A Wheely Workshop

Based at Durham University, we are the UK's first Institute for Medical Humanities. Our research explores human experiences of health and ill-health using an interdisciplinary arts and humanities approach.

Institute for Medical Humanities

Join us for a lively day of discussion and insight into research and creative practice that engages with an array of wheeled technologies.

Durham Amateur Rowing Club

Wheeled technologies create diverse possibilities for the human body, facilitating new forms of mobility, access, performance, and care. Their potential to not only influence but re-imagine health and wellbeing makes them an exciting focus for both academics, artists, and policy-makers. However, the ways in which they are used by individuals and communities depends on a range of influences, from place-based factors to early childhood experiences, as well as different networks of care and support.This one-day workshop, hosted by the Moving Bodies Lab, will explore research and creative practice that engages with an array of wheeled technologies; the bicycle, the wheelchair, the skateboard and the pram. How might these technologies afford different experiences of space, mobility, and performance? What opportunities and challenges do they offer to planning departments, policy-makers, and public health strategies? And what methodologies might be most effective for understanding how they are experienced in everyday life?Join us for a lively mix of talks and discussion across different disciplines, agencies, methodological approaches, and experiences. Optional activities will also form part of the day, including a short lunch time e-bike ride.Speakers include:<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shu.ac.uk%2Fabout-us%2Four-people%2Fstaff-profiles%2Fjames-cherrington&data=05%7C02%7Cimh.events%40durham.ac.uk%7C5128c7f52b9640d007d308ddc8228a2a%7C7250d88b4b684529be44d59a2d8a6f94%7C0%7C0%7C638886772842100590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VtAhbkWZ%2FvPS6sGFNKN7fd5Mk5VkGcQ7roMDqwcDTVk%3D&reserved=0" 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data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">David Martin</a> (Goldsmiths University)<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiH5Jfkxc2OAxWaUUEAHX6IEhMQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fbikedoctordave%3Flang%3Den&usg=AOvVaw2wJoTNgr2BMsXv9byybuWi&opi=89978449" title="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiH5Jfkxc2OAxWaUUEAHX6IEhMQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fbikedoctordave%3Flang%3Den&usg=AOvVaw2wJoTNgr2BMsXv9byybuWi&opi=89978449" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dave Buchan</a> (‘Bike Doctor Dave’ and Community Researcher)<a href="https://www.cyclinguk.org/biography/sara-bateman" title="https://www.cyclinguk.org/biography/sara-bateman" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sara Bateman</a> (<a 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rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Clare Qualmann</a> (University of East London)<a href="https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/mariam-draaijer" title="https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/mariam-draaijer" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mariam Draaijer</a> (<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joyriders.org.uk%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cimh.events%40durham.ac.uk%7C5128c7f52b9640d007d308ddc8228a2a%7C7250d88b4b684529be44d59a2d8a6f94%7C0%7C0%7C638886772842168530%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kMviltY8Uuo9LHlCOX8BFHSCuJBa0EemKa9eFTTMMeA%3D&reserved=0" 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title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/cassandra-phoenix/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cassie Phoenix</a><a href="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/cassandra-phoenix/" title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/cassandra-phoenix/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>(Durham University)<a href="https://samuelbrady.wordpress.com/" title="https://samuelbrady.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Samuel Goldstone-Brady</a> (National Paralympic Heritage Trust)<a href="https://harrymeadley.studio/civic-skateboarding/" title="https://harrymeadley.studio/civic-skateboarding/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Harry Meadley</a> (Leeds Beckett University)This event is free to attend.Please do get in touch with us at imh.events@durham.ac.uk if you have any dietary requirements or accessibility requirements.This workshop is hosted by <a href="https://medhumsplatform.org/labs/moving-bodies/" title="https://medhumsplatform.org/labs/moving-bodies/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Moving Bodies Lab</a> of the <a href="https://medhumsplatform.org/" title="https://medhumsplatform.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities</a>, led by <a href="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/cassandra-phoenix/" title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/cassandra-phoenix/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Cassandra Phoenix</a>.

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