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To stimulate, catalyse, provoke, expand and intensify conversations in the critical medical humanities. Hosted by Durham University's Institute for Medical Humanities. Supported by Wellcome.
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@the-polyphony.bsky.socialWe're delighted to welcome Jordan McCullough to his new role as Editor in Chief at The Polyphony.
Find out more about Jordan and his vision for our platform ➡️ thepolyphony.org/2026/10/06/w...
@the-polyphony.bsky.socialWhat is contragestive time?
In our latest essay, the research team behind the Contragestive Time project (funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award) explore how alternative forms of fertility control can reshape how we think about contraception and abortion.
@the-polyphony.bsky.socialWhat happened to the “psychopathic” child?
In this piece, Jesper Vaczy Kragh considers the history of “psychopathy” in child psychiatry, and asks what the contemporary discipline and the humanities might learn from the disappearance of this diagnosis.
thepolyphony.org/2026/09/24/t...
@the-polyphony.bsky.socialIn his review of Glasgoscopy, a poetry collection by Glasgow-based occupational therapist Vicki Husband, Craig Lamont examines the potential of poetic language to illuminate Husband’s experience of the city and its people.
@the-polyphony.bsky.socialHow would literary/cultural studies look if neurodivergent ways of knowing were treated as foundational?
@autisticrealms.bsky.social and @betskyyy.bsky.social explore essays that occupy neurominority positions as 'productive sites of embodied meaning-making'.
@the-polyphony.bsky.social"Before we make a diagnosis... we are entrusted with the narrative of another human being. It is one of the greatest privileges of our profession."
Psychiatrist Loshini Rajentharan explores mythological vignette-writing as reflective practice.
@the-polyphony.bsky.socialGeorgia Rivers and Monique Huysamen discuss their research into how social care policy and organisations can better understand how autistic adults and people with learning disabilities express their desires and explore sexual intimacy.
thepolyphony.org/2026/09/01/s...
@the-polyphony.bsky.socialIn the latest of our new practice research series, Alec Finlay explores the issue of belief in contested chronic illness through poetic subversion of NHS fatigue questionnaires.
@the-polyphony.bsky.social🚀 Delighted to announce the publication of our new #MedHums101 brochure: ‘What is Medical Humanities?’ We hope it sparks your imagination, inspires your curiosity & encourages you to engage in our vibrant interdisciplinary field! tinyurl.com/what-is-med-...
