Call for Papers – JECP Special Issue –‘Respect and Shame in Healthcare and...
The Philosophy Thematic Issue (2022): Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice has put out a Call for Papers for a special section on the topic of ‘Respect and Shame in Healthcare and Bioethics.’ The...
View ArticleSamuel Beckett’s blushing body of work
Embarrassment is shame’s awkward cousin. At least, that’s the story told by many theories of emotion. Shame is a feeling that floods our whole being, that colours us to the core. Embarrassment is skin...
View ArticleBritish Society for Phenomenology’s Annual Conference
The University of Exeter and the Shame and Medicine Project will host the British Society for Phenomenology’s Annual Conference in 2022, from Tuesday 30th August – Thursday 1st September. The theme for...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to live and work within a culture of shame?
The speaking voice in my ears paused and then, with a soft breath, started to sing. I stopped in surprise. The daffodils I had watched peek through the peat and grow into spindly budded things were...
View ArticleControlling fertility, reproducing shame: UK policies and reproductive injustice
Many people think that government interference into peoples’ reproductive choices is largely a thing of the past, or only occurs in countries with repressive governments. Given this widespread...
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New Artwork: Graphic Medicine Project
Following on from the Call for Artists for our Graphic Medicine Project and in collaboration with The Shame Conversation we are delighted and excited to share with you the art work by Hannah Mumby,...
View ArticleShame and Medical History Seminar Series
The Shame and Medicine Project in collaboration with the Centre for Medical History at the University of Exeter, will run a seminar series over the next few years which will examine shame and stigma in...
View ArticleNEW ARTICLE: Shame, Stigma and HIV
Shame, Stigma and HIV – Considering Affective Climates and the Phenomenology of Shame Anxiety The affective climate often associated with HIV prevention and care practices is often dominated by...
View ArticleHiding in shame: the history of the early Dutch family movement in psychiatry
Once upon a time, a young Dutchman emigrated across the Atlantic in hopes of making his American dream come true. Some decades later, he was indeed a successful businessman, a millionaire, and...
View ArticleShame, ‘Common Sense’, and COVID-19: Notes from Mass Observation
On the 6th of July 2021, the health secretary, Sajid Javid, announced that the UK had entered a ‘new chapter’ of the COVID-19 pandemic ‘based on the foundations of personal responsibility and common...
View ArticleShame, blame, and complex, poorly-understood illness
In October 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published their updated clinical guidance for the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or...
View ArticleCall For Papers: 2022 British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference –...
Call For Papers for special panel for the 2022 British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference Location: University of Exeter, UK, in-person and virtual (hybrid) Date: Tuesday 30 August –...
View ArticleShame, blame and back again: policymaking in the age of COVID
All governments like to blame someone else when things go wrong. The temptation to shame other people for your policy mistakes can be irresistible and we’ve seen it again with COVID-19. But, spreading...
View ArticlePoverty-induced stigma, shame and humiliation in healthcare settings
The roots of many healthcare concerns and ethical issues lie in poverty, especially in resource-scarce countries. The inextricable link between poverty and health manifests in the wide acknowledgement...
View ArticleNew article: Differential Experiences of Social Distancing: Considering...
In the Special Issue of Puncta on “Pandemic Politics and Phenomenology”, Luna Dolezal and Gemma Lucas’ article titled “Differential Experiences of Social Distancing: Considering Alienated Embodied...
View ArticleShame on you for being human: Combating physician fears of disclosing mental...
Medicine is a profession that attracts a certain type of person. To get into medical school you have to be a driven, high achiever. That often correlates with perfectionism and a competitive streak,...
View ArticleUnderstanding ongoing stigma in COVID-19
I first became intrigued by the issue of COVID-19 stigma when Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were the first celebrities to ‘come out’ and announce that they had contracted COVID-19, back in March...
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Shame and the Pandemic Podcast
The Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project team, working with Volume, has produced the podcast series ‘Shame and the Pandemic’. The series acts as an accompaniment to their book COVID-19 and...
View ArticleHaunted by shame, silenced by stigma: the experience of mothers living apart...
Mothers who have their children removed by the state are haunted by the shame of being judged a deeply flawed mother. They are haunted, too, by the ‘ghosts’ of the children they have lost – a unique...
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