan-w-gray/
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Martin Boehnert deposited Nicht-triviale Trivialitäten in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoOn the example of “The Walking Dead”, we demonstrate in how far the reception of pop culture narratives can serve not merely trivial entertainment, but epistemological interest as well. For this purpose, we introduce the term pop cultural secondary worlds and formulate the thesis that these can be used analogously to thought experiments. The…[Read more]
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Before coffee in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoBefore coffee * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Save a chicken! in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoSave a chicken! * PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA
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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] -
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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Julian C. Chambliss posted an update in the group
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe CFP for the 2023 Comics Studies Society is available now –> https://comicsstudies.org/2023-cfp/
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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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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Combining Atomism with Galenic Medicine: The Physiological Theory of Isaac Beeckman (1616-1627) in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoAlthough he obtained a medical degree at the University of Caen in 1618, Isaac Beeckman never practised medicine. Instead, he developed an atomistic conception of Galenic physiology by discussing, throughout his notebook, the constituents and functioning of the living body. Interestingly, Beeckman applied his atomistic interpretation to the notion…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Red Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in Australia in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoHistorically the Red Cross has created opportunities for women that were otherwise denied to them in their wider society. This role for female Red Cross workers is not a recent thing and is deeply embedded in the past and psyche of the organisation.
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Kit Yee Wong started the topic Two open access medical humanities articles available for download in the discussion
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoDear all
The two open access articles I published in 2021 may be of interest to the group:
Illness, Aesthetics, and Body Politics: Forging the Third Republic in Émile Zola’s La Faute de l’abbé Mouret
https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4724/
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Degenerate Bodies: Max Nordau’s Degeneration and Émile Zola’s La Débâcle…[Read more]
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