Published Literature: Learning From Participatory Visual Methods in Marginalized South African Communities
by gillblack, Pam SykesIn this paper from Frontiers in Public Health, Steps Toward Engagement Integrity: Learning From Participatory Visual Methods in Marginalized South African Communities (2022), authors Gill Black and Pam Sykes describe their 'Bucket Loads of Health project in South Africa.
The CE4AMR: One Health Approach network have co-developed this handbook which aims to support anyone who is interested in using Community Engagement (CE) approaches to address the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Published Literature: Report on investing in Kenya's creative economy
by The Mawazo InstituteThe Nairobi Ideas Exchange by The Mawazo Institute hosted a roundtable discussion on the opportunities and challenges of scaling Kenya’s creative economy. This report will share key insights and potential next steps for individuals and practitioners looking to attract more funding.
Published Literature: Actor-doctor partnership for theatre-based public health education
by kartiksharma, Shivani Mathur Gaiha, Sanghamitra Pati, Mallika SarabhaiThis paper from the Health Education Journal describes an evaluation of the Actors & Doctors: Staging Public Health Matters project. The authors assesed the feasibility, acceptability and impact of the Actor–Doctor project, which was an intervention involving theatre professionals and medical specialists to jointly deliver street theatre based public health education.
Report on the first Hamwe Festival in Rwanda - a celebration of the collaboration between the creative industries and the global health field. The festival featured speakers from across the globe who utilise the arts to make an impact in global health, as well as performances by individuals who represent the synergies between the arts and health fields
Arts in Health: Book Review
by Mesh Editorial TeamA useful and comprehensive overview of how to undertake research and practice in arts in health. Contains practical advice for the management of a collaborative arts and health project (including how to manage a tender process, plan and evaluation and write a research protocol).
Literature/Guides: Playing for Time: Making art as if the world mattered
by Mesh Editorial BoardLecture by theatre maker and artist Lucy Neal, author of Playing for Time (available from Oberon Books Ltd.). The handbook, written with over 60 artists, identifies collaborative arts practices in a range of community contexts and provides a useful breakdown of principles and practice for adaptation.
Literature: Insight and Exchange: An evaluation of the Wellcome Trust’s Sciart programme
by Wellcome TrustEvaluation report from the Wellcome Trust's Sciart funding programme