Asylum Architecture
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HISTORICAL PERIOD: Modern medicineTHEMATIC(S) AREA(S) Clinical practice, Medical ethicsCountry: United KingdomLanguage: EnglishUNIT OF THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL:
Modern medicine - From the Asylum to Care in the Community: from Paternalism to Autonomous Decision Making
Description
This video shows Dr Clare Hickman (Senior lecturer in History, Newcastle University) being interviewed by Mainga Bhima (a Medical Student at the University of Bristol). The object under discussion is Ticehust Asylum, a purpose built institution (late 1700's) to house people with mental illness.
This object links with Unit 10 ('From the Asylum to Care in the Community: from Paternalism to Autonomous Decision Making') and demonstrates a school of thought at the time that those with mental illness should be kept away from the rest of society, but supported in closed communities. The video explores, amongst other things, how the architecture of these purpose built buildings was designed to support communal living and provide open space and freedom within, whilst at the same time restricting freedoms considerably.
This object links with Unit 10 ('From the Asylum to Care in the Community: from Paternalism to Autonomous Decision Making') and demonstrates a school of thought at the time that those with mental illness should be kept away from the rest of society, but supported in closed communities. The video explores, amongst other things, how the architecture of these purpose built buildings was designed to support communal living and provide open space and freedom within, whilst at the same time restricting freedoms considerably.
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