Book Club: 'The Empathy Exams' (2014)
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3.00 – 4.00pm, Wed 13 Jul 2022About
Discuss art, life, culture and creativity from the comfort of your own home at the QAGOMA Members Virtual Book Club or join us at one of the meetings at the Gallery. From June to August, titles on the reading list will connect to, contextualise and complement ideas presented in ‘Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles’. 'The Empathy Exams' (2014) by Leslie Jamison Session 1: Wed 13 Jul, 3.00pm | VirtualSession 2: Thu 14 Jul, 10.30am | On-siteSession 3: Sat 30 Jul, 3.00pm | On-siteBeginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others: How should we care about each other? How can we feel another’s pain, especially when pain can be assumed, distorted or performed? Is empathy a tool by which to test or even grade each other? By confronting pain — real and imagined, her own and others’ — Jamison uncovers a personal and cultural urgency to feel. She draws from her own experiences of illness and bodily injury to engage in an exploration that extends far beyond her life, spanning wide-ranging territory — from poverty tourism to phantom diseases, street violence to reality television, illness to incarceration — in its search for a kind of sight shaped by humility and grace. Virtual Book Club: Free for Members / $5 Members’ guestsOn-site Book Club: $12 Members / $17 Members’ guestsJune – August Reading List An Artist of the Floating World (1986) by Kazuo IshiguroThe Empathy Exams (2014) by Leslie JamisonWoman on the Edge of Time (1976) by Marge PiercyMembers receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store. Member event cancellation and refund policy We understand that plans change and we always do our best to accomodate cancellation requests; however, last minute cancellations significantly impact our resourcing and the costs of running our Members events. For events with minimal catering costs e.g. Book Club, paid Members viewings As of February 2022, ticket holders must provide at least 2 business days' notice of cancellation to be eligible for a refund. Within 24 hours of an event date, ticketholders may request to transfer their payment to another Members event. No-shows cannot be refunded or transferred. For events with significant catering costs (e.g. Lunch & Lectures, special events): As of February 2022, where we are required to supply final numbers for catering purposes, ticketholders must provide at least 4 business days' notice of cancellation to be eligible for a refund or to transfer their payment to another event. Refund and transfer requests received after this time cannot be guaranteed.