harrietcooper.bsky.social
Lecturer, UEA Medical School, #DisabilityStudies, #MedHums Associate Editor, @bmj.com Medical Humanities journal Research/writing on: the figure of the disabled child, shame and stigma in health and illness, lived experience and memoir culture. She/her
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@harrietcooper.bsky.socialWhether in bohemia or on a street corner, the café wants us to consider things lightly. A good café focuses our attention away from the work produced. It confuses work with leisure. Now we’re sore, let’s reflect on our damaged life. Each café is civilisation’s averted conclusion.
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Show PostI dare the presidents of 2 elite unis—I don’t care which ones—to hire a bunch of philosophers to write a report all about how THIS is actually the problem with humanities scholarship, ie that the only jobs for PhDs are to help develop tech devoted to their further extinction as a professional class
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