Dieter and Ian talk with Dr Sayantani DasGupta about her work in health humanities/narrative medicine, particularly her work at the intersection of narrative, health and social justice. Sayantani will discuss the importance of pedagogy in her scholarly work, and the impact of her identity as a children's and YA author to her scholarship, and vice versa.
Click here for the article by Maria Sachiko Cecire that Sayantani discusses at 22:30.
Dr. Sayantani DasGupta is Senior Lecturer in the Master’s Program in Narrative Medicine, the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, all at Columbia University. Originally trained in pediatrics and public health, she is the author or co-author of several academic books including The Principles and Practices of Narrative Medicine. Her work has appeared in The Lancet, JAMA, Pediatrics, The Hastings Center Report, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, and the Journal of Medical Humanities, and other venues. Her current interests are in issues of abolition medicine, racial justice and health, diaspora studies, and science fiction/health futurities. She is also a New York Times bestselling children’s author, and you can learn more about her work at www.sayantanidasgupta.com.