Creative Doodle Book: Developing Inclusive Community Arts Engagement During Physical Distancing

About the project This project investigated the value and potential of inclusive online community arts for learning disabled people during COVID-19 lockdowns. In collaboration with Mind the Gap Theatre and Totally Inclusive People, a model for online practice (‘the Creative Doodle Book’) was developed and trialed, primarily with people with learning disabilities, but also in […]

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The Arts and Humanities Contribution to Covid-19 Research and Recovery: a snapshot

by Pascale Aebischer, Des Fitzgerald, Sarah Hartley, Rachael Nicholas and Victoria Tischler In this blog post, we present a snapshot of what we have learned about the distinctive Arts and Humanities contribution to Covid-19 research and recovery and the positive impacts this research has had on society, culture, health and decision-making. The Pandemic and Beyond team has reached the end of the phase of work dedicated to bringing the researchers […]

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Music and Poetry in the Pandemic

As part of the Pandemic and Beyond project we are working in collaboration with a Lived Experience Panel, a group of people whose lives have been impacted in different ways by the Covid-19 pandemic, to help us shape how we communicate the work of the research projects to ensure that we reach communities who might […]

Pandemic and Beyond Podcasts

The Pandemic and Beyond podcasts showcase the vital contribution that Arts and Humanities research has made to Covid-19 response and recovery. In each episode, a member of our team speaks to a project leader and someone that their project has had an impact on to find out about how their research is helping us deal […]

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Principal Investigator Pascale Aebischer Pascale AebischerĀ is Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Performance Studies at the University of Exeter. Her research concentrates on performances using a range of media, with a particular focus in recent years on digital performance and theatre broadcasts. She led the AHRC-funded Covid-19 project onĀ Digital Theatre Transformation: A Case Study and […]