Research and enterprise from the University of Brighton

Category Inclusion through narrative

The ways in which individuals and societies make and communicate their stories influences identity, builds understanding and resilience, shares diversity and nurtures equality. This theme considers how storytelling can be used to extend cross-disciplinary communities of practice across health, the humanities and the arts. It operates a programme of symposiums that inform our Creative Writing with Wellbeing BA, and a book series with Intellect.

Writer in Residence | Sonny-Rhoey Liverod-Griffin | Gaming & Wellbeing: An introduction––Why games are important to mental wellbeing and what they can offer us?

Hello, I’m Sonny-Rhoey a 23-year-old trans woman, doing my Master of Arts in Creative Writing. As part of my creative residency with the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing, I will be exploring how, through games and gaming, collaborative storytelling is… Continue Reading →

Writer in Residence | Rob Vanston | Mindfulness: How Meditation Can Help With Mind Clutter

Rob Vanston is a student studying a Creative Writing MA at the University of Brighton, and has an unhealthy interest in cosmic horror. He is currently doing a writer’s residency for the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing where his aim… Continue Reading →

Event | 30 May 2024 – Empowering ‘At-Risk’ Youth through Improvisational Theatre, with Adam Frank

Thursday 30th May 10:30-15:00 University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb Campus, Cockcroft 101 This participatory workshop will discuss the viability of/alternatives to the term “at-risk” as a conceptual framework for generating empowering performance modalities for youth and  introduce the case study of… Continue Reading →

Eshani Adhikary: Narrative Recipes

Eshani Adhikary has created a collection of recipes exploring culture and narrative storytelling. Titled ‘Hidden Stories of a Dusty Kitchen’, she states: This project is a homage to my roots, the women in my home who really didn’t belong to… Continue Reading →

Dr Lou Tondeur shares her keynote workshop from REWILD

Rewilding Your Self: a Mindful Writing Workshop A guided meditation at the Rewild Festival In the Mindful Writing Workshop at the Rewild Festival on 26th May 2023, we focused on the idea that we’re implicated in Matsuo Bashô’s frog poem;… Continue Reading →

REWILD Conference Proceedings – now available

REWILD 2023 (1) (1)   UPDATE Due to technical issues, we have been obliged to rethink the performance of Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay. This event will now consist of: Part A: Storytelling on womaxn mental health: Monologues and discussion on… Continue Reading →

Seed funded project – Articulate and CAW

Call for papers extended for REWILD

Call for Papers – REWILD: Festival of Storytelling and Community Programme When | 26th May 2023 Where | Sallis Benny What | This one-day festival gathers together academics, students, writers, artists and practitioners committed to developing research led work on… Continue Reading →

Read CAW member Alex Fitch’s new piece for The Conversation

Black Panther is a step in the right direction and a diverse audience is hungry for more inclusive roles and storylines Alex Fitch, University of Brighton From Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness to the recent She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,… Continue Reading →

Report | Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women’s Writing International Conference

CAW member and conference co-organiser, Vedrana Velickovic, reports on the success of the CAW-funded conference Common Threads The Common Threads conference was held at the University of Brighton from 21-23 July 2023 at Edward Street, City Campus. It was co-organized… Continue Reading →

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