
LivingBodiesObjects is a project that asks how health research is undertaken: what are the assumptions that govern how the work proceeds? Who decides how to start, and where and when? Why are certain ideas privileged and who gains from this?

What are we doing? | Oct 2023
Project Update
Clare Barker and Amelia DeFalco recently recorded a podcast with Emma Spary, Head of Researcher Development and Culture, as part of the University of Leeds’ Research Culture Uncovered series. The episode is entitled ‘Rethinking Research Spaces: Developing a Medical Humanities Lab and Redefining Research Practices‘. The project introduces us to a non-hierarchical leadership model and … Read more

Podcast with Stuart Murray and David Tabron | July 2023
Podcast
In this episode, Brandy speaks to Stuart Murray and David Tabron. David works for Blueberry Academy, a business that operates in special educational needs. “We’re a training provider, a post-16 training provider. And we also operate in health and social care,” David explains. Blueberry Academy was set up in 2007 and is localized to York … Read more

What are we doing? | August 2023
Project Update
Feature image: Jungle Landscape, by Alex McKenna – made using Tilt Brush. In July, LBO finished its second residency, working with Blueberry Academy in York on a project that introduced immersive technologies to two groups of the Academy’s trainees. Blueberry provides training that supports young people to develop education and independence skills and at the … Read more

Posthumanism and the LivingBodiesObject Project | July 2022
Podcast
Podcast with Stuart Murray and Amelia DeFalco in conversation with EIC Brandy Schillace. To listen to the podcast in full please visit blogs.BMJ.com where you can also find a full transcript.

BMJ Medical Humanities: LivingBodiesObjects with Stuart Murray | Mar 2022
Podcast
Podcast with Brandy Schillace and Stuart Murray. To listen to the podcast in full please visit blogs.BMJ.com where you can also find a full transcript.

Living Bodies Objects Launch | May 2022
Event
On 16 May, 80 people gathered on campus at the University of Leeds for the launch of LivingBodiesObjects. The project was introduced in a series of speeches, followed by a dance performance. The guests were then invited to experience a series of artworks, including interactive displays, installed around the venue. Immersive documentation was used to … Read more

What are we doing? | Feb 2023
Project Update
With our first residential partner, Interplay Theatre, the UK’s National Sensory Theatre, LBO has developed a performance that explores the relationships between bodies, technologies and audiences. This interactive, improvisational theatre piece engages with ideas about robots and the human body inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun. It imagines how technology might enable … Read more