Projects
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You'll catch us dancing between lots of projects at any one time.
Here are some highlights:
Our Arts Collective is creating a Living Archive of Survivorhood of Trauma (LAST) that explores and documents what survivorhood means to us, both individually and collectively, and how this changes over time.
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Artists:
Gavin Edmonds
Isaac Ouro-Gnao
Julian Triandafyllou
Julie-Yara Atz
Laura E. Fischer
Sullivan Holderbach
The Survivor Lens:
Reframing Trauma Narratives through Filmmaking
The Survivor Lens programmes films and panel discussions on the role of filmmaking in reframing trauma narratives. Survivor artists and activists explore, question, challenge, and reimagine trauma – both individual and collective – and create a space for a new discourse to emerge. Recent events were held at the Whitechapel Gallery and the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.
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Curated by:
Laura E. Fischer
Andrea Luka Zimmerman
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Still from 'How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish' by Mania Akbari
Embodied Trauma and Healing as Observed by Survivors (ETHOS)
Trauma is held in the body, yet few interventions are focused on embodied healing. This longitudinal qualitative study explores how survivors experience the embodiment of trauma and how survivor-led body-based approaches such as TFML can support healing.
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With:
King's College London
Lancet Psychiatry Commission on
Lived Experience in Mental Health Research
The Commission seeks to reflect on the history and evolution of lived experience involvement; assess existing knowledge and identify gaps; establish key principles; explore difference and debate; provide recommendations; and propose next steps for the field.
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Co-leads:
Laura E. Fischer, Traumascapes
Angela Sweeney, SURE, King's College London
Publisher:
The Lancet Psychiatry
Partner:
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health
Funder:
Wellcome
Mapping Approaches and Principles of Survivor-led research (MAPS)
We are creating maps that capture the vision, values, and ethical principles of survivor-led research. These maps will underpin a new programme of survivor research which we are co-developing for the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health.
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With:
SURE, King's College London
Survivors Voices
Little Ro
The Flying Child
We Are Survivors
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health
Survivor Exploration of Meaning, Articulation and Negotiation of Terminology and Identity of Complex trauma (SEMANTIC)
We are conducting a qualitative study that explores the terminology people use to describe themselves as having lived experience of violence, abuse, and trauma, and the link between the language we use and our identities, relationships, and healing journeys.
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With:
SURE, King's College London
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health
