A Painful Silence: bringing domestic violence into conversation
The header image shows a representation of the three wise monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no…
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Breathe Easy Durham Dales at Breathing Space
The header photograph was taken by Paul Waine, and shows Bev Wears of the British Lung Foundation and Rebecca Oxley,…
Restoring Breath: Questions, medical advancements and the importance of bystander participation
Tina Williams, PhD student on the Life of Breath project, writes a post prompted by the inaugural lecture of Jerry…
Our Battle for Breath: making lung health a priority
This was the fourth and final blog post in a series of responses to the British Lung Foundation‘s Battle for…
‘Lies, damned lies, and statistics’: mesothelioma in literature
This was the third of a series of responses to the British Lung Foundation‘s Battle for Breath report. This discussion…
How does culture shape the language of breathlessness?
This was the second of a series of responses to the British Lung Foundation‘s Battle for Breath report. This discussion…
Why is breathlessness invisible?
This was the first of a series of responses to the British Lung Foundation‘s Battle for Breath report. This discussion…
A phenomenology of illness
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel writes: The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence.…
‘Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air!’
David Scoins (lifelong runner, sometime sports teacher) spent seven years in China; a year or more in each of Xi’an, Nanjing,…
Reflections on vaping 1: An introduction to the world of cloud-chasing
This post is the first of a series on vaping and vape tricks by Rebecca Oxley, post-doctoral researcher in anthropology on the…
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