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Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 2d

Over the last few months I've been developing some performance work through an Artist Residency at Dance City. It's been a really powerful and valuable period of reflection for me on Tourette Syndrome, rhythm, and disability aesthetics, and I'm looking forward to sharing more soon!

📸 Rhiannon Banks

Daniel lies on the floor, with pom poms laying around him. He holds a cluster of them in one hand, and had another cluster attached to his shoulder. He also holds up one very large pom pom towards the ceiling.

Daniel runs across a stage, with pom poms attached to his body. A ball of yarn is being pulled along behind him as he runs.

Daniel sits on the floor cross-legged, with pom poms attached to his shoulder. As he sits, he is making pom poms.

Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · 6d

We're excited and proud to share that network member Rhiannon Hawkins has produced the world's first Mental Health Vulnerability Index RE climate change, which is so important in the context of the climate crisis! Read her work here:

www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

#ClimateChange #MentalHealth

www.ucl.ac.uk

Rachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 11d

DWP wanted to give fraud officers the power to use physical force on benefits claimants

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

DWP wanted to give fraud officers the power to use physical force on benefits claimants

DWP plans to allow their officers to forcibly enter the houses of claimants - and use physical force on them - finally scrapped

www.thecanary.co

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 13d

Throughout October and November @danielpjones.bsky.social, artist and researcher in the Moving Bodies Lab, is undertaking a dance-based artist residency at Dance City Newcastle 🩰

Read about it in our blog post 👇

medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...

Dancer in a dance studio, folded forwards over some ballet barres

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 13d

My supervisor is appalled that you're thinking of working instead of giving scritches

A brown, orange and white cat lying in a sunny spot in the window and meowing at the camera.

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 13d

📅 Join us on Monday 24 November for an online interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome, featuring Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social.

Find out more & register here 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...

Presentation slide featuring photographs of 5 speakers for the event

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 14d

It's been a pleasure to be in residence at Dance City this semester! Read more about it here:

medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...

#AcademicSky #Dance #TouretteSyndrome #Disability #Research

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 14d

On Thursday 27th November I'll be giving a public #performance lecture at Dance City, titled 'Clarifying the amorphous rhythms of #TouretteSyndrome'!

If you're near Newcastle, why not stop by to see my impulsive performance #research in practice!

#AcademicSky

www.dancecity.co.uk/performance/...

A person in a black shite bends forward to touch their toes, leaning over parallel ballet barres.

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 15d

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Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 15d

What is the future of Tourette Syndrome research, beyond the 'syndrome'?

I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds?

Tickets⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...

Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research

An interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 17d

Tickets for this year's Research Cabaret #BetweentheLines are selling fast! 🎶 💃

Feat. performances from @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Ruben Verwaal, @danielpjones.bsky.social, Emily Davis & @georgiapunton.bsky.social

Get your tickets while you still can!
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social

Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret

Join us on Thursday 6 November at 7pm for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from the Durham Institute for Medical...

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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 18d

I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 20d

The first episode of the Cripping Research Culture podcast is out!

In this episode, Nicole Brown, @elainagmamaril.bsky.social and I discussed consent in #CreativeResearch methods, anti-binary approaches to crediting work, and more!

#Research #CreativeMethods

open.spotify.com/episode/1USW...

Inclusive Creative Methods with Nicole Brown

open.spotify.com

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 20d

This is Tiger. Tiger doesn't know about climate change, modern day facsism, or my ever increasing rent prices. Oh, to be a house cat!

Tiger, an orange, white and brown cat, staring at the camera

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 21d

My ADHD assessor told me that Tourette Syndrome doesn't exist in adulthood and so obviously I raged. Turns out he did it just to see if I showed signs of 'justice sensitivity'. I was diagnosed with ADHD, naturally... 😂

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 27d

I'd like to bring attention to the fact that this device is now available to pre-order for an eye-watering £500, with no returns allowed if you decide that self-administered electrocution isn't your cup of tea. People are desperate for relief and I worry how many will bankrupt themselves over this!

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 12

To some extent this is a film about being free to tic, yet concludes in a documentary styled advert for self-administered electrocution as a means of 'controlling' tics. Why is everyone so unwilling to engage critically and call out sub-humanising practice? We don't have to settle... 🤐

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 7

Something doesn't sit well with me, seeing the same people in the Tourettic (Read: #TouretteSyndrome) community who publicly accuse social media creators of faking tics whilst simultaneously being excited about a non-Tourettic actor *acting* #TS in the new "I Swear" film...

