A blog post from Anna Tudos, one of the recipients of the Binks Hub 2022 scholarships and a graduate of the MScR Health Humanities and Arts programme at the University of Edinburgh. It’s a very simple and swift movement. It’s done in a couple of seconds, but its effect and the adrenaline it brings lasts much […]
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A blog post from Helen Berry, Binks Hub doctoral researcher. At the end of March 2024, the Binks Hub partnered with the Third Sector Research Forum to host a Participatory Research Roundtable event, bringing together 25 practitioners of participatory research working in, or with, the third sector. Delegates and their work crisscrossed the traditional boundaries between
This Saturday 15th June, the communities of Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny, together with the Ripple Project and the Binks Hub, were proud to launch their exhibition of artworks exploring the memories, experiences, realities, hopes and dreams of the local community. This exhibition marks a long period of collaborative working between the Binks Hub and the
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The Ripple Project and the Binks Hub are looking for a participatory artist who has experience working with communities to join their “Modelling the Future” 3D project. The Ripple Project and the Binks Hub at the University of Edinburgh are looking for a participatory artist who has experience working with communities to join their “Modelling the Future” 3D
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We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to the new Binks Hub advisory group. Bringing together a combination of artists and individuals from community, governmental and arts organisations, their combined expertise will play a pivotal role in guiding the future direction of our work. Working together, we hope that the group will ensure we pursue
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We’re very pleased to announce that the Binks Hub will be sponsoring the 2024 International Creative Research Methods Conference (ICRMC), organised by Helen Kara. After speaking at and being inspired by the many other brilliant talks at last year’s event, we’re thrilled to be involved this year. If you’re interested in speaking or running a
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Earlier this year, we partnered with Edinburgh College of Art and the Reid School of Music on the 2023 UNESCO Week of Sound. We ran two online seminars, and also supported an in-person with musician Michael Begg: The Sounds of Feeling Well, Feeling Cared For: We shared the findings of a co-creative research project which
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A blog post from Prof. Catherine Maternowska, Honorary Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People at the University of Edinburgh. On a chilly Sunday morning in Edinburgh, a small group convened in one of the university’s main squares. A van pulled up, and its driver hopped out, opening the vehicle’s back doors to display stacks
Can group drumming practices with young people prevent and treat trauma? Read More »
A warm welcome to our new Binks Hub PhD student Helen, who has written this blog post to introduce the research she’ll be conducting for her PhD. Her research project will focus on co-produced research, how it creates value and makes a difference. What do we mean by co-production? Co-production is a relational and collaborative approach
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Interview and article by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack as part of our series on human flourishing, following our human flourishing symposium in June 2023. “A story-rich community is a flourishing community,” Alette Willis says when explaining the importance of ecological narratives that drive social change. Alette Willis, author, performance storyteller, and teacher and
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