{"id":15605,"date":"2024-12-09T17:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?p=15605"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:00:39","slug":"barracetamols-family-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?p=15605","title":{"rendered":"Barracetamol&#8217;s Family Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-15619\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-15619 ml-slider has-dots-nav has-carousel-mode ms-theme-default-base\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Barracetamol\" data-height=\"700\" data-width=\"1000\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_15619\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_15619\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15663 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:41:23\" data-filename=\"9358693836_ea5d953e30_o-668x467.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9358693836_ea5d953e30_o-668x467.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15663 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9358693836_ea5d953e30_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'Hi, I'm Barracetamol.'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15659 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:03\" data-filename=\"9358689232_f5b1cb36d5_o-857x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9358689232_f5b1cb36d5_o-857x600.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15659 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9358689232_f5b1cb36d5_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'This is my old friend Benson. I never knew whayt we was talking about until I read this.'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15657 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:03\" data-filename=\"9360549482_92b53b3ea5_o-670x469.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9360549482_92b53b3ea5_o-670x469.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15657 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9360549482_92b53b3ea5_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'Me, back with my half broither talc!'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15655 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:02\" data-filename=\"9358688958_658faf5354_o-538x376.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9358688958_658faf5354_o-538x376.png\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15655 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9358688958_658faf5354_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'Multivitamins and iron contain maize starch and talk just like me... I was separated from the talc in those vitamins many years ago in a talc mine'.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15653 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:02\" data-filename=\"9355914577_a5ab91773a_o-600x420.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9355914577_a5ab91773a_o-600x420.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15653 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9355914577_a5ab91773a_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Barracetamil put on some neon face paint. Guess what? It contains talc.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15651 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:02\" data-filename=\"9357772771_0b549fcec4_o-609x426.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9357772771_0b549fcec4_o-609x426.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15651 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9357772771_0b549fcec4_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Boozy Barry 'just chilling with my maize starch pals x.'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15649 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:02\" data-filename=\"9357706369_2b0b5e7a2f_o-602x421.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9357706369_2b0b5e7a2f_o-602x421.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15649 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9357706369_2b0b5e7a2f_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'I LOVE UNCLE COSTA CUP. We are made of the same materials! xxxxxxxxxxx.'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15647 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:01\" data-filename=\"9358688966_64ae14d669_o-600x420.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9358688966_64ae14d669_o-600x420.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15647 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9358688966_64ae14d669_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'Everyone I meet says I look a bit pasty so I decided to reunite the Talc in me with another product using talc-bronzer!'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15645 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:01\" data-filename=\"9355914463_2f1593d982_o-337x235.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9355914463_2f1593d982_o-337x235.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15645 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9355914463_2f1593d982_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'This royal red paint may contain talc'.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15667 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:47:42\" data-filename=\"9355914575_147a6e78db_o-857x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9355914575_147a6e78db_o-857x600.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15667 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9355914575_147a6e78db_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'I heard my friends in people's suitcases.'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15643 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:01\" data-filename=\"9358688862_fa607a93b5_o-450x315.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9358688862_fa607a93b5_o-450x315.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15643 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9358688862_fa607a93b5_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'I stopped using toothpaste as it contains talc.'