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Modernity and the Gut Symposium
Kelvin Hall, University of Glasgow, 27-28 April 2023
Over two days we welcomed an international delegation of researches exploring the gut and themes of modernity across a wide range of disciplines, including our keynote speaker Professor Jean Walton. We also held a film screening event curated by project artist, Kirsty Hendry. Full details here.
Workshop 5
Speaking Patterns
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 16 December 2022
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Project artist Kirsty Hendry was joined by composer, performer and sound artist Joe Howe and graphic designer Lucy Watkins. This workshop focussed on thinking about the ways we communicate with our guts and vice-versa. Kirsty, Joe, and Lucy led us to experiment with ways of scoring and transcribing the gut through sound and image.
PGR Workshop
Collaboration in the Medical Humanities
Advanced Research Centre, 22 July 2022
Our facilitator Dr Sabina Strachan led a workshop for postgraduate researchers on the benefits and challenges of working collaboratively in the medical humanities, as well as discussing potential future events.
Workshop 4
Wandering with the Vagus Nerve: Somatic Exploration
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 24 June 2022
We met with artist researchers Dr Rachel Clive and Kirsty Hendry to explore collectively our somatic and sensory awarenesses of the connections between the brain, heart and gut, as mediated by the vagus nerve.
Workshop 3
Impact of gut health on sense of self
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 3 December 2021
Artist Kirsty Hendry led a workshop exploring the impact of gut health on our sense of self.
Workshop 2
Language and cultural assumptions surrounding digestive disorders
online, 20 August 2021
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Our facilitator Dr Sabina Strachan led participants through discussions about assumptions on digestive disorders.
Workshop 1
Contextualising digestive disorders within Scottish history and culture
online, 14 May 2021
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Dr Sabina Strachan facilitated conversations on links between the gut and the brain.
