Curator of the History of Medicine @ Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo; formerly BPS Curator of Psychology @ Science Museum, London; all tweets my own
Oslo, Norway
Joined August 2011
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#eahmh23 poster presentation by doctoral student Niklas Feix about the tuberculosis and HIV co-epidemic in Tanzania
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Getting ready for the arrival of 295 guests from five continents tomorrow - grateful to my community for amazing papers! Keynotes open to all! virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/…. Marks the closing of four years of adventures with the @Biomedicalizat1 project. Welcome to Oslo! #EAHMH23
Powerhouse panel at #eahmh23 on historians” responsibility in the pandemic: Jeremy Greene, Christoph Gradmann, Laurence Monnais, Dora Vargha, Guillaume Lachenal, and Warwick Anderson. – at Oslo, Norway
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Sad news. We’ve received notice to vacate our premises at Bethnal Green by the end of this week. As a property guardianship, we’ve always been aware that we may be asked to leave with very short notice. We’re disappointed that it has come so soon.
Want to work with me at Norsk Teknisk Museum / Nasjonalt Medisinsk Museum? Do you speak Norwegian and English? It’s a full-time, permanent job. Check out the job description here: finn.no/job/fulltime/ad.html… Could this be you or someone you know? – at Skellefteå, Sverige
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Hey there #ActuallyAutistic adults, what are some things you've implemented in your home to make it more accessible to yourselves?
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Since non-autistics are constantly misunderstanding what a special interest is, here's a thread about what my SpIn is and is not.
1. My special interest is a passion.
My special interest is not a hobby.
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It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay!
As a suicidologist and someone who has experienced chronic suicidality since age 9, I want to offer some insights that mainstream prevention orgs don't often share. 🧵
I was today years old when I discovered there’s a heated greenhouse in Oslo built in 1876 expressly to coax a single species of giant waterlily to bloom. And it still blooms, every year. Why is this not on every list of top things to see in Oslo?
Whatzit? Found the proverbial black box: no identifying marks and no visible controls. I suspect it may have been homemade at Norway’s national hospital — at least we know it came from there.
See picture: It’s connected (by a thick homemade three-wire cable two meters long)…
…to another smaller black box with a small round disk of black paper mounted on it. Can remove the paper disk and see a component inside (pictured) but I don’t recognize what it is.
Any guesses as to what this is?
So far 5 people in my city, Oslo, have joined wait list for the new book-club app Klerb (not a dating app: a way to meet local people with similar taste in books). When that number gets to 100, they’ll roll out the app here.
For more info & to sign up: warmstart.me/waiti/f91c2b45-…
In Nov 2018, my museum received an unsolicited email from 2 dancers in Oslo interested in making work about embryology.
Today & over the coming 9 days, they will perform the resulting work in @TekniskMuseum’s new medical gallery, Life & Death. Info here: bodycartography.org/portfoli…
Hei norsk twitter: I’m starting this thread as a way to keep track of songs (& poems) that can help me improve my Norwegian. Only rules are, they must be easy to understand & please post the lyrics. Parts of songs (& poems) are fine. My aim is to learn these utenat — by heart.
Jeg minnes ofte
klinka av jern
på svalgangsdøra
heime på torpet i skogen:
Henders varsomme grep,
jordete bondenevers lengsel,
hadde slitt den tynn som
en fuglevinge.
Låste dører, brente broer, sotet glass og mørke briller
…
Jeg vil inn en dør jeg ville ut av før
Men alt er låst nå, låst nå
Slipp meg inn, lås opp døra
Jeg vil ut en dør jeg ville inn i før
Men alt er låst nå, låst nå
La meg gå, lås opp døra, jeg vil ut
open.spotify.com/track/0Tm5t…