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CPN Digest #36

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Something for the weekend: Here is where I walk Soaking up the rays Normality, a critical genealogy The End of Physiotherapy now in paperback (and a lot cheaper) I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche …and also here Pelvic floor exercises with imaginary eels How the dualism of Descartes ruined our mental health Call for poor and disabled to be given NHS fitness trackers 8th Ethnography and qualitative research conference call 25 ways to increase your chances at publication Relinquishing control in focus groups Medical Misadventure in an Age of Professionalisation Bodies Beyond Borders: Moving Anatomies 1750–1950 Vital bodies: Living with illness … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #36

Reminder: 4th critical physiotherapy course seminar this week

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A quick reminder that at the end of the week we have the 4th in our series of free online critical physiotherapy seminars. This one will be led by Patty Thille, talking about What does it mean to 'care'? Thinking with Annemarie Mol. Details of how to connect and the times of the talk in your local area are below. More information and an abstract for the session can be found here. Zoom link: https://aut.zoom.us/j/241857657 Dates and times in your area LocationLocal TimeTime ZoneUTC OffsetAuckland (New Zealand - Auckland)Friday, 24 May 2019 at 7:00:00 a.m.NZSTUTC+12 hoursSydney (Australia - New South Wales)Friday, 24 May 2019 at 5:00:00 a.m.AESTUTC+10 … [Read more...] about Reminder: 4th critical physiotherapy course seminar this week

CPN Digest #35

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Interrogating Medicine: A podcast on humanities and pain Physical Therapy at Bath War Hospital: Rehabilitation and Its Links to WW1 Triathlon Bodies in Motion: Reconceptualizing Feelings of Pain, Nausea and Disgust in the Ironman Triathlon Governing Homelessness through Running Machines with Faces: Robot Bodies and the Problem of Cruelty Reconsidering the ‘self’ in self‐management of chronic illness: Lessons from relational autonomy Disabled in grad school Learning to write through an awareness of breath Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering What does resistance mean for Foucault and Agamben? Henri Bergson, celebrity Learning to be a co-author Modernity, faith and Martin … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #35