Projects
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
Lancet Psychiatry Commission:
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
For:
The Lancet Psychiatry
With:
Centre for Society and Mental Health
Funded by:
Wellcome
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
The Survivor Lens:
Reframing Trauma Narratives through Filmmaking
The Survivor Lens programmes films, panel discussions, and shared reflections 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
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 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
Centre for Society and Mental Health
Survivor Terminology and Identity
We are conducting a qualitative study on how people relate to the term 'survivor' and how the bi-directional relationship to trauma-related language changes over time and in relation to intersectional identities.
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With:
SURE, King's College London
Centre for Society and Mental Health
