Olivia Turner
@olivia-turner.bsky.social
Artist and researcher between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.
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We were delighted that researcher @olivia-turner.bsky.social was invited to speak at the Young Leaders For Arts and Health 2025 summit in London last month, held at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Co-produced by youth-led and Commonwealth-affiliated organisations & Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship
Co-produced by youth-led and Commonwealth-affiliated organisations & Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We were delighted that researcher @olivia-turner.bsky.social was invited to speak at the Young Leaders For Arts and Health 2025 summit in London last month, held at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Co-produced by youth-led and Commonwealth-affiliated organisations & Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship
Co-produced by youth-led and Commonwealth-affiliated organisations & Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship
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POVERTY, PRECARITY & COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: WHO DECIDES?
Join us and our incredible community partners for an exhibition exploring poverty and precarity
🗓️ Sep 3rd
📍 Inspace
🕐 Drop-in, 1pm–4pm
With collaborations from:
✨ Ripple Project
✨ Poverty Truth Community
✨ Our Voices
✨ Artlink
✨ Outwith
Join us and our incredible community partners for an exhibition exploring poverty and precarity
🗓️ Sep 3rd
📍 Inspace
🕐 Drop-in, 1pm–4pm
With collaborations from:
✨ Ripple Project
✨ Poverty Truth Community
✨ Our Voices
✨ Artlink
✨ Outwith
August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
POVERTY, PRECARITY & COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: WHO DECIDES?
Join us and our incredible community partners for an exhibition exploring poverty and precarity
🗓️ Sep 3rd
📍 Inspace
🕐 Drop-in, 1pm–4pm
With collaborations from:
✨ Ripple Project
✨ Poverty Truth Community
✨ Our Voices
✨ Artlink
✨ Outwith
Join us and our incredible community partners for an exhibition exploring poverty and precarity
🗓️ Sep 3rd
📍 Inspace
🕐 Drop-in, 1pm–4pm
With collaborations from:
✨ Ripple Project
✨ Poverty Truth Community
✨ Our Voices
✨ Artlink
✨ Outwith
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Dr Bethany Whiteside and Dr Emily Davis attended the Dance Research Matters Festival at Coventry University. They presented a poster of our @ukri.org AHRC IMAGINED project, sharing insights on our co-produced methodology. See our poster below to find out more! @olivia-turner.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Dr Bethany Whiteside and Dr Emily Davis attended the Dance Research Matters Festival at Coventry University. They presented a poster of our @ukri.org AHRC IMAGINED project, sharing insights on our co-produced methodology. See our poster below to find out more! @olivia-turner.bsky.social
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Interested in sociology, arts & health? Based in Edinburgh? Join Prof Norma Daykin (@uwebristolofficial.bsky.social) & scholars from the Uni of Edinburgh (incl. @kateywarran.bsky.social & @olivia-turner.bsky.social) & @rcsofficial.bsky.social on Fri 4th July www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paths-rese...
PATHS Research Group: A celebration
Join us with Prof Norma Daykin to celebrate one year of the PATHS Research Group (School of Health in Social Science, Uni of Edinburgh)
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May 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Interested in sociology, arts & health? Based in Edinburgh? Join Prof Norma Daykin (@uwebristolofficial.bsky.social) & scholars from the Uni of Edinburgh (incl. @kateywarran.bsky.social & @olivia-turner.bsky.social) & @rcsofficial.bsky.social on Fri 4th July www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paths-rese...
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Want to join our #Symposia online? Click here to register to receive the Teams invite ⤵️💻🖥
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#BSG2025 #CreativeAgeing
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#BSG2025 #CreativeAgeing
June 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#BSG2025 #CreativeAgeing
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#BSG2025 #CreativeAgeing
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Excited to be presenting with Prof Norma Daykin, @olivia-turner.bsky.social and others on Friday 4th July. Join us in person in Edinburgh to celebrate our research group @paths-research.bsky.social and to talk about the intersections between arts, health, and sociology. All welcome.
Interested in sociology, arts & health? Based in Edinburgh? Join Prof Norma Daykin (@uwebristolofficial.bsky.social) & scholars from the Uni of Edinburgh (incl. @kateywarran.bsky.social & @olivia-turner.bsky.social) & @rcsofficial.bsky.social on Fri 4th July www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paths-rese...
PATHS Research Group: A celebration
Join us with Prof Norma Daykin to celebrate one year of the PATHS Research Group (School of Health in Social Science, Uni of Edinburgh)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Excited to be presenting with Prof Norma Daykin, @olivia-turner.bsky.social and others on Friday 4th July. Join us in person in Edinburgh to celebrate our research group @paths-research.bsky.social and to talk about the intersections between arts, health, and sociology. All welcome.
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Such an inspiring #ArtsPlayHealth chat this month! We were joined by @olivia-turner.bsky.social to explore meaningful evaluation in participatory arts and dementia. Thanks to all for your deep engagement with this topic. See our word cloud of key themes discussed below
April 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Such an inspiring #ArtsPlayHealth chat this month! We were joined by @olivia-turner.bsky.social to explore meaningful evaluation in participatory arts and dementia. Thanks to all for your deep engagement with this topic. See our word cloud of key themes discussed below
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Happening today! Join us for an online discussion 4-5pm BST exploring evaluation in arts & dementia. Facilitated by @olivia-turner.bsky.social, we'll be we asking how we can optimise evaluation processes to better understand the meaning of arts' experiences www.pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth
Arts Play Health
Arts Play Health
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April 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happening today! Join us for an online discussion 4-5pm BST exploring evaluation in arts & dementia. Facilitated by @olivia-turner.bsky.social, we'll be we asking how we can optimise evaluation processes to better understand the meaning of arts' experiences www.pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth
Thanks to the #MusicAndDementiaCareNetwork @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for inviting us to talk about our IMAGINED #ArtsAndDementia project #ECRED @paths-research.bsky.social with #MusicInHospitalsAndCare! ⭐️🎶
April 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks to the #MusicAndDementiaCareNetwork @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for inviting us to talk about our IMAGINED #ArtsAndDementia project #ECRED @paths-research.bsky.social with #MusicInHospitalsAndCare! ⭐️🎶
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Thanks to all those who attended the Arts Play Health Community chat yesterday facilitated by the Citadel Centre! We covered so much in relation to the theme of creativity for creativity's sake & are grateful to Ryan & Lia for such a stimulating discussion. Here's a word cloud of key themes covered!
