From Photography to Fmri: Epistemic Functions of Images in Medical Research on Hysteria

ISBN-13: 9783837661767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 614 str.

Paula Muhr

Recenzje

»The book is profound in its breadth and depth, richly footnoted and impressiv in its innovative approach to the operativity of images in medical settings.« Milton Fernando Gonzalez Rodriguez, Social History of Medicine, 27.05.2023 Besprochen in: https://hstmnetworkireland.org, 25.01.2023 https://historypsychiatry.com, 30.01.2023 Advances in the History of Psychology, 01.02.2023

O autorze

Muhr, PaulaPaula Muhr is an independent scholar and visual artist who investigates knowledge-producing functions of new imaging technologies in biomedical and natural sciences. Her research is situated at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS), image theory, medias studies and history of science. She holds a PhD in visual history from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and a postgraduate diploma in fine arts (Meisterschülerin) from the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig. She has published on contemporary photography, image-based hysteria research as well as black hole imaging in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.