One of the main functions of the IPHA is to be a conduit or link to the various physiotherapy history projects, writings, presentations and events going on around the world.
To that end, we’re very pleased to be able to point readers to some resources produced by Barbara Richardson and colleagues in the UK, celebrating the history of physiotherapy there.
The first is a guide to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Retirement Association Oral History Project, a project that was undertaken by 15 retired CSP members, who amassed 95 interviews including material from as far back as the 1940s link.
The second is a file reference to all 95 interviewees, and details of their location within the British Library link. Although you have to be at the library itself to hear the full interview, online access to track summaries are available at http://sami.bl.uk.
And finally, Barbara kindly provided a copy of a poster used to promote the project at WCPT link.
We’ll provide permanent links to the project on our links page. If you have information on other history projects – large or small – and would like to notify readers of them, email david.nicholls@aut.ac.nz and we will post up the information for you.
Posted by Dave Nicholls
Dave Nicholls is a Professor of Critical Physiotherapy in the School of Clinical Sciences at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a physiotherapist, lecturer, researcher and writer, with a passion for critical thinking in and around the physical therapies. David is the founder of the Critical Physiotherapy Network, an organisation that promotes the use of cultural studies, education, history, philosophy, sociology, and a range of other disciplines in the study of the profession’s past, present and future. He is also co-founder and chair of the International Physiotherapy History Association Executive, and founding Executive member of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association. David’s own research work focuses on the philosophy, sociology, and critical history of physiotherapy, and considers how physiotherapy might need to adapt to the changing economy of health care in the 21st century. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, many as first author. His first book – The End of Physiotherapy (Routledge, 2017) – was the first book-length critical history of the profession. A second sole-authored book – Physiotherapy Otherwise – was published in early 2022 as a free pdf/eBook (available from https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/8). He was co-editor on the first collection of critical physiotherapy writings – Manipulating Practices (Cappelen Damm, 2018) – and was the lead editor for the follow-up – Mobilising Knowledge (Routledge, 2020). He is also very active on social media, writing weekly on contemporary critical physiotherapy issues (criticalphysio.substack.com). He has taught in physiotherapy programmes in the UK and New Zealand for over 30 years and has presented his work around the world.
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