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WELCOME!

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to each other
to this course & our class ground rules
to the health humanities
to graphic medicine
to zines

Introductions:

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I am a nurse who uses comics to contemplate the complexities of illness and caregiving.

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Gather your supplies!

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A note on comic avatars

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@anhecomics

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What would be your comic avatar?

And let’s create our comic avatars. You’ve seen mine already. The beauty of comics is you can be anything. You are the master of time and space. You can be a rock, an animal, basic geometric shapes, a color. A butterfly. A worm. A mountain. It’s all up to you. Create your comic avatar.

We’ll take 2 minutes.

SHARE - hold up?

Point out:

1. Observe the choices you made, conscious and unconscious. Drawing is about choices.

2. You just demonstrated that you possess all the skills you will need for this workshop

3. Though they may make similar choices, no one else can draw exactly what you drew. That’s your style. It may be picking back up from when you were, like I was, told to stop drawing in 4th grade, but that’s just fine. In fact it’s awesome. We knew a lot of great stuff when we were in 4ht grade that we’ve forgotten and left behind. Drawing is a wonderful way to remember.

4. Please please be kind to your drawings. Don’t look at them and say mean things. Don’t make excuses for them. You made them. Be nice to them.

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Please share!

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Share your work here!

https://padlet.com/ComicNurse/uic-bvis-special-topic-graphic-medicine-707i9jhsw9x9vlc7

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I feel miserable.

My favorite patient died.

He always made me laugh.

My comics origin story

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DESPAIR

CONFUSION

OVERWHELMED

HOPE

CLARITY

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Medical (Health) Humanities & Bioethics

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refers to the interface between the medium of comics and the discourse of health, illness, disability, and caregiving.”

IAN WILLIAMS, 2008

Graphic medicine

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“A comic takes reality and pares away everything that’s unnecessary until you get to the heart of that experience.”

“Comics were the right medium for the story I wanted to tell. They meld words and pictures to convey an idea with more economy and grace than either could alone.”

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www.graphicmedicine.org

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Education

Reflection

Research

Advocacy

How are comics being used in healthcare?

Our course structure

And let’s create our comic avatars. You’ve seen mine already. The beauty of comics is you can be anything. You are the master of time and space. You can be a rock, an animal, basic geometric shapes, a color. A butterfly. A worm. A mountain. It’s all up to you. Create your comic avatar.

We’ll take 2 minutes.

SHARE - hold up?

Point out:

1. Observe the choices you made, conscious and unconscious. Drawing is about choices.

2. You just demonstrated that you possess all the skills you will need for this workshop

3. Though they may make similar choices, no one else can draw exactly what you drew. That’s your style. It may be picking back up from when you were, like I was, told to stop drawing in 4th grade, but that’s just fine. In fact it’s awesome. We knew a lot of great stuff when we were in 4ht grade that we’ve forgotten and left behind. Drawing is a wonderful way to remember.

4. Please please be kind to your drawings. Don’t look at them and say mean things. Don’t make excuses for them. You made them. Be nice to them.

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Our

syllabus

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Our

webpage

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On making comics…

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Books

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https://bookshop.org/lists/bvis-594-special-topic-graphic-medicine

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Supplies

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Assignments

Education

Reflection

Research

Advocacy

For each course module,

you will make a short comic

at the conclusion of that module.

For your final, you will expand one of those comics

into a physical zine..

I will share many zines next week in class.

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Any questions?

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refers to the interface between the medium of comics and the discourse of health, illness, disability, and caregiving.”

IAN WILLIAMS, 2008

Graphic medicine

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Reading Comics

Making Comics

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But what exactly is graphic medicine?

Graphic memoirs of experiences of illness, disability, and caregiving.

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“Graphic Pathographies”

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Graphic Medicine Manifesto, Penn State University Press, 2015

Why I advocate for graphic medicine:

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But what exactly is graphic medicine?

A way of teaching and learning.

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But what exactly is graphic medicine?

A way of processing complex experiences and concepts.

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But what exactly is graphic medicine?

A worldwide community.

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www.graphicmedicine.org

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But what exactly is graphic medicine?

A way to combat stigma.

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“Around the world, comic artists, caretakers, parents, and assorted onlookers are taking up their drawing tools, pens, papers, scissors, and computers to depict illness and ways of being human that have been stigmatized. This is graphic medicine.”

-Dana Walrath, Aliceheimer’s

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Why should (or do) you care about graphic medicine?

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Supplies

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1. Choose an inanimate object in the room

2. Draw it as a comic character.

3. Give it a name.

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Draw your avatar saying something to your comic object.

Address it by name.

Draw your comic object responding to what you said to it.

Draw your comic object asking your avatar a question.

Draw your avatar responding to that question.

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Anyone care to share?

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Any questions?

About this course & our syllabus
About our class ground rules
About the health humanities
About graphic medicine

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Next class…

(In two weeks)