Medievalism and the Medical Humanities
Some may wonder why our project includes the consideration of medieval thoughts and practices relating to the breath. What can…
Publications
COPD, culture, climate and the sensation of breathlessness in Uruguay
Dr Megan Wainwright is an international collaborator on the Life of Breath project. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at…
Cynicism as a strategic virtue
Cynicism is often associated with indifference and fatalism – traits which are undoubtedly undesirable among healthcare professionals. However, in this article the…
A year of inspiration
Throughout 2016 our collaborator Jayne Wilton created unique and beautiful breath-inspired artworks to grace the cover of The Lancet Respiratory…
Phenomenology and hermeneutics
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel has contributed a chapter on phenomenology and hermeneutics to the Routledge Companion to Philosophy…
Epistemic injustice in psychiatry
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel explores epistemic injustice in psychiatry with Paul Crichton and Ian James Kidd in a…
Phenomenology of Illness by Havi Carel
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel’s new book Phenomenology of Illness is now available. Havi argues that the experience of illness has been…
Illness as transformative experience
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel, Ian James Kidd (University of Nottingham) and Richard Pettigrew (University of Bristol) have a paper…
Inspiring change: humanities and social science insights into the experience and management of breathlessness
Durham team members Rebecca Oxley and Jane Macnaughton argue that, in order to treat breathlessness more effectively, we need a greater understanding of…
Breath in the technoscientific imaginary
Here, Durham researcher Arthur Rose explores breath as a theme, metaphor and plot device in Science Fiction. Whether used to convey a sense of…
2015-2020