Ariel Swyer
@arielswyer.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Centre for Culture and the Mind, Copenhagen University. Psychology, medical humanities, voice-hearing, history of science, measurement.
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@anaantic.bsky.social is taking part in the celebration of a 100 years of Frantz Fanon at @ucph.bsky.social on November 21st. Come and join us!
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@anaantic.bsky.social is taking part in the celebration of a 100 years of Frantz Fanon at @ucph.bsky.social on November 21st. Come and join us!
Had the pleasure of watching the brilliant Maura Cranny Ntow successfully defend her thesis yesterday. Congratulations Dr. Ntow!
What an incredible day yesterday! The Centre hosted its very first PhD defence, presented by the wonderful Maura Cranny Ntow, who can now proudly call herself Dr. Ntow!
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Had the pleasure of watching the brilliant Maura Cranny Ntow successfully defend her thesis yesterday. Congratulations Dr. Ntow!
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The October Edition of the Kaleidoscope is out, written by @arielswyer.bsky.social!
Read it here cultmind.ku.dk/newsletter/n... and don't forget to subscribe 🤩
Read it here cultmind.ku.dk/newsletter/n... and don't forget to subscribe 🤩
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The October Edition of the Kaleidoscope is out, written by @arielswyer.bsky.social!
Read it here cultmind.ku.dk/newsletter/n... and don't forget to subscribe 🤩
Read it here cultmind.ku.dk/newsletter/n... and don't forget to subscribe 🤩
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Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/09/p...
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/09/p...
Privilege and Pain: Why the Medical Humanities Matter
Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.
thepolyphony.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/09/p...
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/09/p...
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We've opened our very first Call for Artists as a part of our new Artists in Residence program in 2026!
Are you an artist or know someone who would like to collaborate with us, please send them our way.
Read more here cultmind.ku.dk/news/call-fo...
and please consider sharing this post 🎨
Are you an artist or know someone who would like to collaborate with us, please send them our way.
Read more here cultmind.ku.dk/news/call-fo...
and please consider sharing this post 🎨
June 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We've opened our very first Call for Artists as a part of our new Artists in Residence program in 2026!
Are you an artist or know someone who would like to collaborate with us, please send them our way.
Read more here cultmind.ku.dk/news/call-fo...
and please consider sharing this post 🎨
Are you an artist or know someone who would like to collaborate with us, please send them our way.
Read more here cultmind.ku.dk/news/call-fo...
and please consider sharing this post 🎨
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Call for papers!
We are co-organising the conference 'Living in the aftermaths: Trauma, politics and survival in Yugoslavia and successor states, 1945 - present', which will take place in April of next year i Rijeka.
Read more and submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/bdenvam6
We are co-organising the conference 'Living in the aftermaths: Trauma, politics and survival in Yugoslavia and successor states, 1945 - present', which will take place in April of next year i Rijeka.
Read more and submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/bdenvam6
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Call for papers!
We are co-organising the conference 'Living in the aftermaths: Trauma, politics and survival in Yugoslavia and successor states, 1945 - present', which will take place in April of next year i Rijeka.
Read more and submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/bdenvam6
We are co-organising the conference 'Living in the aftermaths: Trauma, politics and survival in Yugoslavia and successor states, 1945 - present', which will take place in April of next year i Rijeka.
Read more and submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/bdenvam6
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Join Ana Antic's webinar, 'Entangled Histories of Transcultural Psychiatry and Decolonisation,' on March 19th at 15:00 and discover how social psychiatry and non-Western voices redefined 'common humanity' in the 20th century. Register by March 15th:
tinyurl.com/mrh2ru82
tinyurl.com/mrh2ru82
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Join Ana Antic's webinar, 'Entangled Histories of Transcultural Psychiatry and Decolonisation,' on March 19th at 15:00 and discover how social psychiatry and non-Western voices redefined 'common humanity' in the 20th century. Register by March 15th:
tinyurl.com/mrh2ru82
tinyurl.com/mrh2ru82
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A reminder to come join us on Friday for Peter Leese's book launch!
Join us on March 7th at Copenhagen University for the launch of Peter Leese's new book 'Migrant Emotions', which talks about the complex emotions of migrants and their experiences: cultmind.ku.dk/events/2025/...
Also check out Peter's latest Substack post: afterzero.substack.com/p/the-rings-...
