LivingBodiesObjects: Technology and the Spaces of Health
Year of award: 2021
Grantholders
Prof Stuart Murray
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Clare Barker
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Amelia DeFalco
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Tom Jackson
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Mrs Faye Robinson
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Prof James Stark
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Project summary
LivingBodiesObects is a project that asks how health research is undertaken: what are the assumptions that govern how the work proceeds?; who decides how to start, and where and when?; why are certain ideas privileged and who gains from this?
Leadership and Management: we want to address the above by moving away from the usual top-down model through which research is often led and managed. Instead, we want to share the design and participation between academic researcher and our project partners, This will give us a better understanding of how health research happens. It will also be more equal for all involved and help participants in thinking about their own health experiences.
Vision: our plan is to explore the above questions by setting up physical and virtual spaces in which academics and non-academics come together to share and investigate ideas and opinions on health, using new technologies in particular.