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Translation: From Bench to Brain – Using the visual arts and metaphors to engage and educate
Research for All, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 265 - 283
Swansea University Author: Simon Read
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DOI (Published version): 10.18546/rfa.01.2.04
Abstract
This article examines multidisciplinary public engagement projects that bring together developments in psychiatric research and practice with visual art and its use of metaphor. The article focuses on the art exhibition Translation: From Bench to Brain, which was the basis for further collaborations...
| Published in: | Research for All |
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| ISSN: | 2399-8121 |
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UCL Press
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57586 |
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This article examines multidisciplinary public engagement projects that bring together developments in psychiatric research and practice with visual art and its use of metaphor. The article focuses on the art exhibition Translation: From Bench to Brain, which was the basis for further collaborations, illustrating how the learning from the original event influenced subsequent projects. Combining art exhibitions with online documentation and resources, the projects explored not only medical and scientific themes, but also the wider social, cultural and ethical ramifications, specifically aspects of identity, risk and stigma. The activities demonstrate the value of a developmental approach to public engagement as a process, whereby projects build on previous activities and evolving multidisciplinary perspectives, networks and expertise. |
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| Keywords: |
public engagement; psychiatry; mental health; visual arts; metaphors; psychiatric genetics |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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ESRC Festival of Social Science, the Arts Council of Wales, the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics public engagement fund and MRC Centenary funds. Rhys is funded by a Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW)/National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) fellowship programme. Julia is funded by an ESRC doctoral programme. |
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2 |
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265 |
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283 |