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Olivia Turner

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Artist and researcher between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.

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We were delighted that researcher @olivia-turner.bsky.social was invited to speak at the Young Leaders For Arts and Health 2025 summit in London last month, held at the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Co-produced by youth-led and Commonwealth-affiliated organisations & Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship

24.09.2025 09:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poverty, precarity and community engagement: Who decides?

Join us and our community partners for an exhibition showcasing the impactful work of the Binks Hub research network. Reflect with us on the importance of co-creating solutions to economic and wealth inequality that respond to local needs, build social resilience and empower communities. Featuring co-created artistic works from research projects with:
- The Ripple Project
- Poverty Truth Community
- Our Voices at Midlothian Sure Start
- Artlink Edinburgh
- Outwith: Participatory Research and the Library

WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 
Inspace, Crichton Street

EXHIBITION OPEN TO DROP IN: 1PM - 4PM

Poverty, precarity and community engagement: Who decides? Join us and our community partners for an exhibition showcasing the impactful work of the Binks Hub research network. Reflect with us on the importance of co-creating solutions to economic and wealth inequality that respond to local needs, build social resilience and empower communities. Featuring co-created artistic works from research projects with: - The Ripple Project - Poverty Truth Community - Our Voices at Midlothian Sure Start - Artlink Edinburgh - Outwith: Participatory Research and the Library WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER Inspace, Crichton Street EXHIBITION OPEN TO DROP IN: 1PM - 4PM

POVERTY, PRECARITY & COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: WHO DECIDES?

Join us and our incredible community partners for an exhibition exploring poverty and precarity

πŸ—“οΈ Sep 3rd
πŸ“ Inspace
πŸ• Drop-in, 1pm–4pm

With collaborations from:
✨ Ripple Project
✨ Poverty Truth Community
✨ Our Voices
✨ Artlink
✨ Outwith

11.08.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Dr Bethany Whiteside and Dr Emily Davis attended the Dance Research Matters Festival at Coventry University. They presented a poster of our @ukri.org AHRC IMAGINED project, sharing insights on our co-produced methodology. See our poster below to find out more! @olivia-turner.bsky.social

15.07.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
PATHS Research Group: A celebration Join us with Prof Norma Daykin to celebrate one year of the PATHS Research Group (School of Health in Social Science, Uni of Edinburgh)

Interested in sociology, arts & health? Based in Edinburgh? Join Prof Norma Daykin (β€ͺ@uwebristolofficial.bsky.social‬) & scholars from the Uni of Edinburgh (incl. @kateywarran.bsky.social & @olivia-turner.bsky.social) & @rcsofficial.bsky.social on Fri 4th July www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paths-rese...

27.05.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Want to join our #Symposia online? Click here to register to receive the Teams invite β€΅οΈπŸ’»πŸ–₯

forms.gle/b1v43t5YyF5w...

#BSG2025 #CreativeAgeing

20.06.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Excited to be presenting with Prof Norma Daykin, @olivia-turner.bsky.social and others on Friday 4th July. Join us in person in Edinburgh to celebrate our research group @paths-research.bsky.social and to talk about the intersections between arts, health, and sociology. All welcome.

27.05.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Such an inspiring #ArtsPlayHealth chat this month! We were joined by @olivia-turner.bsky.social to explore meaningful evaluation in participatory arts and dementia. Thanks to all for your deep engagement with this topic. See our word cloud of key themes discussed below

30.04.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happening today! Join us for an online discussion 4-5pm BST exploring evaluation in arts & dementia. Facilitated by @olivia-turner.bsky.social, we'll be we asking how we can optimise evaluation processes to better understand the meaning of arts' experiences www.pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth

30.04.2025 07:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to the #MusicAndDementiaCareNetwork @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for inviting us to talk about our IMAGINED #ArtsAndDementia project #ECRED @paths-research.bsky.social with #MusicInHospitalsAndCare! ⭐️🎢

29.04.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to all those who attended the Arts Play Health Community chat yesterday facilitated by the Citadel Centre! We covered so much in relation to the theme of creativity for creativity's sake & are grateful to Ryan & Lia for such a stimulating discussion. Here's a word cloud of key themes covered!

27.03.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ageing and Ageism: a cross-disciplinary perspective

Ageing and Ageism: A cross-disciplinary perspective

Part of the new series of TORCH Talks @torchoxford.bsky.social

Weds 7th May, in Oxford

torch.web.ox.ac.uk/event/ageing...

14.03.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting read by @kateywarran.bsky.social on deconstructing hierarchies of knowledge and critically exploring these issues in the context of #artsandhealth!

#coproduction #arts #critique
@uoe-cahss.bsky.social

13.03.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Materialising Methods Un-black-boxing practice-based research at the interface of art and biomedical science.

πŸ“£ Another exciting event happening tomorrow is our Materialising Methods symposium!

We are almost at capacity for in-person tickets. Online tickets are still available for our keynote talk on art, science & the politics of methods!

Secure tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/materialis...

19.02.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next webinar welcomes Dr Bethany Whiteside, Senior Lecturer & Doctoral Degrees Coordinator at @rcsofficial.bsky.social! ✨🩰

Dr Whiteside specialises in the field of Dance for Health, working with dancers living with dementia, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis 🧠

Register here πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4h3YsjY

22.01.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read our latest blog post exploring medical humanities and arts & health

29.01.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interested in the importance of conversation with people living with #dementia? The Arts Play Health Community are delighted to be joined by renowned author John Killick to discuss this topic on 29/01. All welcome. Includes poetry! pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth

15.01.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2