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Interview with Marnie

Similar to Ashlyn, I was able to contact Marnie through Instagram. She was very forthcoming in sharing her experience and she emailed me back these answers which go into great detail of her experience with diabetes. What I find to be a regular occurence in the three responses I have received so far is theContinue reading “Interview with Marnie”

Article Reference: ‘Why Disgust Matters’

Curtis, Valerie. “Why Disgust Matters.” Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, vol. 366, no. 1583, 2011, pp. 3478–3490. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23035750. Accessed 12 Jan. 2021. P.2. ‘Disgust is used and abused in society, both a force for social cohesion and a cause of prejudice and stigma’ P.2. ‘Disgust impacts on many aspects of our lives, from our individual,Continue reading “Article Reference: ‘Why Disgust Matters’”

Article Reference ‘Evasion of the Body Snatchers’ (Chapter 1 of ‘Don’t Look, Don’t Touch)

P.4. ‘All of the things that people find revolting seemed to have some sort of role to play in the transmission of infectious disease.’ P.6. ‘Those of our distant ancestors who tended to avoid faeces, nasal mucus, and bad smelling food did better on average in the reproduction lottery: they were healthier, mated more often,Continue reading “Article Reference ‘Evasion of the Body Snatchers’ (Chapter 1 of ‘Don’t Look, Don’t Touch)”

Article Reference: ‘The Handy Diabetes Answer Book’ Credo Reference

‘It is thought that there are several reasons for the development of type 1 diabetes, but most of them are debated or still need to be studied.’ ‘According to research and statistics, the body’s autoimmune system can attack a person’s beta cells over months or even years, eventually resulting in type 1 diabetes.’ ‘A personContinue reading “Article Reference: ‘The Handy Diabetes Answer Book’ Credo Reference”

Article Reference: ‘Hacking the Feminist Body’ by Laura Forlano

P.1. ‘these technologies reconfigure definitions around what it means to be human’ P.1. ‘I’m interested in the ways in which these socio-technical systems shape even the most mundane details of everyday life — their politics, materialities and aesthetics — as well as what it means to be human in this context.’ P.2. ‘the digital shapesContinue reading “Article Reference: ‘Hacking the Feminist Body’ by Laura Forlano”

Article Reference: ‘Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology’ by SAGE

Heinemann, L. (2021) ‘Expenditure for the Development of a Medical Device: Much Higher Than Commonly Assumed’, Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 15(1), pp. 3–5. doi: 10.1177/1932296820986016. P.1. ‘the development of a new medical device has (highly) complex requirements; the path from an idea to a finished product that a patient with diabetes (PwD) canContinue reading “Article Reference: ‘Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology’ by SAGE”

Book Reference: ‘Body in Culture, Technology and Society’ by Chris Shilling

Shilling, C., 2005. The body in culture, technology and society, London: SAGE. P.28. ‘The physical capacities and experiences of individuals, however, suggests that the body plays an independent and essential causal role in the formation of societal phenomena’. p.28. ‘tHE BODY IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THOSE CAPACITIES AND DISPOSITIONS WHICHContinue reading “Book Reference: ‘Body in Culture, Technology and Society’ by Chris Shilling”

Interview with Ashlyn

After finding it hard to get in contact with people who have diabetes by word of mouth (blaming this on COVID), I decided to use the seemingly most used platform today to see how I might be able to find people willing to talk about their experiences with diabetes. The first person who was ableContinue reading “Interview with Ashlyn”

Liquid Latex

After seeing my flatmate use liquid latex to make scar look-alikes for her uni project, I became interested in this material and how I might be able to use it for my project. For the sake of trying out the material and getting to grips with how it works, I started brushing it on toContinue reading “Liquid Latex”

Book Reference: ‘One Dimensional Man’ by Herbert Marcuse

P.6. ‘The brute fact that the machine’s physical (only physical?) power surpasses that of the individual, and of any particular group of individuals, makes the machine the most effective political instrument in any society whose basic organization is that of the machine process.’ the machine is the most effective political instrument. P.6. ‘But the politicalContinue reading “Book Reference: ‘One Dimensional Man’ by Herbert Marcuse”