Adam Bencard

At the It’s Not What You Think-workshop this March we experimented with a number of changes to the traditional format of academic meetings. One of the key things we knew we wanted with the workshop was to bring together a properly interdisciplinary group of people –not just scholars from different academic disciplines, but also artists […]

As part of the upcoming workshop “It’s Not What You Think: Communicating Medical Materialities”, we are delighted to announce that the pioneering bioartist Oron Catts will be giving a public keynote lecture on Friday March 8th at 17.00 in the auditorium at Medical Museion. Oron Catts is a prominent and defining figure in the emerging […]

On the 8th-9th of march 2013, Medical Museion will host a workshop entitled ‘It’s Not What You Think – Communicating Medical Materialities’. The workshop builds from a central concern with materiality, asking what can be communicated about and through it. The workshop will be an experimental meeting place for a wide range of people interested […]

Anette, Louise and myself are giving papers at a shared session at the upcoming Danish Association of Science and Technology Studies (DASTS) conference (conference website and full program here), with Thomas as convener and Karin as commentator. The session is Thursday the 31st at 10.30-12.00. We are very much looking forward to it and hope […]

I spent three very enjoyable days in Paris last week, giving several lectures on the history of medicine to 25 general practitioners and visiting medical collections with them. The course is offered through the Danish Medical Association and is a great chance to delve deep into the material culture of medical history. One of the […]

For about two years now, a group of us here at the Museion has been running a reading group on materiality. It has been on a hiatus for a while, but we are now getting back into the swing of it. Traditionally, we meet on Monday mornings every 2-3 weeks to get the philosophical juices […]

Den 12. april afholder CPH PIX, i samarbejde med os, et arrangement i vores smukke, gamle auditorium. Lars von Triers film Epidemic har 25 års jubilæum, og hvad kunne være passende end at vise den i et rum, hvor generationer af kirurger og læger er blevet uddannet, og hvor kroppen og dens sygdomme er blevet […]

I morgen er det tid til Kroppen i balance (læs mere her og her). Efter guldmalede akupunkturfigurer og igler i sprit, skal vi i dag se på den moderne lægevidenskabs forsøg på at forstå sundhed og sygdom på molekylært niveau. Billedet forestiller to forskellige slags genchips, der bruges til genetiske undersøgelser i laboratoriet. Til at […]

I går viste vi den guldmalede akupunkturmand, der skal være med til arrangementet Kroppen i balance på torsdag (læs mere her og her). I dag kan vi lokke med lægeigler i sprit. Iglerne blev benyttet igennem århundrede i medicinsk behandling, hvor de blandt andet blev brugt til at genoprette den humorale balance. Til at fortælle […]

Vi er ved at gøre genstandene til arrangementet Kroppen i balance på torsdag klar (læs mere her og her). Blandt andet denne mandshøje, guldmalede akupunkturfigur. Til at fortælle om akupunktur og andre balancebegreber fra det, vi kalder den alternative medicin, har vi inviteret professor Helle Johannesen. Hun er forskningsleder ved Institut for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, Syddansk Universitet, […]