Browsing by Subject "corpse"

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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - Dicing with death
    (2015-01-21) Martin, Lorna
    Warning: this video contains images from a real autopsy procedure. Lorna Martin, a forensic pathologist, talks about the forensic scientist’s work with human corpses and describes in some detail the standard procedure for dissecting and documenting a corpse. This is the fifth video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - In dialogue about the corpse
    (2015-01-21) Levine, Susan; Posel, Deborah; Smith, Kathryn; Martin, Lorna
    In this video, Susan Levine reflects on how each of the three speakers in previous videos used their different perspectives to address the topic of death and the corpse and poses additional questions to them. Lorna is asked about her interaction with the families of the deceased. Deborah is asked to elaborate on the concept of 'discipline'. Kathryn is asked how her work interfaces with art presentation and representation. This is the sixth video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The discipline of death
    (2015-01-21) Posel, Deborah
    In this video, Deborah Posel, a sociologist, explores the journey taken by medical professionals as they become familiar with the intimate details of death and dying. She considers how medical students explore the corpse in order to reveal its mysteries and develop their knowledge of the body with the ultimate goal of preserving life. This is the fourth video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death
    (2015-01-21) Posel, Deborah
    In this video, sociologist Deborah Posel, discusses the philosophical implications of death, arguing that death is integral to what we understand by "life". She also discusses the symbolic investment in death in human societies and what the treatment of death can tell is about how societies function. She also focuses on how the corpse is used as a powerful, paradoxical, and sometimes taboo representation of both life and death. This is the second video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.