March 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thanks to all those who attended the Arts Play Health Community chat yesterday facilitated by the Citadel Centre! We covered so much in relation to the theme of creativity for creativity's sake & are grateful to Ryan & Lia for such a stimulating discussion. Here's a word cloud of key themes covered!
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Ageing and Ageism: A cross-disciplinary perspective
Part of the new series of TORCH Talks @torchoxford.bsky.social
Weds 7th May, in Oxford
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Part of the new series of TORCH Talks @torchoxford.bsky.social
Weds 7th May, in Oxford
torch.web.ox.ac.uk/event/ageing...
Ageing and Ageism: a cross-disciplinary perspective
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March 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Ageing and Ageism: A cross-disciplinary perspective
Part of the new series of TORCH Talks @torchoxford.bsky.social
Weds 7th May, in Oxford
torch.web.ox.ac.uk/event/ageing...
Part of the new series of TORCH Talks @torchoxford.bsky.social
Weds 7th May, in Oxford
torch.web.ox.ac.uk/event/ageing...
Interesting read by @kateywarran.bsky.social on deconstructing hierarchies of knowledge and critically exploring these issues in the context of #artsandhealth!
#coproduction #arts #critique
@uoe-cahss.bsky.social
#coproduction #arts #critique
@uoe-cahss.bsky.social
Why discuss hierarchies of #knowledge? Read our blog about a recent event where we discussed the rise of scientific authority and the relevance of this to the field of #artsandhealth www.pathsresearchgroup.org/post/why-dis...
Why discuss hierarchies of knowledge in arts and health?
Blog post written by Dr Katey Warran On Tuesday 25th February 2025, 3-5pm, I facilitated a session for the Theory in Sociology Series led by CRITIQUE (Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought) in the Sc...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Interesting read by @kateywarran.bsky.social on deconstructing hierarchies of knowledge and critically exploring these issues in the context of #artsandhealth!
#coproduction #arts #critique
@uoe-cahss.bsky.social
#coproduction #arts #critique
@uoe-cahss.bsky.social
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📣 Another exciting event happening tomorrow is our Materialising Methods symposium!
We are almost at capacity for in-person tickets. Online tickets are still available for our keynote talk on art, science & the politics of methods!
Secure tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/materialis...
We are almost at capacity for in-person tickets. Online tickets are still available for our keynote talk on art, science & the politics of methods!
Secure tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/materialis...
Materialising Methods
Un-black-boxing practice-based research at the interface of art and biomedical science.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📣 Another exciting event happening tomorrow is our Materialising Methods symposium!
We are almost at capacity for in-person tickets. Online tickets are still available for our keynote talk on art, science & the politics of methods!
Secure tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/materialis...
We are almost at capacity for in-person tickets. Online tickets are still available for our keynote talk on art, science & the politics of methods!
Secure tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/materialis...
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Our next webinar welcomes Dr Bethany Whiteside, Senior Lecturer & Doctoral Degrees Coordinator at @rcsofficial.bsky.social! ✨🩰
Dr Whiteside specialises in the field of Dance for Health, working with dancers living with dementia, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis 🧠
Register here 👉 bit.ly/4h3YsjY
Dr Whiteside specialises in the field of Dance for Health, working with dancers living with dementia, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis 🧠
Register here 👉 bit.ly/4h3YsjY
January 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our next webinar welcomes Dr Bethany Whiteside, Senior Lecturer & Doctoral Degrees Coordinator at @rcsofficial.bsky.social! ✨🩰
Dr Whiteside specialises in the field of Dance for Health, working with dancers living with dementia, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis 🧠
Register here 👉 bit.ly/4h3YsjY
Dr Whiteside specialises in the field of Dance for Health, working with dancers living with dementia, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis 🧠
Register here 👉 bit.ly/4h3YsjY
Read our latest blog post exploring medical humanities and arts & health
What are the points of connection and disconnection between critical medical humanities and arts & health?
Read our blog advocating for increased dialogue between those working across these interconnected fields
www.pathsresearchgroup.org/post/what-ar...
Read our blog advocating for increased dialogue between those working across these interconnected fields
www.pathsresearchgroup.org/post/what-ar...
What are the points of connection and disconnection between critical medical humanities and arts & health?
Blog post written by Katey Warran, Olivia Turner, and Emily DavisOver the last 3 months, we’ve been exploring the topic of connection and disconnection between critical medical humanities and arts & health. Dr Olivia Turner recently joined PATHS research group as Deputy, and she is an artist and researcher with a background in medical humanities. This has prompted many discussions in our team about the potential tensions, opportunities for shared learning, areas of overlap, and theoretical compl
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January 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Read our latest blog post exploring medical humanities and arts & health
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Interested in the importance of conversation with people living with #dementia? The Arts Play Health Community are delighted to be joined by renowned author John Killick to discuss this topic on 29/01. All welcome. Includes poetry! pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth
January 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Interested in the importance of conversation with people living with #dementia? The Arts Play Health Community are delighted to be joined by renowned author John Killick to discuss this topic on 29/01. All welcome. Includes poetry! pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth