Earlier this week I wrote a post on the history of physiotherapy in times of pandemic for the history.physio site (link here). I've been thinking a lot about this recently and wanted to add a couple of more philosophical reflections that I hoped might be therapeutic for readers. The first thought ties in nicely with the history piece, and it is that we should remember that for almost the entire span of human history, humans have lived with the threat of illness and death, and it is only in the last half-century that some have enjoyed stable economies and secure employment, access to immediate, low-cost, advanced healthcare, good food and safe living conditions. I say 'some' because, … [Read more...] about Physiotherapy in a time of pandemic – an addendum
CPN Digest #81
Something for the weekend: Does technology care?Hartmut Rosa’s A sociology of our relationship to the worldreviewedHave we lost the innovation spirit?Digital sclerosisSwim feralHow to Innovate for Equity. 10 Days. 100 Ideas.Embodiment and the ethnographic selfReframing photovoice10 breakthrough technologies for 2020Louis Althusser - inveterate ignoramusThe clever robot that feels with lightMemory and Anatomical Learning at Bologna in the Fourteenth to Early Sixteenth CenturiesLecture recordings mean fewer students. Does it matter?Nietzsche, nihilism and reasons to be cheerfulReading augmentation and disability across cultural theory, representation and product design … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #81
Looking back on disability
We’ve published just over 800 blogposts on the CPN site over the last six years. A few were just announcements, but a lot have been strong arguments for an otherwise physiotherapy covering a lot of different topics. So we thought we would bring some of the most popular, controversial, and challenging pieces together into a few themed issues. Our plan is to build up some resources on the website around the particular subject matter so that people can have ready access to topics that have been important for us over recent years. Today’s first compilation is on the subject of disability. In October 2014, I wrote the first of a series of four blog posts on the topic of connectivity. The … [Read more...] about Looking back on disability
