About me:

Welcome! My name is Alisha Maycock and I am currently studying Social Anthropology at The University of Manchester. My interests include medical anthropology; public health; health equity; humanitarian aid; the social determinants of health; refugee health; homelessness and health in conflict zones, amongst many others. 

 

As an undergraduate student very interested in medical practice and the medical humanities, I struggled to find any platforms that would allow me to get involved - especially as someone not within the field. Therefore, I have created this website as a way to explore my interests and exercise different skills in an informal setting. 

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I use the word 'journal' in both its meanings: as a website that is grounded in  a specific field or area and also as a way to chronicle my musings and deductions.

 

My website is a collection of different perspectives on medicine, health, hospitals, and disease: there is no set agenda, rather it is simply a way for me to explore the interaction between culture and health. Most of these perspectives will be gathered from interviews I have and am conducting with healthcare professionals and others associated with and interrogating the medical field. 

 

I aim to highlight dimensions of healthcare and hospitals that perhaps go unnoticed and through, on occasion, discussing healthcare in an interdisciplinary way, aim to explore the interrelationship between medicine, art, and photography. 

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 If you are someone within or not within the medical field and would like an informal platform to share your ideas or work, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

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Thank you so much for visiting this website - I hope you find it interesting.

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Alisha 

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