<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-15641 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-09 17:39:01\" data-filename=\"9358892486_f282f12ff1_o-809x566.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9358892486_f282f12ff1_o-809x566.png\" height=\"700\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-15619 slide-15641 msDefaultImage\" title=\"9358892486_f282f12ff1_o\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>'With my American cousins in Providence, R.I.: June 2013'.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=multivitamin-tablets\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MULTIVITAMIN TABLETS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=talc\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">PURE FINE TALC<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--8\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=paint\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">METAL PAINT<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size 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href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=beer\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">BEER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--12\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=bronzer\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">BRONZER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--13\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=toothpaste\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TOOTHPASTE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--14\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a 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has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--17\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=origin-indonesia\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">INGREDIENT SOURCED IN INDONESIA<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--18\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=destination-uk\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TAKEN IN THE UK<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--19\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=follow-it-yourself\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FOLLOW IT YOURSELF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--20\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=it-narrative\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">IT-NARRATIVE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--21\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=pop-the-bubble\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">POP THE BUBBLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size 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href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-give-inspiration\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FIND &amp; GIVE INSPIRATION<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--25\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=choose-the-right-thing\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">CHOOSE THE RIGHT THING<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--26\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=take-it-to-pieces\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TAKE IT TO PIECES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--27\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a 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style=\"border-radius:5px\">MAKE IT FAMILIAR<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--33\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-lost-relations\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FIND LOST RELATIONS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--34\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=humanise-things\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">HUMANISE THINGS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--35\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=embody-exploitation\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">EMBODY EXPLOITATION<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--36\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=add-to-the-mix\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">ADD TO THE MIX<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--37\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=encourage-curiosity\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">ENCOURAGE CURIOSITY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--38\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-available\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MAKE IT AVAILABLE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f6f0ec\">&#8220;<strong>Barracetamol&#8217;s Family Reunion<\/strong>&#8220;<br>A cartoon character created, brought to life, placed, photographed and posted online by Elaine King, Nancy Scotford, Rosie Cotgreave, Katie Lewis, Jack Ledger, Alice Wakeley, Olivia Rogers, Dennis Yeung, Isabelle Baker and Hannah Willard. <br>Original interview with Barracetamol below. Family reunion photos available on Flickr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/followthethings\/albums\/72157634771884375\/with\/9355914463\">here<\/a>. Barracetamol&#8217;s twitter feed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Barracetamol1\">here<\/a>. Download Barracetamol&#8217;s <em>Family Reunion Action Pack<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Barracetamol-Family-Reunion-Action-Pack.pdf\">here<\/a> to print and place your own Barracetamol. <br><br>In 2012, students start the &#8216;Geographies of Material Culture&#8217; by researching different examples of trade justice activism to add to the followthethings.com website (not all of them made it). Next, students who have researched different examples come together to create their own original examples of trade justice activism. They pick up some important ideas from their own research and what has already been published here on followthethings.com. They