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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 …

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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 …

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In this video Dr. Natashe Lemos Dekker discusses palliative care with members of the Amsterdam-Diemen Palliative Care Network. Lemos Dekker talks with Danielle van Bennekom, Wies Wagenaar and Marike de Meij about various aspects of palliative care in The Netherlands and asks for recommendations for caretakers in Brazil as part of the ERC-funded research project …

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Natashe Lemos Dekker has been awarded the Distinguished Women Scientists Fund 2021. This travel grant for female postdocs allows her to spend a period as a visiting fellow at the UCLA Department of Anthropology in the United States. Lemos Dekker will participate in the group ‘Mind, Medicine, and Culture’, which advocates a critical perspective on health and illness that would greatly benefit Natashe’s own research on end-of-life care. Lemos Dekker is one of the six 6 laureates who will receive the DWSF travel grant 2021-2022.

Wednesday 9 February 2022 Annemarie Samuels and Liesbeth van Vliet co-organised a public debate night in De Balie called ‘I’m afraid it’s rather bad news’. During this event doctors, patients and other medical experts discussed the future of the bad news conversation. The evening has been recorded and can be now be viewed online.

On the 17th of November the GPC team had a very inspiring brainstorm about using audio-visual methods in ethnographic research on care. Many thanks to Dr. Federico de Musso for sharing with us a range of ideas on photography, drawing, filming, the role of pictures in research collaboration, and ethics of audiovisual methods and representation. As we prepare for fieldwork, it is very exciting to explore a whole range of possible methods for studying globalizing palliative care.