Expanding Health Humanities: Links and limits for creative public health 

The event turns our gaze outwards with a series of generative questions that connect our work with other urgent and transdisciplinary global agendas and brings together many different perspectives around the emerging field of health humanities, including that of Professor Paul Crawford and Vic McEwan, two active members.

Professor Paul Crawford

is pioneer within the field of health humanities. He is a Professor of Health Humanities at the School of Health Sciences and is the Director of the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham. He is a keynote speaker at the event and will be discussing his current project, “What’s Up With Everything? Health Humanities and the Injectable Society”, in which he collaborates with Aardman Animations to support young people in creating five short films with the aim to support mental health literacy of young people. More information on the project can be found on whatsupwitheveryone.com.

Vic McEwan

is the Artistic Director of the Cad Factory, an artist-led organisation inspired to create an international program of immersive and experimental works guided by authentic exchange, ethical principles, people and place. Vic is currently completing an Arts Practice led PhD in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, at the University of Sydney. He aims to use his work to contribute to and enrich broader conversations about the active role that the arts sector can play in reimagining a better world. His current project, ‘Face to Face’.

The program includes:

• Keynote talk from Professor Paul Crawford: ‘What’s Up With Everything? Health Humanities and the Injectable Society’;

• World Café-style creative and participatory process for attendees to exchange enlivening conversation around our generative questions;

• Networking opportunities over drinks and nibbles.

All are welcome.

UC’s Health Humanities Network

champions the application of the arts and humanities in interdisciplinary research, education and social action to inform and transform health and social care, health and wellbeing.