Thackray Insights: What Colour is a Brain?
Thackray Insights invites you to delve deep into eye opening topics and explore the unheard stories of medicine.
How can we use creative practice to debunk the myth of a ‘normal’ brain? Arya Thampuran delves into the digital artwork of Nigerian artist Eloghosa Osunde, comparing personal experiences of depression and neurodiversity with the latest scientific findings.
About the Speaker:
Arya Thampuran is an Assistant Professor at Durham University‘s Institute for Medical Humanities and co-leads the Black Health and Humanities and Neurodivergent Humanities Networks. Her research combines medical humanities and critical race studies, exploring African diasporic approaches to mental health and healing. Her work advances decolonial, intersectional approaches to healthcare, illness and wellbeing.
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