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💃 Don't miss this! Our v. own Emily Davis has co-choreographed a performance piece with dancers with MS to be premiered as part of Healing Arts Scotland next week.
📆 19 July, All day
📍City Halls, Glasgow
Find out more & book tickets: medhumsplatform.org/see-lived-ex...
📖 The next AI & Medical Humanities Reading Group will take place on Wed 17 June, 2-3:30pm. This group is open to all @durham.ac.uk staff and students.
This session's theme is 'From Chatbots to Crisis - AI in Mental Health Practice'.
Register here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
What can the medical humanities bring to sport and exercise research?
Emily Davis & Kate Marks from our Moving Bodies Lab shared their work at the International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise @qrsesociety.bsky.social.
Read the writeup: medhumsplatform.org/moving-bodie...
In April we held 'Dancing Across Disciplines' - a sector-wide event exploring the role of dance across research and practice.
Event leads @danielpjones.bsky.social, @marieminden.bsky.social and Emily Davis recap the day in this news piece.
How is AI reshaping the way we think, create and understand ourselves?
Join us for a discussion with experts from philosophy, machine learning, digital humanities and the arts to explore AI & human meaning.
📅 12 June, 2-5.30pm
📍 Durham (Hybrid)
🎟️ Free
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interdisci...
In our final Lab Coat Lunch we'll be joined by the co-creator of @soulpaint.bsky.social, Sarah Ticho. SOUL PAINT is a VR experience combining 3D drawing, playful embodied interaction and personal introspection.
📆 Wed 8 July, 1-2pm (online, free)
Book:
What happens when a health initiative becomes a community movement?
A new publication by Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis exploring a Dance for MS programme in Scotland’s Orkney Islands shows that the impact of dance extends far beyond physical activity.
medhumsplatform.org/new-study-ex...
On Friday our May newsletter hit inboxes 📥
This edition showcases latest news from the IMH and Discovery Research Platform, welcomes new staff and Fellows and highlights some upcoming events.
Read it here:
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📚 What does reading do to our minds?
Earlier this week, our Discovery Research Platform Co-Director @aldersonday.bsky.social joined BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind to discuss the science of reading and its impact on our lives and wellbeing 🌟
Listen to the full episode here
Last webinar in our series before we break for summer! please register online and join us: free and all welcome!
Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis has co-choreographed a performance piece with dancers with multiple sclerosis to be premiered as part of Healing Arts Scotland next week.
Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis has co-authored a new study exploring the impact of a Dance for MS initiative in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
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News & updates from the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University.
On Monday 1 June, Join anthropologist @tscriado.bsky.social & @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social for an online talk exploring urban habitability, collective experimentation, and the politics of shade in a warming world.
🕒️ 3-4pm BST
Book for free here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/probing-in...
