Centre of the Body
Description
The Centre of the Body bring together scholars and practitioners from the humanities, social sciences and the arts who are working on and with the body.
Studying the body beyond its scientific sphere has gained great prominence in the last few decades. It has been increasingly established that disciplines such as the arts, history of medicine, medical anthropology and philosophy of medicine provide aspects of enquiry and interpretation that are valuable not only within and across these disciplines, but are also applicable for health professionals.
Meanwhile the study of the body in its cultural meanings overarches many arts forms and humanities studies, whilst ways in which artists and scientists have begun to work together on issues of the body suggests the dawning of a new interdisciplinarity that focuses on the body itself.
The rationale behind the centre's establishment was the gap of an inter-disciplinary multicultural Centre with a focus on the Body incorporating scholars and practitioners from the humanities, social sciences and the arts.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
2012
Contact details
Goldsmiths College
8 Lewisham Way
London
SE14 6NW
United Kingdom
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2023-09-20 14:59:52