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Apparently Recovered: An Interview with Monika Pietrzak-Franger on her New Visual Study of Long Covid in the polyphony

Apparently Recovered: An Interview with Monika Pietrzak-Franger on her New Visual Study of Long Covid in the polyphony

In a compelling new interview for the polyphone, scholar Genevieve Smart sits down with Professor Monika Pietrzak-Franger at the University of Vienna to discuss her groundbreaking and innovative publication, Apparently Recovered: A Study of Long Covid (original title: “Scheinbar Genesen: Leben mit Long Covid und das Recht auf Hoffnung”). What does it mean to be “apparently recovered” in a healthcare system that is not built to house chronic illness? Breaking away from traditional academic formats, this publication takes the form…

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‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ (June 15-16, Vienna) Workshop Recap and Reflections

‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ (June 15-16, Vienna) Workshop Recap and Reflections

How can we teach, share knowledge, and challenge traditional academic hierarchies within the Medical Humanities? In the ‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ workshop held at the University of Vienna from June 15–16, 2026, we sought to deeply engage with this question. The workshop offered the opportunity for researchers, activists, curators, and artists alike to reflect on how practice-based and collaborative methods can reshape our classrooms and institutions. In a newly published workshop recap from the polyphone, contributors Genevieve Smart,…

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Conference & exhibition “Photo I Brut”: interview on OE1

Conference & exhibition “Photo I Brut”: interview on OE1

Radio programme “Leporello” covered “Photo I Brut” on 23 June. Listen to the podcast! Linn Ritsch interviews Monika Pietrzak-Franger (University of Vienna) and Felix Hoffmann (Foto Arsenal Wien) for OE1 on the conference “Photo I Brut . Artistic Practices Between Visual Culture and Health: Museums, Markets and Artists” (17 June 2026) and the Foto Arsenal Wien exhibition “Photo I Brut”. Listen to the podcast: “Photo Brut: Kunst und Ethik” More about the exhibition “Photo I Brut”More about the Lecture series…

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“Scheinbar genesen – Leben mit Long Covid und das Recht auf Hoffnung” – Monika Pietrzak-Franger im Interview mit der Rudolphina

“Scheinbar genesen – Leben mit Long Covid und das Recht auf Hoffnung” – Monika Pietrzak-Franger im Interview mit der Rudolphina

In ihrem Buch Scheinbar genesen – Leben mit Long Covid und das Recht auf Hoffnung beleuchtet die Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaftlerin Monika Pietrzak-Franger die oft übersehenen Realitäten des Lebens mit Long Covid.

Cover of Re:visit open access journal 3.1 (2024)
“Long Covid as a Collective Experience” by Monika Pietrzak-Franger published in Re:visit open-access journal

“Long Covid as a Collective Experience” by Monika Pietrzak-Franger published in Re:visit open-access journal

Monika Pietrzak-Franger’s article “Long Covid as a Collective Experience: A Photo Essay” has just been published in open-access journal “Re:visit: Humanities & Medicine in Dialogue” 3.1: “Medial Medicine / Digital Medicine: (Re-)Negotiations of Medical Knowledge Between Transformation, Empowerment, and Politics”.