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SUMMARY:Countway Reads: The Body Factory
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person Countway Reads book 
 discussion!\n\nAbout the event: \n\nStorytelling is at the heart of medical 
 and public health practice and Countway Library is here to help foster this 
 tradition. Our Countway Reads initiative invites the community to read and 
 learn together by engaging with creative works by people from all walks of 
 life. \n\nFor this edition of Countway Reads\, we are reading The Body 
 Factory. In this narrative nonfiction translation from the French\, we 
 follow a man who requires an amputation following an accident. His 
 conversations with Ambroise Paré\, "the father of amputation\," lead to 
 discussions on amputation\, phantom limb\, prostheses\, and transhumanism\, 
 each topic receiving its own chapter\, with the man's personal experiences 
 depicted in between.\n\nThese book discussions\, held each semester\, are 
 open to all Harvard ID holders and facilitated by Countway Library 
 librarians. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is limited\, 
 so sign up early!\n\nAbout the book:\n\nThe Body Factory: From the First 
 Prosthetics to the Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois (Author)\, Kendra 
 Boileau (Translator)\n\nA young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He 
 wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been 
 amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak 
 to him. The subject of the painting introduces himself as Ambroise Paré\, 
 the French barber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation.\n\nFrom 
 this wonderfully absurd premise\, the two begin an imaginary conversation 
 that takes them through a sweeping history of surgical amputation\, from 
 the Stone Age to the Space Age. Unencumbered by pathos or didacticism\, 
 this graphic novel explores the world of amputation\, revealing fascinating 
 details about famous amputees throughout history\, the invention of the 
 tourniquet\, phantom limb syndrome\, types of prostheses\, and 
 transhumanist technologies.\n\nPlayfully illustrated and seriously funny\, 
 The Body Factory is sure to delight anyone interested in the history and 
 future of medicine and how we repair and even enhance the body.\n\nAbout 
 the factilitator:\n\nCountway Reads is faciliated by Countway's Lead 
 Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian\, Matthew Noe. Matthew is a 
 world-renowned expert on graphic medicine and is an advocate for the 
 importance of reading for not just information\, but for enjoyment and 
 community\, at all levels of education. Find out more about Matthew on his 
 Harvard Library staff page and learn more about graphic medicine on 
 Countway's Graphic Medicine landing page.\n\nLearn more about the Countway 
 Reads initiative at countway.info/reads.
LOCATION:Countway Floor 1: Room 103
ORGANIZER;CN="Meredith Solomon":MAILTO:meredith_solomon@hms.harvard.edu
CATEGORIES:Events
CONTACT;CN="Meredith Solomon":MAILTO:meredith_solomon@hms.harvard.edu
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/12503709
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