Graphic Medicine Podcast Susan Squier 2018 Conference Keynote
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Jan 12, 2019 Susan Squier, Julia Gregg Brill Professor Emerita, shares her insights at the Graphic Medicine conference. She discusses the evolution of graphic medicine, emphasizing collaboration and community in storytelling. Squier highlights the intersection of comics, health, and epigenetics, showcasing how visual narratives can simplify complex scientific concepts. The talk also touches on innovative projects addressing climate change and food systems, creatively merging activism with art to reshape public perceptions.
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Graphic Medicine's Collaborative Evolution
- Graphic medicine has evolved beyond author-centered autobiographical comics to include interdisciplinary collaborations.
- These collaborations show distributed creativity, expanding the genre's scope and collaborative nature.
Importance of Scaling in Comics
- Scaling is a crucial formal strategy in graphic medicine, bridging spatial and temporal dimensions.
- It helps represent complex biological and medical phenomena across different levels of experience and time.
Glasgow's Scientific Comic Collaboration
- The Glasgow group created comics about parasitic diseases incorporating electron microscopy color conventions.
- They avoided anthropomorphizing parasites, portraying them as machines to honor scientists' perspectives.
