{"id":14404,"date":"2018-06-05T17:12:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T17:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=14404"},"modified":"2018-06-05T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T17:12:54","slug":"funded-project-spotlight-the-center-for-cartoon-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2018\/06\/05\/funded-project-spotlight-the-center-for-cartoon-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Funded Project Spotlight: The Center for Cartoon Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post highlights one of the NNLM NER funding projects during 2018-2019. To learn more about our funding, as well as current and past projects visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ner\/funding\/funded\">https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ner\/funding\/funded<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Project Title:\u00a0<strong>Comics and Medicine 2018 Conference<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganization: The Center for Cartoon Studies<br \/>\nContact: James Sturm, Director of the Center for Cartoon Studies<\/p>\n<p>The Comics and Medicine 2018 Conference seeks to engage health providers, health information professionals, artists, academics and members of the local community in the use of comics as a resource to provide accessible health information and communicate health-related experiences. This year\u2019s conference theme is \u201cThe Ways We Work\u201d and will offer panel discussions and oral presentations on the ways that graphic medicine is being practiced by teachers, librarians, healthcare professionals and artists. Proposed workshops will focus on visual literacy, teaching, and contemplative practices. The conference will also host the National Library of Medicine\u2019s traveling graphic medicine, Ill Conceived and Well Drawn.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the organizer\u2019s values of inclusiveness and diversity many of the conference events, including all three keynote speakers, will be free and open to the public. In addition, a special conference rate for artists and students will be offered. Finally, a unique \u201cComics Marketplace\u201d will allow multiple modes for participants to explore comics as a resource and medium for promoting conversations and information about health experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the Center for Cartoon Studies, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphicmedicine.org\/2018-vermont-conference\/\">Comics and Medicine Conference<\/a>,\u00a0 the NLM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/graphicmedicine\/\">Graphic Medicine Exhibit<\/a>, and the NNLM NER&#8217;s Graphic Medicine <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ner\/guides\/graphic-medicine-book-club-kits\">Book Club Kits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphicmedicine.org\/2018-vermont-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14405 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/06\/CCS_GRAPHIC_MED_TheWaysWeWork_2018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/06\/CCS_GRAPHIC_MED_TheWaysWeWork_2018.png 1000w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/06\/CCS_GRAPHIC_MED_TheWaysWeWork_2018-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/06\/CCS_GRAPHIC_MED_TheWaysWeWork_2018-768x536.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post highlights one of the NNLM NER funding projects during 2018-2019. To learn more about our funding, as well as current and past projects visit\u00a0https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ner\/funding\/funded. Project Title:\u00a0Comics and Medicine 2018 Conference Organization: The Center for Cartoon Studies Contact: James Sturm, Director of the Center for Cartoon Studies The Comics and Medicine 2018 Conference seeks&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2018\/06\/05\/funded-project-spotlight-the-center-for-cartoon-studies\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,275],"tags":[29,98,99,265],"class_list":["post-14404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funded-project","category-graphic-medicine","tag-awards","tag-funded-projects","tag-funding","tag-graphic-medicine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14406,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14404\/revisions\/14406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}