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Current Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\u2018What think you of a wound?\u2019: wounding oneself in early modern England<\/h3>\n
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Alanna Skuse<\/strong> (English)
\n<\/strong>Wellcome Trust University Award, c.\u00a3240,000 (2019-2024)<\/p>\n

People in early modern England hurt themselves surprisingly often and in a variety of ways. In literature and in real life, they stabbed, cut, or castrated themselves, tore out their hair and even bit off their tongues. This project explores why people acted in this way and how they were viewed by others. Before self-harm became a pathology, I argue, self-wounding was a persuasive strategy, a means of political resistance, and a way to manage one\u2019s emotions.<\/p>\n

This project will be connected to a series of creative workshops with people who self-harm, their loved ones, and service providers, linking in turn to an exhibition connecting their experiences to those represented in early modern texts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Sensing Sickness in Early Modern England<\/h3>\n
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Hannah Newton<\/strong> (History)
\nWellcome Trust University Lectureship Award (2016-2021), \u00a3237,968<\/p>\n

Sensing Sickness<\/em> is an investigation into what it was like to be ill, or to witness the illness of a loved one, in early modern England, c.1580-1720. Taking a brand new, sensory approach, the project asks how the five senses were affected by serious disease and treatment, and uncovers the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile sensations of the early modern sickchamber. Two further initiatives are connected to this project: a two-day conference on the theme of \u2018Disease & Ease, 1500-1800<\/a>\u2019, to be held in July 2020 at the University of Reading, and a series of medical history workshops for children<\/a> and adults<\/a>, \u2018Sickly Smells & Putrid Potions<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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P Boone, 'Allegory of the Senses' (Smell)<\/em><\/span>
\nA man vomits, while those around him hold their noses<\/em><\/span>
\nCredit: Wellcome Collection \/ CC BY<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Aged Patient in Early Modern England<\/h3>\n
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Amie Bolissian Mcrae<\/strong> (History), PhD student
\nWellcome PhD Studentship (2018-2021), \u00a394,311
\nSupervisors: Hannah Newton and Helen Parish<\/p>\n

This project investigates the impact of illness and infirmity on the lives of older people and their\u00a0families in England, c.1570-1730, revealing the hitherto unnoticed importance of state of health in definitions\u00a0and experiences of old age. Amie\u2019s project has modern-day relevance, and she is organising events for carers and older people at retirement villages across the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rembrandt, Etching of an old man and old woman conversing, c.1630<\/em><\/span>
\nCredit: Wellcome Collection \/ CC BY<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Completed Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Architecture of Pharmacies: Co-designing Pharmacy Spaces<\/h3>\n
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Ranjita Dhital <\/strong>(Pharmacy Practice),\u00a0Principal Investigator
\nLeverhulme Fellowship (2018-2020), \u00a344,972<\/p>\n

Architecture of Pharmacies<\/em>\u00a0is an interdisciplinary arts-based research project which aims to understand how the physical and social spaces within community pharmacies are experienced by pharmacy service users and staff. This study will examine how the\u00a0architecture of pharmacies<\/em>\u00a0may effect engagement with current and future pharmacy health services, and co-produce a community pharmacy design guide which could be evaluated in future research.<\/p>\n

The community pharmacy is the most accessed health space in the UK and many other countries. However, we currently do not know what effects, for example, a small and cluttered pharmacy consultation room, pharmacy counter, shop floor or dispensary could have on pharmacy patients and staff. The community pharmacy profession has experienced significant developments over the years; however, spaces where these new pharmacy services are delivered have not been examined. What could this mean for pharmacy patients and staff? My study will investigate these questions by applying Experience-based Co-design (EBCD) and Photovoice methods to explore how community pharmacy spaces are experienced and how they could be optimised to engage patients with their treatment and support their wellbeing.<\/p>\n

Collaborators<\/strong>: Professor Glenn Robert (King\u2019s College London); Dr Jacqueline Sin (Psychology, UoR) and Dr Carolina Vasilikou (Architecture, UoR).<\/p>\n

Publication<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dhital, R.<\/a><\/u><\/strong>,\u00a0Robert, G.,\u00a0Vasilikou, C.<\/a><\/u><\/strong>,\u00a0Gheerawo, R.\u00a0and\u00a0Sin, J.<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, (2018)\u00a0Systematic review on the effects of the physical and social aspects of the community pharmacy environment on pharmacy patients\u2019 and staffs\u2019 engagement with pharmacy health services.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0PROSPERO, UK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Selfhood and the Surgically Altered Body in Early Modern England<\/h3>\n
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Alanna Skuse<\/strong> (English Literature), Principal Investigator
\nWellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016-2019), \u00a3146,338
\nConsultants: Michelle O\u2019Callaghan and Andrew Mangham<\/p>\n

This project investigates experiences and perceptions of the surgically altered body, a category which included amputees, mastectomy survivors, and castrate men. Using a wide range of sources, from drama to medical texts, Dr Skuse argues that the altered body was a \u2018tool for thought\u2019, which provoked discussion about what was \u2018normal\u2019 and \u2018natural\u2019. The project involves public engagement events, including \u2018The Body Hacked<\/a>\u2019, and \u2018My Voice, My Instrument<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Plastic Surgery on the Nose, 16th century<\/em><\/span>
\nCredit: Wellcome Collection \/ CC BY<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Stories of Ageing: Patient Experience and Patient Care<\/h3>\n
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Andrew Mangham <\/strong>(English Literature), Principal Investigator; Margot Gosney <\/strong>(Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust), Co-Investigator; Kate Mattacks<\/strong> (Health Humanities), Research Assistant
\n<\/strong>Collaborative Innovation Fund, \u00a322,791<\/p>\n

Two major challenges that face geriatric medicine at present are: (1) the range of challenging behaviours exhibited by patients due to cognitive issues and boredom, and (2) the lack of qualified interest in the speciality of elderly care. What this projects suggests is that there is a great deal to be gained from looking to the humanities, particularly to the use and understanding of stories within a healthcare setting, for ways of improving both the reputation of geriatric medicine and for assisting in the treatment of elderly, frail, and palliative-care patients. While research and teaching has taken place recently into \u2018bibliotheraphy\u2019 and \u2018narrative medicine\u2019, such activity has tended to be ahistorical in nature \u2013 books have been pulled off shelves and read to patients with little or no historical contextualisation. Looking to the archives available to us locally, we intend to expand on the Centre for Health Humanities\u2019s strengths in historicist and literary research in order to explore how stories told by, and to, patients are connected to certain objects and texts, and how these associations can be used as the basis for a better understanding of the distinctive needs and pressures of EC medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Information Design and Architecture in Persuasive Pharmacy Space: Combating Anti-microbial Resistance<\/h3>\n
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Sue Walker <\/strong>(Typography), Principal Investigator; Rosemary Lim <\/strong>(Pharmacy), Co-Investigator
\nArts and Humanities Research Council, \u00a3200,000
\nOther Co-Investigators: Flora Samuel (Architecture); Sue Hignett (Loughborough University)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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