I was fascinated with our conversation with the Bassett medical students last Thursday about opioid addiction and heroin use. It was wonderful to hear their perspectives, both from a scientific angle as well as their own personal experience. The topic of heroin addiction is challenging, however very relevant to the community we live in. Our […]
Read more "Reflection on Our Conversation with the Bassett Medical Students"In reflecting on this class and its content throughout the semester, I’ve found that the knowledge and experience I’ve learned have been applied to situations I’ve encountered outside of the classroom. One instance that comes to mind is during the Emerging Scholars Symposium for Material Culture in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday April 23, 2016. The […]
Read more "Confronting Museums and Myself"During the semester we have addressed a variety of identities and forms of activism. One recurring aspect of class is when we try to connect the event of the past with what we as a society are experiencing today. How can museums be a component for change in a world dealing with so many controversial […]
Read more "This is How Museums Make a Difference"A few years ago I came across the book Righteous Dopefiend, by anthropologist Philippe Bourgois and photographer Jeff Schonberg. Written after over 10 years of field study, the book looks at the lives of several homeless addicts in the San Francisco area during the 1990’s. There is a lot to be learned from the experiences […]
Read more "Treating People as People"Throughout this semester we have covered a large array of topics. In all of our discussions we continually returned to the same conclusion; discussion is necessary to finding solutions to the issues discussed in class. This past week we covered two topics, disability history and the heroin issues both in our country and internationally. Both […]
Read more "Reflection: Start a Conversation"Last week our class met with Bassett Healthcare medical students to watch Everywhere but Safe, a documentary on public injection drug use in New York State. Following the documentary we had a great discussion on the film. Two medical students had previously worked for one of the organizations mentioned in the film and provided a […]
Read more "Combining Resources: Medicine and Museums"Last week’s discussion brought back a lot of memories for me. The discussion of the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates started with the author’s experience of the education system. Reading this section made me reflect on the experiences I faced during my primary education. As a military brat, I moved a […]
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