Getting in Touch with Touch – Festival of Social Science 2025

Getting in Touch with Touch – Festival of Social Science 2025

By Events Team, University of Salford

Festival of Social Sciences Event

Date and time

Location

Salford Innovation Forum

51 Frederick Road Salford M6 6FP United Kingdom

Agenda

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Introduction/warm up led by Jo Biglin – what brought you here today?

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Keynote speaker Professor Elisabeth Hsu - University of Oxford

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Coffee Break

11:45 AM - 12:05 PM

Talk by Joshi Paul Prabhu - nursing perspective

12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

Break group discussions on touch, culture, gender, power, race

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Talk

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Practical learning opportunity: Clay body technique mapping, Anmo tui, Reiki

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Plenary + coffee/tea – summaries/share/steps forward

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Highlights

  • 6 hours
  • In person

Highlights

  • 6 hours
  • In person

About this event

Health • Personal health

This participatory workshop brings together nursing students, staff, and practitioners as well migrant and refugee nurses/carers to explore the role of touch in care. Through keynote talks, discussions, and hands-on activities, the event will consider how touch is practiced across cultures and how it intersects with issues of consent, race, class, and gender in clinical settings.

Participants will engage in:
Healing touch – practical sessions on traditional techniques such as anmo tuina and reiki.
Challenging touch – conversations on barriers and difficulties surrounding touch in healthcare.
Trans-cultural touch – sharing stories and reflecting on how cultural norms shape touch in nursing.

This is a collaborative project between the University of Salford and the University of Oxford led by Dr Josephine Biglin and Prof Elisabeth Hsu.

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Oct 30 · 10:00 AM GMT