The pandemic has highlighted systemic inequalities across society. An interest in exploring and addressing these has been explicit in or threaded through many of the AHRC-funded COVID-19 studies.
Researchers have explored how public health messaging might better reach different communities. They have also shone a spotlight on experiences of racism for people working in the healthcare system and the cultural sector.
Findings show that adaptation to hybrid or online practice by arts and cultural and community organisations has been effective in responding to the needs of those who are isolated, clinically vulnerable or otherwise disadvantaged. Studies have made recommendations about the skills, infrastructure and communications needed to support equitable public access to services and support, and to inform fair working practices during recovery and in future public health crises. There are also important lessons to be learned about the barriers to digital inclusion and accessibility.
Projects
COVID-19 CARE
Culture and the Arts, from Restriction to Enhancement: Protecting Mental Health in the Liverpool City Region
Professor Josie Billington
(University of Liverpool)
Creative Doodle Book
Developing Inclusive Community Arts Engagement During Physical Distancing
Professor Matthew Reason
(York St John University)
Cultural Translation and Interpreting of COVID-19 Risks among London’s Migrant Communities
Dr Nana Sato-Rossberg
(School of Oriental and African Studies)
Culture Box
Remote and Digital Delivery of Arts and Creative Activities to Improve the Wellbeing of People with Dementia in Care Homes
Professor Victoria Tischler
(University of Exeter)
Grading Gowns
Redesigning one-size PPE to fit and protect female health workers more effectively
Professor Katherine Townsend
(Nottingham Trent University)
Performing Leadership Differently: Co-creating Strategies for Change
Dr Amitabh S Rai
(Queen Mary University of London)
Scenes of shame and stigma in COVID-19
Professor Luna Dolezal, Dr Arthur Rose, and Dr Fred Cooper
(University of Exeter)
Stay Home Stories
Rethinking the Domestic During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Professor Alison Blunt
(Queen Mary University of London)
The Covid-19 Review Observatory
Tracking Parliaments’ Performance in the UK during the Pandemic
Professor Fiona de Londras
(Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham)
Touch Post-COVID-19
Navigating Through Deafblindness in the UK via Haptic-Audiovisual Technologies of Perception
Dr Azadeh Emadi
(University of Glasgow)
Walking publics / Walking arts
Walking, wellbeing, and community during COVID-19
Professor Dee Heddon
(University of Glasgow)
