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Multiplayer gaming – how competition influences us – the 3rd of the award winning blog posts by writer-in-residence, Sonny-Rhoey Liverod Griffin

  Hi again everyone! Welcome to my 3rd, and sadly final, blog! I’ll say all my farewells and thanks at the end, so for now, let’s just dive in! As we did in my previous blog, let’s remind ourselves of… Continue Reading →

Creative Research Methods Symposium with Barbara Grabher and Catherine Morley

The Creative Research Methods Group invite you to join us for another vibrant symposium on creative research methods on Tuesday 14th January 2025 14:00-15:30 GMT on Microsoft Teams.   This session features: Barbara Grabher, University of Brighton: ‘Postcards of the… Continue Reading →

EVENT | Making Circle: Exploring Tarot-Led Research Practice – Friday 13th December 13:00 – 16:00

All members of CAW are invited to the 4th session of the Making Circle! Alice O’Malley-Woods will lead a session on using tarot as part of research practice. Alice, “During a 6-month long stint as writer-in-residence at Treadwell’s Bookshop, London,… Continue Reading →

Decolonising the Creative Writing and Academia with Maisha Stories and Diversity Lewes

“Home is where the Heart is.”[1] Dhanusha Ranapurwala is a student on the MA Creative Writing. In this blog post, she offers an insight into her work on a research project entitled Maisha Stories that was funded by the Impact… Continue Reading →

Decolonising Maternity – artists and academics in New Delhi and Brighton creating work on experiences of maternity

  By Ruchika Wason Singh (artist, New Delhi) and Jess Moriarty (UoB)   In the autumn of 2021, the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing funded a symposium led by myself (Jess) and Kate Aughterson, called, Performing Maternities, an event that… Continue Reading →

Maisha Stories Project Receives Follow on Funding from National Lottery

The Maisha Stories Project received National Lottery funding from National Lottery Community Fund to develop work on the initial Impact Acceleration Account funded initiative and the Policy Support Fund Project with Sussex Police, and connect Black, Asian and ethnically diverse… Continue Reading →

EVENT | Brains at the Bevy: Raymond Briggs to Chis Riddell – Brighton as a hub for comic artists

Christmas is coming and no doubt also a showing of the much beloved Snowman film created by the late Raymond Briggs who taught at the University of Brighton for many years. Other comic creators who have lived locally include V… Continue Reading →

Creative Research Methods Symposium with Gabriel Hoosain Khan and Lance Peng – Monday 25th November

The Creative Research Methods Group invite you to join us for another vibrant symposium on creative research methods on Monday 25th November 2024 14:00-15:30 GMT on Microsoft Teams.   This session features: Gabriel Hoosain Khan, University of Brighton: ‘The Body… Continue Reading →

Call for Abstracts and Session Proposals: More Culture Less Medicine – Five Years On

Are you a researcher working in the fast-developing field of Creative Health? In February 2025, the Centre for Arts & Wellbeing at the University of Brighton will be hosting a conference to explore emerging themes and findings in research that… Continue Reading →

Report | Maisha Stories – Writing for Wellbeing, February 2024

Deborah Humphrey, an MA student on the Creative Writing Programme and former mental health nurse, reports on CAW’s Maisha Stories workshop series and shares her particular interest in how creative interventions such as writing and photography can improve wellbeing.  … Continue Reading →

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