Not Breathing Easy: “Disarticulated Homework” in Asthma Management
What happens to the “chronic homework” of asthma management when racism, socio-economic disadvantage, and medical systems gaps in the U.S. “disarticulate” families from professional care?
Where have all the children gone? The silencing and un-silencing of children in America’s pandemic
As childhood medical anthropologists in America’s pandemic, we see children’s issues everywhere –school re-openings; mental health concerns; medical risks—but children themselves have been, to our ears, conspicuously silent.
Our School
The children of Tūrama School, where I conducted by doctoral research, produced a lot of drawings during my time with them. Meanwhile, I also produced a number of drawings with them.
The Children in Child Health: Negotiating Young Lives and Health in New Zealand
Who are the children in child health policies and programming? How have we overlooked them, and why is it critical that we start paying attention to them now? This book is about what children do: the unseen and underestimated practices of children who make lives for themselves in situations of poverty and inequality.
Julie Spray 