know the importance of taking commodities to pieces by looking through their ingredients and searching each one for mining, factory, farm and other human stories from their origins. They know the importance for filmmakers and activists of finding or creating a charismatic character for their audience members to relate to and empathise with. They&#8217;re familiar with literature arguing &#8211; and examples showing &#8211; that commodities have their own agentic power, can teach us things, and can be imagined coming alive and teaching us a few things. One group of students chooses something they all carry around with them: paracetamol. They look through its list of ingredients on the box. And look them up online. They find stories about talc and its miners and magnesium stearate and its connection to palm oil workers. These ingredients aren&#8217;t even <em>in <\/em>the pills, but they do help to make them. They use news stories to follow these two ingredients to their possible origins, and then turn around and look back towards their consumption. Yes, these workers and these ingredients help to make the paracetamol they carry around with them. But they start looking at the ingredients in other products, and find that talc and\/or magnesium stearate are loads of other commodities too: toothpaste, paint, bronzer, beer and more. The task of the paracetamol cartoon character that they create &#8211; Barracetamol &#8211; is to go shopping with them, to find his missing relations, and to have his photo taken with related commodities with a little caption to post on his socials. He&#8217;s trying to tap into the vibe of those tear-jerking family reunion shows on TV. A familiar genre. The group&#8217;s creative process seems silly. The students enjoy it. They find it funny a lot of the time. But there&#8217;s a serious message about commodity-following behind this. At a teardown-level, countless commodities have the same ingredients sourced from the same places, mined and made by the same people. So a simple &#8216;this comes from there and therefore I should or should not buy it&#8217; narrative obscures the complex interconnectedness of things in the global economy. Not everything is made for its final consumer. Barracetamol tries to convey a more complex story in a relatable way. Group member Nancy imagines that these moving reunions have made Barracetamol a minor celebrity. So he&#8217;s profiled in a magazine. Below you can read the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Page reference: Elaine King, Nancy Scotford, Rosie Cotgreave, Katie Lewis, Jack Ledger, Alice Wakeley, Olivia Rogers, Dennis Yeung, Isabelle Baker &amp; Hannah Willard (2012) <em>Barracetamol&#8217;s Family Reunion. <\/em>followthethings.com\/barracetamols-family-reunion.shtml (last accessed &lt;insert date here&gt;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estimated reading time: 27 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Original<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Barracetamol popped out of a pill packet in Exeter, in South West England on the 29th November, 2012. Known to his friends as Barry, he has been tracking down his long lost relatives ever since. Since then, he has become a phenomenon. In this interview, we catch up with him to learn more about his rise from the kind of unnoticed \u2018health essentials\u2019 pill you might find in a cupboard at home or in the bottom of your bag. We meet him in an office in the Watson Institute at Brown University in the USA, where he is on tour. Greeting us with his contagious smile, it becomes clear that Barry really is the simple, \u2018no Anadin extras\u2019 family guy we\u2019ve heard so much about.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a4b7d2d0333da16cad6a12b80ab7981\">Interview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>What caused you to pop out? How did your adventure begin?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it was time. Time to stop living a lie. It\u2019s a lot of pressure you know &#8211; taking all the credit for \u2018multi-symptom\u2019 pain relief! Every pill knows full well that Parames in Malaysia, Benson in Zambia, Charlie in the USA, and the 200 men who descend 2,000m into the Ijen Volcano in Indonesia [see our page on this volcano film <a href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?p=7779\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7779\">here<\/a>] every day are responsible for making us what we are today. But none of us can say a word about it, unless someone listens to their stuff. That\u2019s what happened to me one day at the University of Exeter, in the UK. A group of students noticed me, and took an interest in my life story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like social scientists. Natural scientists had failed me and my family. Years and years I waited, compressed into a faceless white tablet. I became more and more frustrated as chemists continued to hide behind a veil of scientific jargon, confusing figures and \u2018controlled environments.\u2019 If you look at the Royal Society of Chemistry Paracetamol curriculum resource, this is what they say about me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Paracetamol is a relatively safe drug but toxic side effects have been observed with high doses greater than 10-15g. \u2026 Pure Paracetamol is a white crystalline solid which melts at 169-171\u00b0C. Its solubility in cold water is 1.43g\/100cm3 but it is much more soluble in hot water (5g\/100cm3) and in ethanol (14g\/100cm3).<\/em><sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019d think I\u2019d been created solely in a laboratory. But where was my family, my social life, my personality? I\u2019m much more than a simple thing, you know. Those scientists seemed so uninterested in pills like me. So, I was waiting \u2013 not so patiently \u2013 in my little foil compartment to be noticed, listened to, given a voice. And I was lucky! I was popped out, drawn into life, by a group of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>What do you mean, \u2018drawn into life\u2019?