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A Colonial Account of Crime and Craze
Chippin' Away
English - November 17, 2023 06:30 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBSociety & Culture archaeology anthropology south asia history culture artefacts material culture india pakistan sri lanka Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr Shilpi Rajpal explores the records of mental health institutions of Colonial and Post-Colonial northern India in this episode. The episode discusses the British Colonial gaze on mental health and the institutionalisation of health-seeking practices, originally from the Western lens of the British record-keepers The intertwined realities of mental and physical health-seeking practices also become apparent through this discussion.
The series, 'Rooh', is the outcome of a Foundation Project within the purview of the Archives and Museums Program of the India Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with the S.L. Bhatia History of Medicine Museum, Library and Archives, Bangalore, to explore the many themes of the History of Medicine. Part funding was also provided by the Parijat Foundation.
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