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Launch International : March 2014
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Monday, 3 March 2014. Arts-Informed Research and Cardiology: An Installation. When thinking about using the arts to heal I came across this project by Dr. Jennifer Lapum. I had seen her speak and perform a few years ago when she was in the thick of conducting her research. What follows is another example of the notion of patient-centred care. Like the dementia village about which I wrote last time, this project reflects the notion of art and healing in a very literal sense. Labels: arts and healthcare.
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Launch International : November 2014
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Wednesday, 5 November 2014. Arts and Climate Change. Marshall McLuhan said, "artists are harbingers of cultural change". Cape Farewell. Scientists have had the evidence of global warming for years and this project works to provide a creative tool for communicating the need for us all to take heed and shift our practices. Labels: architects and climate change. Sunday, 2 November 2014. Resilience in Damascus: Singing for Peace. Labels: Arts and Peacebuilding. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Architects and clim...
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Launch International : The Arts and Disability: In aid of a paradigm shift
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Monday, 2 February 2015. The Arts and Disability: In aid of a paradigm shift. Has been in a wheelchair since 1996, when she contracted ME. To free herself from its limitations, she has adapted a wheelchair design, creating one that can be used underwater. "Portal" has enabled her to fly underwater. She plays with the notion of transformation: transforming attitudes, preconceived notions of being "wheelchair bound", and notion of disability and limitations. Labels: art and disability.
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Launch International : An arts and Peacebuilding project in Bahrain
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Friday, 31 January 2014. An arts and Peacebuilding project in Bahrain. The combination of imagination and action is powerful and can be transformative. What follows is a project taken up by a group of young Bahrainian men and women to provide opportunities for renewed tolerance and understandings of each other. It is the story of ULAFA'A. The team of individuals and the process. They initiated everything from Free Hugs, to collaborative notebooks. The project was presented at Brandeis University in 2013.
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Launch International : Theatre and Peacebuilding: Arts and Politics
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Friday, 20 December 2013. Theatre and Peacebuilding: Arts and Politics. This trailer of a larger project directed by Allison Lund. This video, and the projects it portrays is inspiring. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My work, whether as a curator or as an advocate for inclusive programming for those with special needs, has focused on community healing, cultural programming, social justice and capacity building. View my complete profile. Brandeis University Arts and Peaceduilding.
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Launch International : January 2014
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Friday, 31 January 2014. An arts and Peacebuilding project in Bahrain. The combination of imagination and action is powerful and can be transformative. What follows is a project taken up by a group of young Bahrainian men and women to provide opportunities for renewed tolerance and understandings of each other. It is the story of ULAFA'A. The team of individuals and the process. They initiated everything from Free Hugs, to collaborative notebooks. The project was presented at Brandeis University in 2013.
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Launch International : Dementia and Care with Dignity
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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Dementia and Care with Dignity. I few weeks ago I wrote about an environmental and arts in health program that I had been involved in to enhance the environment of a medical ward housing demetia patients in the West of Ireland. With the recent deaths in Canada of Alzheimer patients who have wandered out of their care facility, I have been compelled to undertake further research and explorations into what is possible for the care of the elderly with severe Alzheimer disease.
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Launch International : Resilience in Damascus: Singing for Peace
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Sunday, 2 November 2014. Resilience in Damascus: Singing for Peace. Syrians are suffering under ISIS. Fear of bombing has stopped people from gathering in large numbers on the streets. Now, with the intensification of conflict, the air-strikes by the US and Canada and the recent beheadings by ISIS, public gatherings are even more dangerous. Yet street performers continue to go into the streets bringing people together. Labels: Arts and Peacebuilding. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Launch International : February 2014
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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Dementia and Care with Dignity. I few weeks ago I wrote about an environmental and arts in health program that I had been involved in to enhance the environment of a medical ward housing demetia patients in the West of Ireland. With the recent deaths in Canada of Alzheimer patients who have wandered out of their care facility, I have been compelled to undertake further research and explorations into what is possible for the care of the elderly with severe Alzheimer disease.