This online workshop has been compiled and organised by CPN member Louie Howie, in collaboration with colleagues Ciara Hughes and Scarlet Sumagr. Details of the workshop, dates, times and links are provided below. This workshop is designed for White physiotherapists who have a willingness to progress in their anti-racism journey and to lean in to some discomfort in a supportive environment. It offers a frame and a set of practices to help them understand their own blocks and better support non-White patients in a non-dehumanising way. These practices would also be useful for White people working to support moves toward workforce racial equality. The workshop will open with some key … [Read more...] about CPN Online Workshop: Coming face to face with our racism in physiotherapy
The 4th free, online critical physiotherapy course is THIS WEEK
This session will dig deep into Patty Thille, Arthur Frank, and Tobba Sudmann's chapter for the upcoming book Mobilizing knowledge, due out in October/November.Patty, Arthur and Tobba have written the stories to accompany their talk, which reflect the work they did in their book chapter. Here is the abstract: As physiotherapists practice their clinical work, what presuppositions guide, and sometimes limit their thinking? We approach professional knowledge not as abstract scientific facts, but rather as embodied knowledge, situated in context. Gabbay and le May (2011) call this understanding of knowledge ‘mindlines’. Embodied mindlines direct what a professional considers … [Read more...] about The 4th free, online critical physiotherapy course is THIS WEEK
CPN Digest #100
A special bumper centenary something for the weekend: Black people were losing limbs at triple the rate of othersWhat to Expect When a Coronavirus Vaccine Finally Arrives (Sobering lessons from the history of the polio vaccine)Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely BotsShould anyone care about scientific progress?Women’s Sexuality, Medical Science, and Networked Discourses of HealthCare organising technologies and the post-phenomenology of careThe biopsychosocial model 40 years onNew Publication - Disabled Futures: A Framework for Radical InclusionThis Is What It Was Like To Go To The Hospital (in America) 100 Years AgoShould trans people be postmodernist in the … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #100
