On June 26-28 2024, the ERC Globalizing Palliative Care project hosted an intensive academic workshop and roundtable at Leiden University. We thank all the participants for their generative contributions to the conversations!
How do people speak or not speak about dying and end of life care? Current Western biomedicine and palliative care approaches emphasize open information provision and discussion of end of life care, even though patients and health care providers note that this is not always implemented. At the same time, anthropologists and other scholars point …
Roundtable: Anthropological perspectives on silence and care at the end of life Read More »
How can anthropological insights most effectively contribute to addressing societal questions on health and care? On Friday the 15th of December, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network and the ERC-funded Globalizing Palliative Care project hosted a roundtable discussion about the impact of medical anthropology research in Indonesia. Dr. Irwan Martua Hidayana of the University of …
Medical anthropology in Indonesia: a lively discussion on impact and society Read More »
On 1 february 2024 the next online book talk within the Unfolding Finitudes series will take place. This edition the book Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations will be introduced by the editors, Dr. Megha Amrith, Dr. Victoria K. Sakti and Dr. Doria Sampaio and two of the volume’s contributing authors, …
Book talk ‘Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations’ Read More »
Friday 6 October 2023 Hanum Atikasari talked about the beauty and challenges in conducting ethnography. In her presentation, she shared her experience in conducing ethnographic research on end-of-life care. The talk hosted by the Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Shajeela Shawkat and Visual Artist Devika Sundar organised a creative workshop “Art for Healing: A Journey of Self-Expression” for caregivers of individuals with brain injuries and strokes. This transformative workshop aimed at promoting self-care and emotional well-being through art. This workshop was conducted in St johns Medical College hospital in Bangalore. In this video you …
On 14 June 2023 the second meeting of the Palliative Care Around the World network took place at Leiden University. The meeting was organized by Dr. Natashe Lemos Dekker and Prof. Jeannette Pols with support from the ERC project Globalizing Palliative Care.’ The participants presented their research on palliative care in a variety of contexts, …
In June, Globalizing Palliative Care project members Hanum Atikasari and Natashe Lemos Dekker attended the 18th European Association for Palliative Care congress in Rotterdam. Lemos Dekker presented the preliminary results of the project’s case studies in Brazil and Indonesia. In this presentation we have demonstrated that community-based initiatives reveal how local values are included in …
The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) 2023 Congress in Rotterdam Read More »
Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania is a gripping ethnographic account of the deaths of pregnant women in a Tanzanian hospital with limited resources. Anthropologist Adrienne E. Strong untangles the reasons Tanzania has had so little sustained success in reducing maternal mortality rates, despite global development support, through an exploration of everyday ethics and …
June 6: Unfolding Finitudes webinar Documenting Death with Adrienne Strong Read More »
In the seminarPalliative Care Around the World an interdisciplinary group of speakers will address ongoing research on palliative care in a variety of contexts, including Brazil, UK, Japan, Indonesia, among others. The seminar will be on Wednesday 14 June from 10:00 to 16:00 in Leiden. Natashe Lemos Dekker is the organiser of the seminar and …