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These students all had packets of us in their bags, and at home. They\u2019d swallowed us countless times, with a swig of water, to get rid of a headache. But they hadn\u2019t noticed us before. Then they started to, reading the writing on our packaging. What we\u2019re made of. What we\u2019re for. Who made us where. But our packaging didn\u2019t say very much. They wanted to know more. One of them &#8211; Nancy &#8211; started drawing a picture of a paracetamol pill that comes to life, who looks like a doctor, and who has a winning smile and a clipboard. Another &#8211; Katie &#8211; came up with the name \u2018Barry\u2019, because it\u2019s a good name for things, she said. That\u2019s how I was drawn into life and got my name: Barry the paracetamol: \u2018Barracetamol\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was finally free, and we started to work together. I had been longing to visit my family for as long as I can remember. We thought that some \u2018family reunions\u2019 would help to uncover the stories of some of the people like Parames and Benson who helped to make me and countless other things. So I went off on my little adventure and here we are today in the USA, meeting my American cousins. Nancy, Katie and their friends helped me to track down members of my extended family and posted photos us on facebook, tumblr and twitter [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barracetamol1\">here<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>This drawing wasn\u2019t their first attempt to bring you to life and tell your story, was it?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No!! Before I was drawn into life, they were going about it the completely wrong way! I do chuckle to myself. When they set up \u2018my\u2019 twitter account, they blasted any person hashtagging #paracetamol \u2013 people who were feeling sick already &#8211; with information about \u2018the people affected, the ingredients you don\u2019t know about\u2019 by you taking this pill. They got some angry replies, like \u2018who do you think you are?\u2019, \u2018what are you doing?\u2019 \u2018My\u2019 account was suspended for spamming. None of this was really all that surprising. Before I appeared, things just hadn\u2019t really clicked. God that sounds arrogant, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>No, not at all. How do you think you helped them to spread the word?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the problem is, when you used to pop me out of a packet of 16 that you paid 24p for, and looked at my clean white exterior, it was easy to see me as this simple, insignificant thing! In reality I\u2019m quite a complex guy: just ask my wife! But, jokes aside, I am. Have you seen my \u2018ingredients\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Paracetamol 500mg Tablet Formulation per tablet: Acetaminophen (Active ingredients) 500 mg; Maize Starch (Binder) 5% w\/w 42.5 mg; Croscarmellose (Desintegrant) 3% w\/w 25.5 mg; Nipagin \/ Methyl Paraben (Preservative) 0.03% w\/w 0.255 mg; Nipasol \/ Propyl Paraben (Preservative) 0.07% w\/w 0.595 mg; Microcrystalline Cellulose (Filler) 10% w\/w170 mg; Purified Water; Microcrystalline Cellulose 102 (Filler) qs ad 94.15 mg; Talc (antisticking) 0.5% w\/w 4.25 mg; Silicon Dioxide Colloidal (antiadherent) 1% w\/w 8.5 mg; Magnesium Stearate (Lubricants) 0.5% w\/w 4.25 mg. <sup>2<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nancy, Katie and their friends had no idea what I was made from, even though the information was on the packet. They got lost in the chemistry. But they learned that if you ask questions about ingredients, you can learn about the lives in things. So it\u2019s a bit of a balancing act really. Some of it is a little difficult to get your head around, though. I don\u2019t think anyone would have expected a group of undergraduate geography students to understand my complex chemistry! They got a bit stuck in the \u2018scientific stuff\u2019 and their \u2018follow the thing\u2019 research went out the window completely. That\u2019s where I came in. I just broke it down for them. I can give you a bit of an overview, tell you what I told them about the people who made me the paracetamol I am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>Yes that would be great\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The easiest way to get behind this chemical information is to take each \u2018ingredient\u2019, or step in the making, of paracetamol and see where it leads you. Say we take Magnesium Stearate and go from there. I\u2019m 0.5% Magnesium Stearate and 0.5% Talc you know! Both serve a role in my formulation but they\u2019re not \u2018active pharmaceutical ingredients\u2019. They won\u2019t do anything for your headache. Rarely if ever can you find pills consisting entirely of their \u2018active\u2019 ingredient, nothing else.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magnesium Stearate and Talc are lubricants used in powder form in the manufacturing process to \u2018avoid complications while using the Rotary Tablet Press\u2026[as the] adhesive forces between the powder and press can lead to partially compacted tablets\u2019.<sup>4<\/sup> They can\u2019t sell you compacted tablets. You\u2019d complain! When tablets stick in the presses that shape them the production line has to be halted for maintenance. That\u2019s what these ingredients are for. They\u2019re chemically inert. They won\u2019t do you any harm. <em>You<\/em> don\u2019t need these ingredients. <em>I <\/em>do! They help make sure I don\u2019t get stuck or crushed in a machine. I\u2019m very grateful for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this is where we need some balance. I could ramble on for hours about the pros and cons of lubricants, quoting chemists, pharmacologists, engineers and plenty of other scientists! But that wouldn\u2019t lead me to Parames in Malaysia and Benson in Zambia, would it? We need to ask more questions, like what is Magnesium Stearate? Where does it come from? What are its ingredients? How is it made? Who makes it, where? And what is that work like? My friend Dr. Ron says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hydrogenated oils are a common source for the magnesium stearate used in pharmaceuticals and supplements. The stearates are made by hydrogenating cottonseed or palm oil\u2026[which have] the highest content of pesticide residues of all commercial oil; cotton crops are heavily sprayed.