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LOCATION:St. Mary's College
SUMMARY:Critical Mass International Colloquium on community-based arts 
DESCRIPTION:Leading practitioners and researchers from the arts and health
  world in Australia, South Africa, USA, Mexico and Ireland will soon 
 be visiting Durham for a ‘Critical Mass’ Research Colloqu
 ium organised by the Centre for Medical Humanities towards the end of June
 .  The purpose of the colloquium is to enable a sustained conversatio
 n to take place about how those carrying out the highest quality work in t
 his field might be able to pool expertise and plan research collaborations
  or a supportive network.  An open conference of arts and health prac
 titioners just does not produce the focus required to take community-based
  arts in health to the next level of action research and into the developm
 ent of resources and workforce. By means of guided conversation rather tha
 n presentations, the aims of this colloquium are:  ·  &nb
 sp;      to reflect on the nature of practice in 
 community-based arts in health, ·     &nbs
 p;   to determine the international research agenda that is or s
 hould be informing the practice,  ·     &n
 bsp;   to pursue practical research collaborations to test quest
 ions that are arising in the CMH medical  humanities research pr
 ogramme, and   ·       &nbs
 p; to consider the establishment of an International Research and Practice
  Network for Arts in Health In order to make the most of this internationa
 l gathering, a series of public fringe events has been set up to crea
 te opportunities for networking and exchange between arts and health pract
 itioners in the Northern region and their counterparts around the world.&n
 bsp; Dialogue promises to be rich and exciting and the opportunities for i
 nternational exchange and partnering could be worth exploring. The Centre 
 for Medical Humanities has arranged an international arts in health f
 orum on Monday 27 June, 10.00 to 3.30 at The Customs House, South Shi
 elds. We are inviting people engaged with arts in health work in
  the North of England and Yorkshire, along with participants in some 
 of our current research and learning programmes. The focus of the day
  will be on network development in arts in health – both local and i
 nternational.  A similar gathering is planned at Manchester Metropoli
 tan University on 30th June.
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