“Change can happen. Change has happened…” Poverty makes us unwell. GP Andy Knox sees this in his North Lancashire consulting room, meeting people whose lives could improve if stigma and destitution went away. He tells sociologist Imogen Tyler about the burnout facing doctors and frontline workers trying to care for their communities on scant resources, and reflects on how we need to ask “bigger deeper questions” about what’s making our society sick. But, inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s idea of ...
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“Change can happen. Change has happened…” Poverty makes us unwell. GP Andy Knox sees this in his North Lancashire consulting room, meeting people whose lives could improve if stigma and destitution went away. He tells sociologist Imogen Tyler about the burnout facing doctors and frontline workers trying to care for their communities on scant resources, and reflects on how we need to ask “bigger deeper questions” about what’s making our society sick. But, inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s idea of ...
What is stigma? Who does it serve? And how does it shape a world broken by poverty, prejudice, and injustice? Welcome to The Stigma Conversations, with leading activist sociologist Imogen Tyler. Join Imogen as she meets inspirational academics, activists and frontline workers to show that while stigma is certainly about feelings and experiences, it’s also about power, politics and history. We are in a state of emergency, and we need to take action, now. Through intimate and urgent...
The Stigma Conversations
“Change can happen. Change has happened…” Poverty makes us unwell. GP Andy Knox sees this in his North Lancashire consulting room, meeting people whose lives could improve if stigma and destitution went away. He tells sociologist Imogen Tyler about the burnout facing doctors and frontline workers trying to care for their communities on scant resources, and reflects on how we need to ask “bigger deeper questions” about what’s making our society sick. But, inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s idea of ...