<sup>5<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we\u2019re getting somewhere! At last, we\u2019re starting to follow the thing. All sorts of questions started popping into our heads, the students and I. If Magnesium Stearate is made from palm oil &#8211; the most heavily sprayed commercial oil \u2013 they who are the sprayers? This is where I can tell you about my friend Parames who lives in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She hasn\u2019t had the easiest life: getting a job as a pesticide sprayer after having three kids. Palm oil is Malaysia\u2019s fastest growing industry, and this growth has been accompanied by a dramatic rise in the consumption of agrochemical products and herbicides. She has spoken about this before. I think I\u2019ve got a quote from her here. I like to keep it on me you see. I\u2019m pretty set on not letting any of \u2018my\u2019 success go to my head. This is how she describes her work, what she does to help make me the pill I am today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I started applying pesticides to grass, \u2018lallang\u2019 (weeds), on the oil palm trees, and onto creepers on the ground. I sprayed strong chemicals to unwanted trees. I never knew the names of these chemicals nor their impact on me. \u2026 I was a very good worker. I sprayed 22-24 tanks of pesticides each day. \u2026 The management constantly praised me for my high ability. I was proud that I could protect the trees from pests, and keep the estate clean of weeds. At the beginning, when I started handling the pesticides, I experienced headaches. During the hot season, when I used gramaxone in particular, my nose bled. I used to get severe pains on the left side of my stomach. When I raised these medical problems with the estate paramedic, called the \u2018hospital assistant\u2019 or \u2018HA\u2019, he gave some tablets, which I took. I believe they were painkillers. I did not take medical leave as I prided myself in being a good worker and did not want to lose out on the incentive benefits. \u2026 However after 8 years of spraying and being a hardworking woman, I began to have stomach pains regularly. One day the pain became very severe, and I could not bear it. I went to a private clinic where the doctor gave me an injection. He told me I had ulcers in my stomach. A fulltime worker with an environment group, Friends of the Earth, contacted me. He took me to see another doctor who did an X-ray and a kind of scan. He told me I had ulcers in my throat and my stomach. He advised me not to spray pesticides and not to carry the heavy bunches of oil palm fruits. But the supervisor of the estate insisted that I continue spraying pesticides. With an irresponsible husband, and my children depended solely on me. I had no choice except to continue spraying.<sup>6<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a bit of a soft spot for Parames. She is such a lovely woman. But this isn\u2019t a pretty story. Helping to make me this way, to help you feel better, is not good for her health. And she\u2019s only one of the people who work to make only part of one of my many ingredients. None of this is really about me and my ability to cure multi-symptom pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>So, what other hidden relations did you find? Who else works where to make you who you are today?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, there\u2019s Benson the talc miner, who lives in Zambia, and Charlie the retired talc miner who lives in the USA. You know talc, that fine white powder? Have you ever wondered what it was, where it came from, how it was made, or by whom? I think I might have another quote for you. I keep this one on me too. This is how Benson describes his job:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It is very hard work. We use picks, hammers and chisels to mine the stone. We are self-employed, so it is up to us how long we work. Usually when I wake up, I come here and just start working, normally around 6am. It depends how tired I am. We go for lunch when we like and then finish around 5pm or 6pm. I work almost every day. When we have mined the stone, it is taken in trucks to the weighing bridge nearby and then crushed into powder for transportation to South Africa. Working in the mine can be dangerous but we are not given safety equipment by the contractors. When it rains we have to wait until the rain stops, then we come and check the mine. If it is too dangerous to work, we leave it for a few hours to dry out. It is difficult to work in the rainy season because it is so slippery.<sup>7<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven\u2019t got the photographs from this news report, but you can look at them <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/shared\/spl\/hi\/picture_gallery\/06\/africa_talc_miner\/html\/1.stm\">here<\/a>. They\u2019re amazing. Not what you\u2019d imagine a \u2018mine\u2019 to be, perhaps. Charlie\u2019s story is different. He\u2019s retired from this work. Many of his friends and colleagues died in their late 40s and 50s from inhaling that talc dust, day in, day out. You can easily tell if a talc miner\u2019a lungs are clogged or tumerous, he told me, \u2018Hell, just look at our fingers. They\u2019re clubbed. Everyone\u2019s are like that. It\u2019s a sign the lungs aren\u2019t working.