On 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]

Salaria Kea was the only African American woman to serve with the American Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War. Her experience has been silenced and edited within the archive by traditionally more authoritative voices. Reconsidering the impact of intersectionality on personal experience can lead to a better understanding of Black U.S.…[Read more]

Before coffee * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA

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फ़रवरी, 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]

The 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]

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 for abstracts: Friday 24 February 2023. Please see poster for…[Read more]

Presentation in the working group “History of Science in Early South Asia” at https://www.chstm.org/early-south-asia on Dec. 19th 2022.

भारत 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]

The 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]

The 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]

The 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]

अधिकांश 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]

As 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]

Although 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]