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Medical & Health Humanities Africa Newsletter
June 2020
 
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BREATH: INSPIRE/EXPIRE
Virtual symposium (20 Oct - 13 Nov, 2020) 
Presented by WiSER, UCT, MHHA


Events in Week 1

On Thursday 22 October 2020, go online to experience the powerful poetry of UPHILE CHISALA in “The healing journey and poetry”. A second workshop lead by MICHAL GEORGE called “Gateways to Presence (Mindfulness in the time of COVID)” will take place from 10h00 to 12h00.

On Friday 23 October 2020, BONGI BHENGU’s new creative work “The healing power of breath and mediation visualised” will be online. Alongside this work, have a look at RENEÉ VAN DER WIEL’s creative work called “Resuscitation fascination: Ethnographic reflections with Covid 19 recalibration”.

Please come and join us and take some time to breath and be inspired! Browse the programme and register for events on the BREATH: INSPIRE/EXPIRE website.

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Diarise the dates for our two keynote speakers:
 
Dr Ela Manga, Integrative Medical Practitioner, 29 October 2020

Prof. Jane Macnaughton, Director, Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham, 12 November 2020
 
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The symposium is organised by the Medical Humanities programme at WISER, in conjunction with the Primary Health Care Directorate at UCT and we would appreciate you being part of it.

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About the network: This network began as a partnership between the Universities of the Witwatersrand, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Pretoria and the Western Cape. The network is an open network - a resource for practitioners, academics and anyone else interested in work that brings health and the humanities together.

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