Is Acupuncture a Fraud? Reflections on Science, Culture, and Identity
4:00pm - 5:30pm /
Tuesday 24th January 2017
/ Venue: Seminar Room 6 South Teaching Hub
Type: Lecture /
Category: Department
- Dr Leon Rocha
- Suitable for: Anybody interested in the topic including university staff and students and members of the public.
- Admission: Admission is free. Please contact Dr Leon Rocha larocha@liverpool.ac.uk to register.
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Speaker: Bridie Andrews, Associate Professor of History at Bentley University. Author of The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960 (University of Hawai’i Press 2015).
In this era of “evidence-based medicine”, the Chinese healing technique of acupuncture is remarkably difficult to evaluate. Additionally, both the theory and practice of acupuncture have undergone dramatic changes in the modern era, reflecting changes in both political ideology and medical science. This talk examines these issues in the context of cross-cultural knowledge creation and questions of the location of scientific authority.
In this era of “evidence-based medicine”, the Chinese healing technique of acupuncture is remarkably difficult to evaluate. Additionally, both the theory and practice of acupuncture have undergone dramatic changes in the modern era, reflecting changes in both political ideology and medical science. This talk examines these issues in the context of cross-cultural knowledge creation and questions of the location of scientific authority.