\u2019<sup>8<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, that\u2019s three people in our extended family, who have helped make us all who we are today. Parames, Benson and Charlie. They\u2019re part of my family tree. Passing on, sharing, substance between bodies. Medicine and its many ingredients<sup>9<\/sup> But this is a huge tree. Swallowing a paracetamol tablet like me with a sip of water draws you into quite intimate relations with hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of other people, places, things, animals, plants, um \u2026 all across the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s not all! I said this was complex. It\u2019s not just the ingredients listed on the box that make our lives interdependent. The chemical processes through which I am formed connect us with many more. I should tell you now about the 200 men whose job it is to go down into the Ijen volcano in Indonesia every day to mine its sulphur. This is where we\u2019ll get into some tricky science again, but let\u2019s not be intimidated by that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>Why would that be intimidating?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, Nancy and I were talking about step one of Paracetamol manufacture &#8211; \u2018the nitration of phenol\u2019 \u2013 which involves dilute sulphuric acid and sodium nitrate. I was trying to explain this industrial chemistry and how this meant that she and I were related to the miners working in that volcano. But I could tell all the &#8216;science stuff&#8217; just went whoosh, over her head. You know that blank expression someone gives you and then they sort of just start smiling and nodding. I remember her writing something down: \u2018Google the nitration of phenol\u2019, she told me later. She hadn\u2019t got a clue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>So what is the \u2018nitration of phenol\u2019?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, dilute sulphuric acid (H2SO4) is used in the initial stages of paracetamol manufacture to prepare the 4-nitrophenol and 2-nitrophenol that helps to make me me. But I understand why that might not mean much to you. Reading about chemical compounds and reactions tends to give the impression that I have been cooked up by some genius perating some elaborate equipment in a laboratory. The working conditions for the Ijen volcano&#8217;s miners don\u2019t come into this! Take a look at the photos here!!! And watch this video!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mining for sulfer inside a volcano\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y37EzVzasG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>What are they like?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awful. I decided to visit the miners before I came to the USA. My God. It was horrific. You can barely breathe, there! I tested the air. It was 40 times the UK\u2019s safe breathing level. The corrosive airborne particles ate into my camera which completely broke down. I could feel it in my eyes and throat for days! It was shocking! How they work with just damp scarves around their mouths to protect their lungs, I do not know. They have to climb out of the 200m crater carrying 90kg loads. I\u2019ve never seen such massively scarred human bodies in my life.<sup>10<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man called Sulaiman gave me a tour. He\u2019d worked there for thirteen years. I couldn\u2019t believe it! This is what he said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>There are many big mountains but only one gives us the sulphur we need \u2026 In the past 40 years, 74 miners have died after being overpowered by fumes that can suddenly swirl from fissures in the rock. The poisonous clouds are not steam, but hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide gases so concentrated they burn the eyes and throat, and can eventually dissolve a miners&#8217; teeth \u2026 Our families worry when we come here. They say working here can shorten your life \u2026 I do it to feed my wife and kid. No other job pays this well.<sup>11<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, for me, is why all this \u2018stuff\u2019 is so important. I may be a success, a constant companion to millions of people, a &#8216;household name., But we have to research and tell the stories of the people who help to make us who we are, the people to whom we are so intimately through our lives and things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>Do you have any photos of your travels that you can share with us?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah sure!!! I\u2019ve made a slideshow. You might have looked it earlier, at the top of this page. Go back and click me if you didn&#8217;t! I went to the shops to visit my cousin \u2018multi-vitamin\u2019. We\u2019re related on my magnesium stearate and talc side. We share those ingredients. And then, of course, there was my 1\/20th brother neon face paint. We\u2019re related on my talc side. I visited a lot of relations. There were so many of them, once I learned how to find them. That\u2019s only a few. My family is <em>enormous<\/em>, I discovered, and they live all over the world. There\u2019s also a photo of me after I tried boycotting products with talc in them, like toothpaste. I don\u2019t look great in those! I couldn&#8217;t do that for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Q: <em>So how do these family snaps \u2018work\u2019? What do they tell us?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well \u2026 this is where the students started to lose me with their Geography jargon! So I will have to tell you how they said these snaps worked for them. I was a bit sceptical at first. I couldn\u2019t really see how photos of my extended family would be able to convey vivid senses of the lives in things, things like me, but they did! They posted the photos on facebook and told their friends about them. They were quite popular. I think we\u2019re up to 113 likes now! I have \u2018friends\u2019 in Portugal, New Zealand, Finland, The Netherlands and of course the UK. We have had some interesting responses. One of the students\u2019 relatives sent us this message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Q: Oh Lordy \u2026 plz tell me there\u2019s no paracetamol in Tramadol coz after reading the article on those young people mining I\u2019d just feel SICK\u2026???? XXXXX.