Illness Narratives in Comics
Public Lecture on October 17 at 6:00 p.m. at Freie Universität Berlin / Public Workshop on October 18 - No 295/2019 from Oct 10, 2019 A workshop on October 17 and 18 at Freie Universität Berlin will deal with the topic of illness narratives in comics. Participants will discuss questions surrounding how patients' views can be integrated into medical training and practices through comics that depict illness, disability, therapy, and care. The workshop entitled "Comics Put to Practice: Illness Narratives as Tools of Empowerment in the Medical Sphere" will be in English and is open to the public. Participants must register in advance by contacting pathographics [at] fsgs.fu-berlin (p) de. Professor of medicine Michael Green from Penn State University's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will open the workshop with a keynote talk on "Using Comics to Teach and Learn about Doctoring: What, Why & How" on October 17 at 6:00 p.m. Michael Green is known for his trailblazing role in incorporating "graphic medicine" comics into his university medical courses. His talk will be in English and is open to the public. Advance registration is not required. Scholars working in the field of medical humanities and narrative medicine have long worked under the assumption that illness narratives help to foreground patients' perspectives in medical training and practice. What happens when the special medium of comics, as opposed to text alone, is taken into account with its unique way of depicting bodily experiences related to illness, disability, therapy, and care?
