This conversation focused on the connection between water and the arts, the premise that water and the arts are indispensable to our survival, yet both are dangerously devalued in our society and the common challenges and opportunities faced by those who believe that both water and the arts should be reclaimed as universal common goods and accessible to all. Panelists included:
Social anthropologist Megan Clinch (Blizard Institute, QMUL) and artist Ruth Levene who discussed their research exploring the impact of flooding on the communities that live in the Calder Catchment, Yorkshire and how communities are re-connecting with water in response to climate change
Louise Younie, GP and Clinical Senior Lecturer at Barts and The London medical school, talked about her pioneering creative enquiry work with medical students and health professionals
Co-directors of the MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health, Bridget Escolme (Professor of Theatre and Performance, QMUL) and psychiatrist and theatre scholar Maria Grazia Turri (Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, QMUL), reflected on the value of the arts for mental health and social justice.