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She suffers from Ankylosing Spondylitis and has no choice but to take \u2018Tramadol\u2019 to numb her crippling back pain. But it\u2019s pretty clear from this that my facebook page allowed her to connect herself \u2013 or \u2018inner self\u2019 as the geographers might say \u2013 to other people, objects and places outside of her normal experiences of painkillers. I am no longer a faceless white pill to her! The insight into my personal life and extended family allowed her to draw an alliance between her \u2018normal life,\u2019 myself and all \u2018those young people mining.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>Wow! Telling your story is having an impact then?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, I think so. And much to my surprise! Allowing my student friends to post photos of me meeting members of my extended family has enabled other people see everyday hidden relations between my ingredients and so many other people and things. They told me that, together, we\u2019d produced what\u2019s called a \u2018transitional space\u2019 &#8211; more Geography jargon &#8211; a space that allowed everyone who visited my facebook page or saw these photos on twitter to reflect on some of the things they own that contain these ingredients. So, in many ways, I am the connector!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My role now is to allow you to make that transition, to see my relations, the people who made me me &#8230; you, the people whose lives you\u2019re taking with me to relieve your headache. Medicines like me are in your blood, occasionally, regularly, perhaps most of the time.<sup>12<\/sup> So, you, me, Parames, Benson, Charlie, the Ijen miners, and SO many more are kin! That\u2019s what their lecturer Ian liked so much about my story. The students and I were, according to him, mobilising \u2018naturalised idioms of kinship \u2026 outside their familiar domain\u2019<sup>13<\/sup> to offer a new, compelling approach to cultural activism in trade justice campaigning.<sup>14<\/sup> They were leading with a sympathetic character.<sup>15<\/sup> Harnessing the activist capacities of cartoon characters.<sup>16<\/sup> That&#8217;s how they all talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These kinds of relations aren\u2019t all bad, though. They\u2019re bitter sweet. Considering how awful some of the stories I&#8217;m telling are &#8211; full of illness, poverty and suffering, &#8211; I also seem to make people laugh! And that\u2019s also important to me. I have a hard enough time telling my kids off let alone giving a stranger a long sermon about Benson\u2019s working conditions, you know!? It just wouldn\u2019t work. That\u2019s what the students found out quickly on Twitter! People hated being engaged in series issues in such a relentless, negative, depressing, and disempowering way. Elaine summed up nicely how I helped to engage people differently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I think [he] just made people laugh a bit and get involved. It would have been boring if you went round the shops and just took photos of things and said this is something that is also in paracetamol, but because [he] has a funny face and character it was more interesting having a little quote from Barry.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They had a lot of fun with me, but this was very uncomfortable humour. It almost got a couple of them in trouble in the University library when they were emailing my family snaps to each other, changing the captions. They couldn\u2019t control their laughter. They were told off for being too loud and annoying everyone around them trying to work. This is not the kind of learning that\u2019s supposed to take place in a library!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>Do you often get that reaction?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quite a lot! The weirdest thing I\u2019ve had happen was when a Masters student called Eeva visited Exeter from Helsinki to do her thesis research on trade justice education. She recognised me from the photos, came up to me and hugged me! She had \u2018liked\u2019 me on facebook months before. This was an odd reaction. Nobody used to even notice me! But something was missing from this family reunion. My kids! They\u2019ve been tucked up, asleep, all this time. Would you like to see a picture of them? I\u2019ve got a couple of photos here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <em><strong>Yeah sure!<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/barracetamolfamilyphotos-1024x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/barracetamolfamilyphotos-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/barracetamolfamilyphotos-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/barracetamolfamilyphotos-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/barracetamolfamilyphotos.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: <strong><em>Aaaah! It must be hard being away from them all. When are you planning to head home? When does the journey end?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know if it will ever end. There are always more family members to visit when you are a descendant of eleven ingredients. But for now I think I am going to go home for a few weeks, rejuvenate and then get back out on the road. We could squueze back into that box and travel together, maybe. It wouldn&#8217;t be the first time! So I guess you\u2019ll just have to wait and see. I\u2019ll leave it as a surprise for you. You can take me on the road, too, if you like. Print me out and take me on <em>your<\/em> journey, help me to find some more relatives, take some more photos and add them to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/followthethings\/sets\/72157634771884375\/\">family album<\/a>, or tweet them to @followthethings. Oh, and don\u2019t forget to print out my pill box. We all need somewhere to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything we need is downloadable in my <em><a href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Barracetamol-Family-Reunion-Action-Pack.pdf\">Family Reunion Action Pack<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-17.30.15-1024x469.