"Conservación en tiempos de cólera”

Tras el terremoto de enero de 2010 en Puerto Príncipe, el rescate, estabilización y remoción del patrimonio pictórico mural de la desvastada Catedral Episcopal de Santa Trinidad presentó una variedad de desafíos tanto físicos como económicos. El equipo multidisciplinarlo de profesionales y artistas haitianos junto con conservadores extranjeros hicieron posible el desarrollo del complejo plan de conservación, logrando retirar con éxito y poner a resguardo los tres murales que sobrevivieron el violento sismo. “La Ultima Cena” de Philomé Obin, “La Procesión Nativa” de Preferéte Duffaut y “El Bautismo de Cristo” de Castera Bazile. Estas pinturas sacras, que adquirieron fama internacional por ser también representativas de la cultura popular haitiana, fueron motivo de controversia en su momento. Actualmente los murales se encuentran en depósitos bajo la custodia de las autoridades de la Iglesia Episcopal Haitiana.Tópico 2: Conservación y restauración de pinturas, cueros, textiles, papel y metales. Técnicas de limpieza y restauración

Sociocultural Impact of AIDS Understanding on Prevention Education and Treatment Accessibility

The first fifteen years of the AIDS Crisis (1981-1996) were characterized by an immense need by those impacted both for legitimization of diagnoses and access to treatments which targeted both the HIV virus itself and resulting opportunistic infections (OIs). However, early epidemiological trends and the social perception that AIDS was a disease of white gay men resulted in much of the initial focus to center this population and their experience of the disease. This contributed to an incomplete understanding of the natural history of the virus, a failure to identify OIs more common in women and IV drug users (IVDUs), and barriers to vital services. In addition, most clinical trials, which were the only legal avenue to experimental treatments before 1989, excluded or limited the participation of diverse populations. Among those who did have access to clinical trials, as well as many others whose lives were directly affected by the epidemic, the cycles of hope (as treatments emerged) and despair (as their ineffectiveness and toxicities were revealed) was mentally and physically taxing, and in many cases fatal due to the limits of the therapy. The current investigation involves archival materials related to Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) available in the NYPL Special Collections and other historical archives. In addition, oral history interviews with GMHC staff and volunteers were analyzed from the archives or conducted as part of this project. Together these materials help shed light on the difficulties surrounding education, diagnosis and treatment access by differing demographics of people with AIDS (PWAs).https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2022/1035/thumbnail.jp

An Exploratory Study of Undergraduates’ Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action Policies for Asian Americans in College

This exploratory study examined white undergraduate students’ (a) racial attitudes towards Asian Americans, (b) principled policy attitudes toward affirmative action, and (c) self-interest in relation to their support for college-based affirmative action policies for Asian Americans at a Midwestern university. A sample (n = 264, 28% male, 72% female) of white undergraduate students from a midsized public university in the Midwest was surveyed. The findings indicate that white undergraduate women have significantly more favorable principled policy attitudes toward affirmative action in general and for an affirmative action college policy for Asians, in particular, than do undergraduate males. Implications for issues of equity and social justice are shared

Laryngeal aspergilloma: a complication of inhaled fluticasone therapy for asthma

Primary laryngeal aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients is rare.We describe a case of a 59-year-old woman with laryngeal aspergillosis thought to be second-ary to long-term inhaled fluticasone therapy. Laryngeal aspergillosis may be an underrecognized complication of inhaled corticosteroid therapy

In Transition: A Microhistory of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) 1986-1996

Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) formed in NYC in response to the stigma, discrimination, and insufficient governmental assistance in the beginning years of the AIDS epidemic. Individuals and groups affected by AIDS were being denied critical resources such as healthcare, social services, and housing. Many lost their jobs, the support of their families, and were dealing with increasing social isolation. GMHC’s staff and volunteers responded by providing a range of services, including: medical, legal, and financial information, counseling, and advocacy, as well as social and emotional support. Although GMHC began as an organization primarily focused on the needs of the gay male community, the clients who came to the agency for services were always more diverse than the name implied and, as the years went by, became even more so. As the virulence of the epidemic intensified and the number and diversity of those affected rose, the challenges of developing, prioritizing, and allocating agency resources and services magnified. This emerging reality exposed schisms between those most in need of GMHC’s services and the organization’s history, identity, and organizational culture. This was also happening at a time when the agency was becoming more professionalized and bureaucratic, as pursuit of funding forced it to shift away from its movement-based roots. The current project presents a microhistory of GMHC from 1986-1996, a decade in which significant transitions and intergroup conflicts occurred within the organization. Analysis of archival data from this period, including GMHC newsletters, meeting minutes, results from internal agency reports, and other related documents highlight conflicts within and surrounding GMHC during this transitional period.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2021/1041/thumbnail.jp

The Healthcare Changemakers Podcast and Existing Conditions .Press

A podcast made from live interviews with healthcare changemakers. http://existingconditions.press/podcas