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[flickr id=”7418761584″ thumbnail=”medium” overlay=”true” size=”original” group=”” align=”right”] Som deltager i en gruppe der forbereder en udstilling om forskellige aspekter af overvægt blev mit blik straks fanget af en reklame på Hamborgs hovedbanegård. Den kæmpestore reklame var nu heller ikke nem at komme uden om. Min første tanke ved synet af teksten ”So stabelt man Glücksgefühle,” […]

I forbindelse med Medicinsk Museions kommende udstilling, hvor der bl.a. vil blive kastet et blik på fedmekirurgien, planlægger vi at udstille eksempler på kirurgiske instrumenter. Dels instrumenter man historisk set har benyttet i forbindelse med mave-tarm operationer, og dels udstyr man i dag bruger ved laparoskopiske fedmeoperationer. Særligt de ældre stålinstrumenter, som er blevet brugt […]

At least on paper the World Health Organization (WHO) constitutes the foremost authority when it comes to public health. According its own website the organisation is “responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and […]

The trickster is clever and mischievous, crafty and artful, charming and entertaining. He or she lives outside established hierarchies, crosses boundaries and brings objects from one realm to the other. This character sprang to mind as we were discussing the identity of Medical Museion. What should the role be for museums in general and how […]

Hvordan kan og bør et universitetsmuseum udvikle sig i dag? Igennem flere år har vi internt ført diskussioner om Medicinsk Museions fremtidige udvikling. Jeg tror tiden er moden nu til at føre diskussionen ud i det offentlige rum – med fuld bevidsthed om den risiko, der ligger i, at internet-trolls og ondsindede journalister forplumrer den. […]

Last week, I was invited to give a speech about the future of science communication at a dinner arranged by the Center for Healthy Ageing here at the University of Copenhagen. The terms for the speech were harsh. I got a mere five minutes between the entree and the main course — and I wasn’t […]

For et stykke tid siden fik vi en mail fra Hanne Schrøder, der er uddannelseskoordinator ved Sundhedsservicesekretæruddannelsen på Niels Brock handelsskole og en ofte tilbagevendende gæst på Medicinsk Museion. Hanne Schrøder indleder med at fortælle, hvor glad hun har været for at komme på museet sammen med sine elever, venner og familje: Jeg er kommet på […]

When I receive a mail like this: I am happy to announce that the  deadline for the submission of abstracts  for the […] Symposium has been extended to July 1st. from an otherwise serious scholarly organisation, followed by The other good news is that the [organising committee] has been able to secure some funding for […]

I have attended several conferences in my life. Some inspiring, some boring, some well organised and some a terribly mess. I have also not attended a lot of conferences in my life. Either due to lack of funding or lack of time. Conferences which were not relevant enough or where only one session was really interesting. […]

Den tredje af botanikkens tyske fædre, Jerome Bock (1498 – 1554), var ikke så veluddannet som Otto Brunfels og Leonhart Fuchs. Men han overgik dem alligevel i feltarbejde og plantebeskrivelse (den såkaldte phytografi).

This week on the 30th and 31st of May several of us here at the Medical Museion will be participating in the Danish Association of Science and Technology Studies Conference 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is “Danish STS on Display: Sensing, Knowing, Intervening.” The original call for submissions can be read on the […]

Scientists and researchers who still haven’t considered Wikipedia to be relevant for their academic career or who perhaps disregard Wikipedia for scientific purposes all together, might have to reconsider their point of view. At least they will have to get used to the fact that social media is sneaking its way into the other-wise so […]