Also check out Peter's latest Substack post: afterzero.substack.com/p/the-rings-...
March 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A reminder to come join us on Friday for Peter Leese's book launch!
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It was a privilege to present, with my dad, to the Psychological Sciences Research Group at UWE.
The presentation was a personal reflection on our family's experience of ME and the harm that dogmatic beliefs about the condition can cause.
uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780...
The presentation was a personal reflection on our family's experience of ME and the harm that dogmatic beliefs about the condition can cause.
uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780...
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It was a privilege to present, with my dad, to the Psychological Sciences Research Group at UWE.
The presentation was a personal reflection on our family's experience of ME and the harm that dogmatic beliefs about the condition can cause.
uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780...
The presentation was a personal reflection on our family's experience of ME and the harm that dogmatic beliefs about the condition can cause.
uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780...
Woo! Thank you @cultmind.bsky.social 😊 And @aryaray.bsky.social for creating the tiny thesis!
@arielswyer.bsky.social recently went to Durham to attend her graduation ceremony. Her thesis involved looking at the ways in which the broader contexts of voice-hearers lives interacted with their experiences of voices. You can see a very tiny version of it here, made by Arya Ray. Congrats, Ariel!
February 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Woo! Thank you @cultmind.bsky.social 😊 And @aryaray.bsky.social for creating the tiny thesis!
Good list of resources here. Other recommendations, thoughts on what US-Americans abroad can do, etc. would be appreciated. isthisacoup.com
Is this a coup? Home of the Coup-o-meter
Prevention is the best medicine: Get background on coups, how they happen in a democracy, and what we can do to stop one.
isthisacoup.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good list of resources here. Other recommendations, thoughts on what US-Americans abroad can do, etc. would be appreciated. isthisacoup.com
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Excited to see the inaugural lecture of the incredible @aldersonday.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Excited to see the inaugural lecture of the incredible @aldersonday.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social
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I'm doing my inaugural lecture on Friday at 1pm and it's going to be a hybrid affair. It will feature:
Guess Who?
HalfLife
Taskmaster
Lovejoy
Wittgenstein
Scarfolk
Psychics
Climbers
Clangers
Only one of those is fake. Tune in! Or even..come along! I accidentally asked for the big lecture theatre.
Guess Who?
HalfLife
Taskmaster
Lovejoy
Wittgenstein
Scarfolk
Psychics
Climbers
Clangers
Only one of those is fake. Tune in! Or even..come along! I accidentally asked for the big lecture theatre.
Research Seminar - 29 November 2024 - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM
I'm doing my inaugural lecture on Friday at 1pm and it's going to be a hybrid affair. It will feature:
Guess Who?
HalfLife
Taskmaster
Lovejoy
Wittgenstein
Scarfolk
Psychics
Climbers
Clangers
Only one of those is fake. Tune in! Or even..come along! I accidentally asked for the big lecture theatre.
Guess Who?
HalfLife
Taskmaster
Lovejoy
Wittgenstein
Scarfolk
Psychics
Climbers
Clangers
Only one of those is fake. Tune in! Or even..come along! I accidentally asked for the big lecture theatre.
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Do standardised clinical measures adequately capture 'non-clinical' experiences of hearing voices?
The short answer is: no.
A more nuanced answer, focussing on the concept of 'distress' is www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Ariel Swyer, @aldersonday.bsky.social Amanda Ellison & me
The short answer is: no.
A more nuanced answer, focussing on the concept of 'distress' is www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Ariel Swyer, @aldersonday.bsky.social Amanda Ellison & me
“Distress is probably the wrong word”: exploring uncertainty and ambivalence in non-clinical voice-hearing and the psychosis continuum
Non-clinical voice-hearers (NCVHs) have been the subject of a growing body of psychological research, a primary aim of which is the development of new therapeutic techniques to support those who st...
www.tandfonline.com
September 26, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Do standardised clinical measures adequately capture 'non-clinical' experiences of hearing voices?
The short answer is: no.
A more nuanced answer, focussing on the concept of 'distress' is www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Ariel Swyer, @aldersonday.bsky.social Amanda Ellison & me
The short answer is: no.
A more nuanced answer, focussing on the concept of 'distress' is www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Ariel Swyer, @aldersonday.bsky.social Amanda Ellison & me