Reimagining the Diary: Writing and well-being for busy people1 February 2019Can diary writing improve wellbeing? Is it time to "reimagine" the diary? Are there ways for busy people to engage in diary writing? This project looks at the past, present and future of diary writing in relation to wellbeing. It explores ethical considerations, barriers and creative formats.
Maths Poems1 January 2019Is it possible to write a maths poem? How can researchers break down poetry's reputation for being inaccessible, and obscure?
Going Global1 January 2019Can university students' awareness and understanding of global citizenship be promoted through intercultural encounters with students from other universities?
Poetics in Practice: narratives of primary care consultations1 January 2019Can you apply narrative methodology to real life GP consultations and patient histories? This project will use storytelling to create a toolkit that will improve communication when giving and receiving medical histories.
Difficult Duets1 January 2019When musicians are creating in dialogue with machines how can humans solve problems pre-emptively? How do we cope in the moment? How do we recover? What new ideas emerge from the irreconcilable?
Echoes of the Port1 January 2019What cultural possibilities opened up by the arrival of 5G technology? How can technology bring to life the multilingual history of the Bristol city docks?
Tactile Textiles: The Calming Cushion1 January 2019Can handling 'playful things' provide focus and relieve anxiety? Students are increasingly seeking mental health support – most commonly for anxiety disorders. This research will explore how touch can be a tool for relieving anxiety.
An Empathetic Realisation of Embodied Grief in Fiction Film1 January 2019How do you create sensitive and authentic cinematic representations of grief? Will multiple voices offer a balanced, holistic perspective or will it universalise and generalise the grieving process in an unhelpful way?
Experiments in Collective Care1 January 2019What kinds of collective care practices can nourish and replenish us emotionally and politically?
Find your Village: feasibility work on refugee resilience narratives with Bristol Somali Community1 January 2019What are Bristol Somali refugees’ experiences of journeys from adversity to resilience, from isolation to connectedness, and from constraining to facilitating environments? How might video narratives contribute to understanding and action to improve the opportunities for pre-school children in refugee families?
VR and Dance-Somatic Practices as tools for Embodied Perception and Living Well in our Environment.1 January 2019How can VR and dance help us to rethink the human perceptual systems and the bias toward vision; the inherent nature of the relationship between perceptual systems and environment for wellbeing; and the ways in which we can re-centre the design for spaces away from visual conspicuity frameworks for sensing, movement and interaction?