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Using Dance as an Intervention: Can dance help prevent and decrease psychological and health-related problems among young women?
Elizabeth Sharp, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, writes: Despite the alarmingly high rates of disordered eating on US college campuses, very few prevention efforts have … Continue reading
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Tagged arts in health, bodies, dance, eating disorders, intervention, qualitative research methods, young women
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Call to Action: Join Making Waves and Nottingham Contemporary In Creative Maladjustment
‘… there are some things in this world to which I am proud to be maladjusted … I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination … I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry … I never … Continue reading
Arts in Health – What’s In A Name Change?
Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts and Health in the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham University, writes: Australia’s Institute for Creative Health, formerly known as the Arts and Health Foundation, is launched this week in a haze of … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, arts in health, critical mass, policy, practitioner
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Winter Fires
Mike White writes: No-one understands participatory arts practice better than Francois Matarasso and he has just published a pocket-size reflection on art and agency in old age entitled Winter Fires. This slim volume is cogent, congenially illustrated and available free … Continue reading
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Tagged arts in health, Francois Matarasso, old age, participatory arts
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Pollination: A look at collaborations between dancers and social scientists (Workshop, Dance City Newcastle, May 7 2013)
Pollination: A look at collaborations between dancers and social scientists Event rescheduled from February, now to be held on Tuesday May 7 Venue: Studio 2, Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle NE1 4BR Time: 11.30 – 1.30pm Free and lunch included. … Continue reading
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Tagged arts in health, dance, geography, medical humanities, qualitative research methods, social science
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Another Ghost In The Machine
Mike White writes: When I was arts officer for Gateshead Council in the 1990s I had the privilege of helping Antony Gormley realise his landmark sculpture commission The Angel of the North. My interest in managing public art coincided with … Continue reading
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Tagged angel of the north, arts, arts in health, medicine, NHS
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Medical Portraiture (CfP, Workshop, King’s College London, 12 July 2013)
This one-day workshop, to be held at King’s College London on 12 July 2013, will offer an opportunity to explore diverse disciplinary perspectives on the relationship between portraiture and medicine in the widest sense. We invite 20-minute presentations on any … Continue reading
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Tagged arts in health, history of medicine, medical portraiture, medicine, portraits
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Culture, Health and Wellbeing (International Conference, Bristol, June 24-26 2013)
Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference June 24-26th 2013 Bristol UK. Early Bird deadline February 28th This conference is for academics, policy makers and practitioners in the health and culture sectors. It is organised in partnership with the Royal Society … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, arts in health, conference, flourishing, imagination and creativity, medical humanities, wellbeing
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Listen Here: exploring the arts and health issues raised by Alice in Bed (Workshop: Newcastle, 28 February 2013)
LISTEN HERE is a day of talks and workshops exploring the arts and health issues raised by Tender Buttons’ Alice in Bed. Tender Buttons’ site specific production of Susan Sontag’s play Alice in Bed will take place at The Stephenson … Continue reading
Dancing With The Orange Dog (Multi-media Performance, ARC Stockton, 12 & 13 Feb 2013)
Using theatre, dance, music, visual arts, photography and the moving image, this intimate and quirky evening is all about stories; why we tell them and why we sometimes turn them into shaggy dogs. Dancing with the Orange Dog Tuesday 12 … Continue reading
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