International Conference on Art and Health
Can art be an ally of the medical sciences? How can museums and other cultural actors contribute to health and well-being? How can creativity contribute to innovation in health?
Using a transdisciplinary approach, this international conference aims to share and reflect analytically and critically on the practices that are at the intersection between art and medicine. Through dialogue between professionals and researchers from different countries and disciplinary fields – from medicine, nursing, and neuroscience to imaging in medicine and microbiology, as well as art, design, and architecture – the aim is to open a debate on the present, but also to look towards the future, seeking to understand how art and science, two areas of knowledge often considered as distinct, can be combined and contribute to change and to a better quality of life.
Objectives
— To promote collaboration and transdisciplinary thinking;
— To cross and co-create programmes;
— Art and creative thinking as tools for clinical approach and diagnostics;
— Art as background and development of creative thinking for image analysis and interpretation in medicine;
— Promote the health and wellbeing of the patient and health professionals;
— Reflect on and create integrated public policies and programmes that contribute to health and quality of life through the arts;
— To create networks and future partnerships;
— To create alliances between sectors.
Themes
— Art, Illness, and Stigma Reduction
— Art and Mental Health
— Art and Neuroscience, Imaging, Neuroradiology
— Healing Environment (colour, light, smell, texture, art, design, architecture)
— Longevity
— Palliative Care
— Art Therapy
— Public Policies and Global Strategies
— Case Studies
We presented our poster with the findings of our 'Libraries on Prescription" pilot programme in Greece with Refugee Week Greece and Athens Comics Library the first ever cross-sectoral collaboration of libraries, health professionals, and cultural activities aimed at improving mental health and well-being through culture for the European Cultural Foundation.
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Dates
November 2023
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