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Jenny Crane
@jennycrane.bsky.social
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Lecturer in health geographies at Bristol, treasurer of RGS Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Group; interested in activisms and feelings entangled in welfare states, "gifted" children, childbirth and trauma, participatory art.
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New Topic Collection for @bmj.com journal, Medical Humanities, on 'Charity and children's hospitals', is live:

mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...

Join myself, authors, and editors (Francesca Vaghi and @profellenstu.bsky.social) to discuss at a launch next week. . .

bmj.zoom.us/j/89920901259
Poster for an online launch 'charity and children's hospitals - exceptionalism, experiences and welfare', 23 October, 3PM, https://bmj.zoom.us/j/89920901259
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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What a pleasure to be hosting the biannual @healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social PGR/ECR conference this year in Bristol! ✨ Wonderful papers on our first cluster "blue bodies" 🌊🌊 thank you for the funding, @rgsibg.bsky.social
Photo of the biannual PGR/ecr health geography conference, in the old council chambers of university of Bristol Photo of the biannual PGR/ecr health geography conference, in the old council chambers of university of Bristol
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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September, ahh!

Forgot to share this promotional code for my new(ish) book before - AUFLY30 on OUP's website.

Useful book for reading lists on:

- fluxes in 'elitism' & 'equality'
- childhood writing methodologies
- 'agency' as concept
- voluntary action and 'education' beyond schools
Promotional code for the book 'Gifted Children' in Britain and the World, for 30% discount on the OUP website use AUFLY30
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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ENRGHI 2025 is open for registration, and last chance to submit an abstract is 1 September.

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

7-8 October, University of Bristol: join a 30 year tradition of connecting PGR and ECR research across geographies of health and wellbeing.

@healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social
ENRGHI conference poster on a watery background, says 'ENRGHI 2025, 7-8 October, University of Bristol; a two-day event showcasing health and wellbeing research by postgraduate and early career researchers, organised by the RGS-IBG Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group. Special strand 2025: blue bodies.'
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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This RGS, please consider coming to hear from 5 fantastic PGR researchers in health geographies - they'll be offering lightning talks, comments on connections with one another's papers, and then we'll open up for discussion about the creativities of this lively discipline!
This is a poster for a session at the annual RGS-IBG conference. The session is called 'Emerging scholars on creativity and geographies of health and wellbeing', and features talks from 5 PGR students - it will be on 27th August, 1110-1250PM, in the Teaching and Learning Building Room 211.
August 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I've added an object stories workshop to my qualitative methods course and I'm really happy about this - if you want to recommend your own work on objects, please let me know! This draws on a forthcoming 'teaching store', myself, Merle Patchett, Cait Robinson, and David Richards are working on . . .
a display cabinet showing an Edwardian bird of paradise hat, miners lamp, geography department sign, and some prehistoric animal bones - all part of a developing 'geography teaching store' project, aiming to use more objects to enhance engaging teaching. a peat spade and historic photo of peat digging, in a display case - part of a developing 'geography teaching store' project, aiming to use more objects to enhance engaging teaching.
July 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Triple book launch for myself, @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social, and @hannahcharnock.bsky.social! Thanks to @lauratisdall.bsky.social for chairing.

Please do join if you're interested in social and cultural approaches to young people's lives and leisure spaces.

12 June, 12-1, tinyurl.com/mryazrew
Book launch poster for book launch with Jenny Crane, new book Gifted Children in Britain and the World, Sarah Kenny, new book Growing up and going out, and Hannah Charnock, new book Teenage intimacies - all in discussion with Laura Tisdall. Date is 12 June, 12-1, via teams https://tinyurl.com/mryazrew
April 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Zines on tour at #AAG2025 zine fair! From myself, @erikahanna.bsky.social, @cordyf.bsky.social, and @lasandunga.bsky.social - with thanks to Maria Fannin for taking them!
March 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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New book! I explore how voluntary organisations, psychologists, and policymakers have sought to identify "gifted children", and to mobilise these perceivedly hyperintelligent individuals to benefit (various visions of) "the world". . .

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Flyer for book and discount code, which is AUFLY30
March 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM