Suitcases as symbols of the struggle for dignity and civil rights of people with mental illnesses
Devised to control the female body, the corset has had, between the 18th and the 20th century, many detractors.
The relationship to sugar in our society is sustainably anchored on a difference between genders.
Time-measurement devices in clinical and experimental settings have historically tended to pathologize mental “slowness” and normalize “speed” as a signifier of mental health.
The bed is not a simple object structuring the hospital space. It is also a therapeutic instrument and an indicator for public authorities to guide hospital policy.
