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Critique, Wonder, and Chinese Anatomy, with Lan A. Li
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In this episode of the Blue Beryl Podcast, Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with the show’s producer, Lan A. Li, a historian of Chinese science, medicine, and the body. We talk about their life-long practice of qigong, the limits of academic critique, and the integration of divergent epistemologies in studying Chinese anatomy. Along the way, we discuss Lan’s new book, Body Maps: Improvising Meridians and Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine (Johns Hopkins UP, 2025), Lan’s relationship to Islam, and how to cultivate wonder through academic study.
Remember, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes. Please enjoy!
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Lan’s website
- Lan Li, “The Vital Other: Integrsative Medicine and India” (2012)
- Lan Li, “Acupuntura e Moxabustão” (2023)
- Lan Li and Pierce Salguero, Jivaka Project Philadelphia (2015-2020)
- Pierce’s 2020 blogs on Metamodernism and Polyperspectivalism
- Lan Li, Body Maps: Improvising Meridians and Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine (2025)
Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. www.piercesalguero.com.
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Manage episode 444136942 series 2421425
In this episode of the Blue Beryl Podcast, Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with the show’s producer, Lan A. Li, a historian of Chinese science, medicine, and the body. We talk about their life-long practice of qigong, the limits of academic critique, and the integration of divergent epistemologies in studying Chinese anatomy. Along the way, we discuss Lan’s new book, Body Maps: Improvising Meridians and Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine (Johns Hopkins UP, 2025), Lan’s relationship to Islam, and how to cultivate wonder through academic study.
Remember, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes. Please enjoy!
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Lan’s website
- Lan Li, “The Vital Other: Integrsative Medicine and India” (2012)
- Lan Li, “Acupuntura e Moxabustão” (2023)
- Lan Li and Pierce Salguero, Jivaka Project Philadelphia (2015-2020)
- Pierce’s 2020 blogs on Metamodernism and Polyperspectivalism
- Lan Li, Body Maps: Improvising Meridians and Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine (2025)
Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. www.piercesalguero.com.
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