|
Research
The overarching project covering the
research activities of the members of
the Northern Centre during the Strategic
Award period has been defined as
Knowledge, Ethics and Representation of
Medicine and Health – Historical
perspectives. This is broken down into
six specific sub-themes:
The key research
questions this project will address are:
What were the processes that have
generated knowledge about the body,
illness and health that has become
authoritative and orthodox in medicine
in different societies and cultures? How
were, and are, claims of medical
expertise justified vis à vis claims
from other domains of social and
cultural authority, such as religion,
philosophy and law? What did it mean for
medical practitioners in different
cultural and social contexts when they
claimed to be ethical as well as
knowledgeable? How did they present
themselves to the public? What kind of
material, visual and textual
representations of the body, the mind,
health and disease have gained a
‘defining power’ that exerts its
influence on medical practice and
medical research until the present day? |
