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Last time I presented a paper criticising contextualist thinking was at the annual History of Science conference in Washington DC in November 2007 — that’s almost five years ago!
I haven’t had much time over to think about the individualism/contextualism/holism issue. This museum, and a couple of kids, have taken all my time. But [...]
How do you explain why social media can be a good thing for researchers to look into? What advantages and what challenges are important to highlight? This week, I’ll be introducing social media for science communication to the Danish Public Health Sciences Alumni (in Danish). It always helps being quite convinced yourself of what [...]
Have you ever walked into a museum and photographed the shadowy corner of the room rather than the glass case in the middle? Have you ever stopped to look at the seemingly boring medical stuff that surrounds us – from dentures to rollators? And how often do you think about the fragility of the bones [...]
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Today we had our weekly MUSE workshop with in-house historian of psychiatry, Jesper V. Kragh, who spoke — under the title “Changing Gender Differences: Morphine in Denmark, 1860-1960″ — about the gender dimension in his current research project on the history of drug abuse in Denmark.
The discussion generated a lot of discussions — and a lively Twitter-stream, [...]
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On the 27. of April we opened our new exhibition ‘Experiences of Ageing‘ featuring drawings and objects from a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship by the London artist Lucy Lyons. At the opening seminar Lucy gave a general introduction to her work in artistic research and to the exhibition.
Watch this short video [...]
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Social media “likes” healthcare. This is the title of a recently launched report from PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI). The subtitle; From marketing to social business, reveals that the report is focused on the role of social media in health care business. It does however have some interesting findings which are relevant also seen [...]
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Social media presents several advantages to public health science communication. But it would be wrong not to acknowledge that there are also challenges to the media. Below I have listed some of them. As with the Læs videre →
The other day I blogged about some of the similarities I see between public health sciences and social media. Similarities which makes social media particular relevant for public health science communication.
Apart from the similarities, I have been trying to put together a [...]
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