#ISwear #Tics #Tourette

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow marks the start of my #Dance Residency with Dance City. I'll be exploring #urban #affect and its impact on the Tourettic body, and considering the value of tics in performance spaces for translating experiences of #TouretteSyndrome! 🕺

Here's to making art! 🌟

(Photos from previous work!)

Two dancers lean against each other back-to-back, looking tired. Paper-mache body parts hang around them.

Two dancers are stained with charcoal, hands resting on each other

Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 28d

I’m excited to announce the first two webinars in the WAARC series “Dreaming Up A Disability-Inclusive Workplace”.

29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo
lnkd.in/e7v9dNkf

26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence
lnkd.in/e3y32vkg

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · 29d

🚨FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS in Transformative Humanities, Durham University. 🚨

📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend.
📄 8 studentships available.
⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25.
⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26.

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 12

To some extent this is a film about being free to tic, yet concludes in a documentary styled advert for self-administered electrocution as a means of 'controlling' tics. Why is everyone so unwilling to engage critically and call out sub-humanising practice? We don't have to settle... 🤐

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 7

Something doesn't sit well with me, seeing the same people in the Tourettic (Read: #TouretteSyndrome) community who publicly accuse social media creators of faking tics whilst simultaneously being excited about a non-Tourettic actor *acting* #TS in the new "I Swear" film...

#ISwear #Tics #Tourette

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 9

This is how it feels to research Tourette Syndrome. My resilience is starting every single publication/presentation (in medical, social science, humanities and arts spaces alike) with "Tourette Syndrome is categorised by motor and vocal tics..." or something similar. 🫠

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Oct 9

Academia rewards resilience, by which I mean the ability to rewrite the same sentence forever

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Oct 9

Academia rewards resilience, by which I mean the ability to rewrite the same sentence forever

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · Oct 8

🛞 How might wheeled technologies, such as bicycles, wheelchairs, skateboards, and prams, afford different experiences of space, mobility, and performance?

Catch up on the recent Wheely Workshop hosted by our Moving Bodies Lab here! 👇
medhumsplatform.org/a-wheely-wor...

A Wheely Workshop with the Moving Bodies Lab

A one-day workshop hosted by the Moving Bodies Lab explores and engages with an array of wheeled technologies: bicycles, wheelchairs, skateboards and prams.

medhumsplatform.org

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 8

Amazing, I'll signpost them to you to reach out to! Thanks!

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 8

I've got a student who would love to do some #PhD research on #TouretteSyndrome and the dismantling of the invisible/visible disability binary. Is there anyone in my network in the UK who is accepting #SocialScience PhD students / sponsoring them for #ESRC funding?

#TS #AcademicSky

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 7

Something doesn't sit well with me, seeing the same people in the Tourettic (Read: #TouretteSyndrome) community who publicly accuse social media creators of faking tics whilst simultaneously being excited about a non-Tourettic actor *acting* #TS in the new "I Swear" film...

#ISwear #Tics #Tourette

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Oct 5

Hi BlueSky. Here's your semi-regular reminder to stop calling people 'dumb' (or things like this) for their political views... or *anything* for that matter! Your ableism is not excused just because you identify as left-wing. 🫠

Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · Sep 26

Added a couple of new additions to the hand-poked tattoo collection today!

#Tattoo #HandPoked

The back of Daniel's calf with lots of thick lined tattoos in black ink, including a large eagle design and a new tattoo of handwritten text that reads "free the people"

The right side of Daniel's lower legs can be seen, featuring a new doodle-styled tattoo of a cat in a wonky frame, below an older abstract floral design.

Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · Sep 26

UKIP have been given permission to march through Newcastle City Centre tomorrow to a hotel housing asylum seekers and people with refugee status.

Please email complaints and concerns to Northumbria Police and Newcastle politicians (MPs and councillors).

Link to template letter in alt text.

Screenshot of a call from ne.antifascist on Insta to write and complain about permission given to UKIP to march through Newcastle tomorrow.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mh5sfD6VRAtQ1kdF-AaZMx1ZGILzOVWMcwApC2gmdFA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · Sep 22

Excited to welcome @danielpjones.bsky.social, who joins us as a Bridging Fellow in the Moving Bodies Lab and @dusportexsci.bsky.social.

Find out more about Daniel's work on embodied experiences of Tourette Syndrome & the development of creative, inclusive research methods 🤩

Introducing Daniel P. Jones: New Bridging Fellow in the Moving Bodies Lab

Find out more about new Bridging Fellow Daniel in our interview exploring his research and interests.

medhumsplatform.org

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