Photography Exhibition: A Bitter Pill - A Visual Exploration of Indigenous Medicines in Kenya
4:00pm - 5:00pm /
Friday 29th March 2019
/ Venue: Museum Space, School of Veterinary Science, Thompson Yates Building, University of Liverpool Thompson Yates Building
Type: Other /
Category: Research
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Hakuna Dawa Tamu//A Bitter Pill
A visual exploration of indigenous medicines and healers in contemporary Kenya.
Hakuna Dawa Tamu//A Bitter Pill uses images and narratives from healers in contemporary rural Kenya to explore what we consider to be legitimate forms of healing and health seeking behaviour. The exhibition encourages us to think critically about assumed healthcare norms and clinical hegemony in our society. When we confront these images and narratives, we are forced to confront our own assumptions and perceptions of normative decision making. Personal narratives from the healers themselves allow us a window into an often invisible world, where individual actors are criticised and demonised by wider society. We ask that you open your minds to understand the broader, structural level issues at play in health decision making, and think critically about what we perceive to be legitimate and effective medicine in contemporary Kenya.
The exhibition is opening on Friday 29th March at the Museum Space, School of Veterinary Science, Thompson Yates Building, University of Liverpool.
There will be a drinks reception from 4pm.
It is open to all, and free to attend.
The exhibition will run until Friday 5th April, outside the Thompson Yates Building.
For further information about the event and the exhibition, please contact: HORN@liverpool.ac.uk
A visual exploration of indigenous medicines and healers in contemporary Kenya.
Hakuna Dawa Tamu//A Bitter Pill uses images and narratives from healers in contemporary rural Kenya to explore what we consider to be legitimate forms of healing and health seeking behaviour. The exhibition encourages us to think critically about assumed healthcare norms and clinical hegemony in our society. When we confront these images and narratives, we are forced to confront our own assumptions and perceptions of normative decision making. Personal narratives from the healers themselves allow us a window into an often invisible world, where individual actors are criticised and demonised by wider society. We ask that you open your minds to understand the broader, structural level issues at play in health decision making, and think critically about what we perceive to be legitimate and effective medicine in contemporary Kenya.
The exhibition is opening on Friday 29th March at the Museum Space, School of Veterinary Science, Thompson Yates Building, University of Liverpool.
There will be a drinks reception from 4pm.
It is open to all, and free to attend.
The exhibition will run until Friday 5th April, outside the Thompson Yates Building.
For further information about the event and the exhibition, please contact: HORN@liverpool.ac.uk