By Hanna Kienzler
Can we feel the pain of others? How does pain connect and reach across histories, gendered realities, and social politics? How is illness shaped by context, and what kind of life worlds rise from it? Symptomspeak explores these questions among women in Kosovo and discovered a unique symptomatic language through which they communicate their pain and suffering about the Kosovo War and post-war hardships. Dr. Kienzler calls this language Symptomspeak.
Through her posts, she explores three main themes: Remembering War and Hardship; Speaking through Pain; Realms of Healing.
Discover her blog here.
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