Medicine and Art: (Steady) Eye & Hand

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Barbara Hepworth, Reconstruction, 1947 © BownessHepworth Estate / Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London

"In 2012, the NHS is threatened, its future uncertain. ... Hepworth was a Labour voter - of course she was. In these drawings, she reveals her egalitarian values. Work is goodness: she sees her own work as a sculptor reflected in the steady eye and hand of the surgeon. In one drawing he even seems to wield a hammer and chisel. But this is not mere artistic self-consciousness. The work being done in these pictures saves lives; Hepworth believes her art, too, can heal souls." p.18.

My source:
Jonathan Jones (2012) A cut above, The Guardian, Arts. 25.10.12, p.18.

Hammers and chisels are found in operating theatres and wielded by female surgeons too. The exhibition long finished, I can't believe* that I have held onto to this page from The Guardian for almost six years. I must visit Wakefield.

*others can...

Books: [ Gold Fever ]

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The Drugs That Changed Our Minds	Natural Causes
Too Many Pills	GOLD FEVER

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Cured of what we suffered from

And sufferin' from the cure ...

Gold Fever, lyric

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The Drugs that Changed Our Minds and Natural Causes, Sunday Times, 25 March & 1 April 2018
Too Many Pills, FT Weekend, 26-27 May 2018

Chartered Accountant: The value of caring workers

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Social care jobs, ... are defined by economists everywhere as low-skilled, or unskilled. For a chartered accountant taking part in a discussion on automation recently, this prompted an existential wobble: "It's easier to automate me than a carer or a cleaner," he said. "So am I really more skilled?"	chartered accountant formal qualifications

My source: Sarah O'Connor, (2017) Ageing nations need to value caring workers, Financial Times, 17th May, p.11.

Njideka Akunyili Crosby - “À la Warhol"

NJIDEKA AKUNYILI CROSBY (Nigerian, b. 1983), “À la Warhol,” circa 2005-06

My source: Gerlis, M. FTWeekend, Merry-go-round of the fairs, Collecting|Arts, 7-8 April 2018. p.15.

Image source: Title link.

The power of words

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veil	sur-veil

The NHS at 70 or on the Fringe(s)?

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A Fortunate Man	fringe fringe
fringe fringe	After the Cuts

See also: Edinburgh Fringe: A round-up of the NHS themed shows reflecting the chaos of ordinary people's lives

My source: Foyles, London, The Fringe, Free

The Health Career - Life Chances - Model as Critical Social Theory...?

"... the concept of knowledge that is central to critical social theory takes in all possible forms of knowledge, from implicit knowledge (tacit knowledge, know-how, etc.) to the knowledge that we find methodically sharpened and theoretically developed within science. As a conceptual tool of critical analysis applied to contemporary society, such a notion of knowledge makes it possible to study the way that interrelations between the various forms of knowledge are shaped by the relationships between knowledge carriers and between the social groups that they form (what Znaniecki has dubbed "social circles"). Interpreted as a form of cultural capital, knowledge comes to be seen as a factor in power relations, as a potent force driving social development, and as a fundamental determinant of life chances." p.44.

Invasive Technification

With my emphasis.

Carriers: individuals, groups, populations, knowledge (care) domains?

Information: ???


Gernot Böhme (2012) Invasive Technification: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Technology, Bloomsbury: London.

My source: Waterstones, Gower Street, London, £6.99.
See also:
https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/search?q=fundamentalism 
https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/search?q=life+chances

Distant Constellation: @HOME

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"Distant	CONSTELLATION"
	@ HOME  (preferably!)

https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/distant-constellation/