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?
LBO team join researchers from other Research Development Award (RDA) projects at Wellcome Trust symposium in Bristol
Project Updates
Between 15-18 July members of the LBO team took part in the ‘Best Practice in Engagement and Culture’ symposium, organised by the Wellcome Trust, which took place in the Watershed Arts Centre in Bristol. The event brought together the eight Wellcome-funded RDA projects to discuss and share the work they had undertaken over the course of the awards.
BMJ Medical Humanities: LivingBodiesObjects and the Tragedy at Bhopal | July 2024
Podcasts
In this podcast episode hosted by Brandy Schillace, LivingBodiesObjects team members Clare Barker and Lynn Wray and the Bhopal Medical Appeal’s Jared Stoughton introduce their collaborative work to produce new digital resources emerging from the stories of survivors and activists in water-affected areas of Bhopal.
What are we doing? | May 2024
Project Updates
LBO team members Lynn Wray and Clare Barker have been in Brighton recently visiting ‘Everything in Their Eyes: 40 Years of Disaster in Bhopal’, an exhibition curated by our project partners The Bhopal Medical Appeal and featuring work from the LBO project. Staged at the Phoenix Art Space as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival, the exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Union Carbide (UC) gas disaster in December this year, tells the story of the Bhopal gas and water disasters through the eyes of survivors and activists, and showcases the BMA’s impactful campaigns over the last thirty years.
Touching Sleep
Touching Sleep
Feature image: Sleep Engraver Exhibition, credit Benedict Phillips Touching Sleep is an exploration of technology, art and cultural theory, focused on sleep, which emerged from early conversations during the first months of LivingBodiesObjects. It was inspired by discussions of how the body can be understood as a living object and how it might be recorded … Read more
What are we doing? | April 2024
Project Updates
Feature image: A 1970s SciFi Iron Lung (Image created by MidJourney) The fourth and final residency period of the LBO project began in January 2024. We’ve been working closely with the Thackray Museum of Medicine, based in Leeds, developing ideas for a six-month exhibition which is going to launch in July 2024. The initial phase … Read more
Kara: An Artificial Friend staged as part of Being Human: A “Festival of the Humanities” | November 2023
Events
On 9-10 November, the LBO team brought the theatrical piece Kara: An Artificial Friend to Being Human – “the UK’s national festival of the humanities.”
Rethinking Research Spaces | Oct 2023
Podcasts
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
Podcasts
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 Updates
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
Podcasts
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.