The intention of this audio project is to discuss the links between systems and imaginations rooted in supremacy, the dysregulation of planetary systems, and the poor health outcomes being experienced by peoples who are racialised and minoritised. We also aim to dismantle the individualised health narrative propagated by western medicine as it has been used to blame people for their poor health, which helps propagate health injustice.  As we go through the audio story we will be using certain linguistic baselines 

*Nature and all living beings are referred to in a plural form as we are all ecosystems. We are all plural. 

**The use of the letter “s” at the end of words such as knowledges is to signify that Indigeneity is not a monolith and holds multiple cultures, thoughts, and knowledges. It also is inclusive of non-human knowledges.

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In this episode, Araceli Camargo will be providing a working definition of health, breaking down the factors of planetary dysregulation and the physiological links to health.

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LINKS
Centric Lab | thecentriclab.com / https://twitter.com/TheCentricLab
Araceli Camargo | https://twitter.com/aracelicamargo_
Joshua Artus | https://twitter.com/Josh_Artus
Guppi Bola | https://twitter.com/guppikb
Rhiannon Osborne | https://twitter.com/rhiannon_osborn

https://www.urbanhealthcouncil.com/reports-playbooks/the-planetary-dysregulation
https://www.urbanhealthcouncil.com/reports-nature-health
https://www.urbanhealthcouncil.com/reports-playbooks/health-as-ecological

For more work on this topic please go to https://www.urbanhealthcouncil.com/

Planetary Dysregulation, Capitalism, And Healthcare | Episode 1 - Definitions

COVID-19 & Biological Inequality; a London Data Study

ABSTRACT
It is now well understood that poorly designed and planned environments heighten the risk of health issues due to systemic deprivations and stressors. Our recent paper investigates how COVID-19 is interacting with these environments and their communities, specifically Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in the London. As COVID-19 continues to spread through the British population a trend has emerged, poorer ethnic minority communities are the ones being most affected, both in hospitalisations and death rates.

This is an audio extraction from a virtual Townhall we hosted where we invited members of the public to ask questions and interact with us.

For more information please visit the study: https://www.thecentriclab.com/covid-19-poverty-a-london-data-study

Covid-19 Deaths, BAME Communities & Biological Inequality | The Townhall 22:07:2020

City Centric is a podcast series from the Centric Lab, a neuroscience research lab working at the intersection of health x climate change x cities.

We believe that a person can only have agency over their health when they are part of a supportive ecosystem, which includes the places they inhabit.

The podcast focuses on conversations around how our understanding of health needs to improve in order to overcome present day health challenges and prepare our urban environments for future changes.

Centric is a small team based in London leading a civic movement on health justice. Centric aims to provide the tools and solutions to help policy makers protect our health as urbanisation becomes more complex.

For more information please visit www.thecentriclab.com

Planetary Dysregulation, Capitalism, And Healthcare | Episode 1 - Definitions

City Centric

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