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-17.30.15-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-17.30.15-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-17.30.15-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-17.30.15-1536x703.png 1536w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-17.30.15-2048x937.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health and happiness for all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8f2ee\">Page was written by Nancy Scotford as part of a nicely-paid followthethings.com internship, and edited by Ian Cook (last updated July 2013). This page is based on written work by, and interview transcripts involving, many people in Barracetamol\u2019s support team. Barracetamol was created as part of the \u2018Geographies of material culture\u2019 module at the University of Exeter. He was drawn by Nancy Scotford, who also designed the pill packaging and made his babies. All materials have been reproduced here with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>1<\/sup>Ellis, F. (2002) Paracetamol: a curriculum resource. <em>Royal Society of Chemistry<\/em>, London, p.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>2<\/sup>Anon (nd) Paracetamol \/ Acetaminophen tablet formulation using cheap and simpleiIngredients with wet granulation method. <em>vinesia.com <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/formulation.vinensia.com\/2010\/08\/paracetamolacetaminophen-tablet.html\">http:\/\/formulation.vinensia.com\/2010\/08\/paracetamolacetaminophen-tablet.html<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>3<\/sup>Carter, J. (2009) The role of lubricants in solid oral dosage manufacturing. <em>carterpharmaceuticalconsulting.com<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carterpharmaceuticalconsulting.com\/articles\/role-of-lubricants-in-solid-oral-dosage-manufacturing.html\">http:\/\/www.carterpharmaceuticalconsulting.com\/articles\/role-of-lubricants-in-solid-oral-dosage-manufacturing.html<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>4<\/sup>Nelson, D., Wu, R., &amp; Wymbs, K., (2012) <em>Effects of Magnesium Stearate on tablet properties<\/em>. <em>Rutgers University,<\/em> 12 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/soe.rutgers.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/gset\/PharmaDC.pdf\">http:\/\/soe.rutgers.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/gset\/PharmaDC.pdf<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+12 sources<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>5<\/sup>Schmid, R. (2012) Magnesium Stearate: What is it doing in your supplements? <em>www.drrons.com<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drrons.com\/beware-of-additives-in-supplements.htm\">http:\/\/www.drrons.com\/beware-of-additives-in-supplements.htm<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>6<\/sup>Fernandez, I., Thomas, E., Jeyamary, M. &amp; Rengam, S. V, (2002) <em>Poisoned and silenced: a study of pesticide poisoning in the plantations. <\/em>Tenaganita &amp; Pesticide Action Network, Asia and the Pacific (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evb.ch\/cm_data\/public\/incover_1.pdf\">http:\/\/www.evb.ch\/cm_data\/public\/incover_1.pdf<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>7<\/sup>Anon (2008) Photo Journal: Talc Miner. <em>bbc.co.uk<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/shared\/spl\/hi\/picture_gallery\/06\/africa_talc_miner\/html\/1.stm\">http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/shared\/spl\/hi\/picture_gallery\/06\/africa_talc_miner\/html\/1.stm<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>8<\/sup>Schneider, A. (2000) Generations of talc miners were fiber\u2019s victims. <em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer<\/em> 22 June (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.highbeam.com\/doc\/1G1-63050231.html\">http:\/\/www.highbeam.com\/doc\/1G1-63050231.html<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>9<\/sup>see Nash, C. (2005) Geographies of relatedness. <em>Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers<\/em> 30, p.449-462<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>10<\/sup>Lane, M. (2011) Sulphur mining in an active volcano. <em>BBC News<\/em> 9 February <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12301421\">(http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12301421<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>11<\/sup><em>ibid<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>12<\/sup>see Freeman, S., Critchley, D. &amp; Lee, L. (2009) \u2018Cradle to grave\u2019, in Sickness &amp; in Health. <em>pharmacopoeia-art.net <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharmacopoeia-art.net\/articles\/in-sickness-and-in-health\/\">http:\/\/www.pharmacopoeia-art.net\/articles\/in-sickness-and-in-health\/<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>13<\/sup>see Nash \u2018Geographies of relatedness\u2019, p.459. Leading up to this argument, she asks, \u2018what are the effects of considering kinship vis-a-vis understandings of relationality that extend the meaning of the social to include objects, entities, institutions and technologies of all kinds in complex networks and in continuous processes of co-emergence?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>14<\/sup>see Cook, I. &amp; Woodyer, T. (2012) Lives of things. In Sheppard E, Barnes T &amp; Peck J (eds.)<em> Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography<\/em>. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. These ideas are being developed for Cook et al, I. (2013) <em>Barracetamol and the political poetics of trade justice pedagogy<\/em>. paper to be presented at the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference, London, August (<a href=\"http:\/\/conference.rgs.org\/conference\/sessions\/View.aspx?heading=Y&amp;session=22c7d0a7-a057-4d33-9269-50e1bbd9040f\">http:\/\/conference.rgs.org\/conference\/sessions\/View.aspx?heading=Y&amp;session=22c7d0a7-a057-4d33-9269-50e1bbd9040f<\/a> last accessed 21 July 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>15<\/sup>Caning, D. &amp; Reinsborough, P. (2012) Lead with sympathetic characters. in Boyd, A. 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