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Professor Aimi Hamraie’s Critical Design Lab is studying and designing methods for ritual mourning and celebration during COVID-19
May. 21, 2020—Professor Aimi Hamraie’s Critical Design Lab is studying and designing methods for ritual mourning and celebration during COVID-19, looking to the ways that communities name and remember loved ones in nursing homes and hospitals, as well as the ways that disabled communities are finding connection and mutual aid through the internet. This work is part...
Professor Aimi Hamraie’s graduate students in MHS 6100: Critical Theories and Methods in Medicine, Health, and Society have produced “MHS Seminar,” a podcast series capturing their journey through navigating class discussions during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic
May. 21, 2020—Professor Aimi Hamraie’s graduate students in MHS 6100: Critical Theories and Methods in Medicine, Health, and Society have produced “MHS Seminar,” a podcast series capturing their journey through navigating class discussions on biopolitics, ableism, affect theory, and decolonial theory during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast will be available this summer.
Professor Aimi Hamraie is working with the Nashville Mutual Aid Network and Nashville Disability Justice Collective to coordinate education and discussion on solidarity and mutual aid
May. 21, 2020—Professor Aimi Hamraie is working with the Nashville Mutual Aid Network and Nashville Disability Justice Collective to coordinate education and discussion on topics such as solidarity and mutual aid, in addition to helping to coordinate resource sharing in communities.
Professors Tara McKay and Gilbert Gonzales were the featured speakers for Mayor John Cooper’s Office and the Metro Nashville Council LGBTQ Caucus webinar
May. 19, 2020—Professors Tara McKay and Gilbert Gonzales were the featured speakers for Mayor John Cooper’s Office and the Metro Nashville Council LGBTQ Caucus webinar. The webinar focused on LGBTQ health in the age of coronavirus and took place on Friday, May 15, 2020. Read more here.
MHS hosts a virtual coffee hour every Thursday to stay connected with students and faculty during the COVID-19 crisis
May. 15, 2020—MHS hosts a virtual coffee hour every Thursday to stay connected with students and faculty during the COVID-19 crisis. Read more here.