Last Saturday, I saw one of the most anarchic, joyful, and truly pointless things I think I’ve ever seen, and it made me think a lot about how we fixate on doing meaningful things in practice. One of my doctoral students is a child psychotherapist. A guy in his early 50s, he grew up listening to bands like Crass in the era of political, hard core punk in the UK (this kind of thing, for instance). He’s been a drummer for years, but isn't formally trained. He has this belief that anyone can play music, or at least make a pretty unruly noise, and you shouldn’t have to be trained musician to be able to express yourself through sound. His latest project is a collaboration with two other … [Read more...] about What’s the point?
CPN Digest #126
Something for the weekend: Sarah Orne Jewett’s depictions of women in a changing medical professionCome Back, Michel Foucault—We Need You!Merit must fallThe objectivity and subjectivity of pain practices in older adults with dementia: A critical reflectionA Caveman Would Never Do CrossFit. Why There’s Nothing Natural About ExerciseNurses as agents of disruption: Operationalizing a framework to redress inequities in healthcare access among Indigenous Peoples‘My Master and Friend’: Social Networks and Professional Identity in American Medicine, 1789–1815Do Canadians have equitable access to physiotherapy services?Oscillating and Depreciating: Early Modern Spanish Views of Unsanctioned … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #126
Borderland practices*
Borders and boundaries seem to have taken on extra importance over the last few months, especially since COVID appears to be entirely indifferent to national borders, and its existence relies on its ability to move freely between us. We’ve spent the summer in New Zealand thanking our lucky stars that we live a long way away in the bottom corner of the South Pacific, and the ability to close our borders has meant life has relatively normal. People can hug and move freely, gather in groups, and care for loved ones. Because of our accident of geography, we’ve been incredibly lucky to have so far dodged the COVID bullet. But even here there are people who object to the government … [Read more...] about Borderland practices*