Author Archives: Mary Robson

About Mary Robson

Mary is a Creative Facilitator. She works at the Institute of Medical Humanities at Durham University and in a freelance capacity.

One Chapter at a Time

 James Allott’s latest post from Fremantle: Our Australian adventure is now in its  fifth week and we are avidly looking forward to our 3-day Drawing Camp ‘Down South’ next week. I feel like this week will take us into the … Continue reading

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Yarns

Christina writes of further developments in Fremantle: Thursday 1st November The Yarns Workshop is a community arts project that has been developed in conjunction with the Fremantle Festival, as well as being a part of the International Arts and Health … Continue reading

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Feeling at Home

Christina Ingram writes from Fremantle: Looking back on week three  – and once again it has had a different feel to it. Definitely starting to feel more at home and apart of the team here at Dadaa. Having said that … Continue reading

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Startspeak, Here and Now.

The latest from James Allott: This photo was taken by Patrick Carter, who, along with Tim Maley, is currently an artist in residence at Midland Junction Arts Centre. Both artists are part of the Startspeak project which I’ve written about … Continue reading

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Settling in. . .

Christina Ingram writes from Fremantle: Week Two – Settling In This week we discussed with David and Chris our program. Talking through what enjoyed and we didn’t where we felt we were gaining valuable experience and where we felt we … Continue reading

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A Dictionary of Feelings

James Allott’s latest post from Fremantle: While looking through my journal for blog content, I realised I’d written a lot about how I’ve felt throughout the exchange thus far. It’s good for both my professional and personal development. I then … Continue reading

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The Latest from Fremantle

James Allott, writing from Fremantle: And so the third week of our exchange begins. Each week has felt quite unique- with each week our experience becomes richer as we delve deeper into the arts and health work here at Dadaa … Continue reading

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UK Artists posting from Western Australia

James Allott and Christina Ingram are the UK-based artists currently on placement in Western Australia. Here is their first post: Saturday 13th October We’ve arrived!! After our 19 hour flight we have made it to Australia with no problems. As … Continue reading

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Measures of Subjective Well-being for Public Policy

An inter-disciplinary international conference on “Measures of Subjective Well-being for Public Policy” took place at the University of Leeds, 13-15 July, 2012. As the organisers explained: The conference aimed to bring together philosophers and non-philosophers – from psychologists and sociologists … Continue reading

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Charlotte Schaer 1946-2012

It is with great sadness that we report that our South African friend and colleague, Charlotte Schaer, passed away on Monday, May 14th. Charlotte founded and ran CDP (Curriculum Development Project – Arts and Culture Education and Training) in Bertrams, … Continue reading

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