Drawing in Health and Wellbeing: Marks, Signs and Traces

Author:   Philippa Lyon (University of Brighton, UK) ,  Curie Scott (Independent Education Consultant, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350359864


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   15 May 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Drawing has an established history within medicine for learning, recording, investigating and discovery. Bringing together diverse drawing approaches in the form of research and practical projects, this book demonstrates how drawing has extended beyond the realm of medicine with relevance and value for a wide spectrum of health and wellbeing settings. Drawing has significant benefits for health, yet it is only recently that drawing for health and wellbeing has become a focus for formal research investigation and development. Chapters critically examine how drawing helps us convey and understand complex illness experiences, supporting a deeper, more holistic form of communication between patient and professional. The authors also explore drawing as a popular mindful and meditative activity. Underlying all the chapters is the principle that manual drawing, such as sketching, diagrams, cartoons and many other forms of mark-making, has important qualities in enabling people to learn, investigate, explain, and express as well as alleviate suffering. With renewed global interest in improving our health, this timely volume brings together prominent research in the field and highlights an array of drawing approaches to promote wellbeing.

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Author:   Philippa Lyon (University of Brighton, UK) ,  Curie Scott (Independent Education Consultant, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781350359864


ISBN 10:   1350359866
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   15 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of figures About the Editors Preface Acknowledgements Introduction, Philippa Lyon (University of Brighton, UK) Part One: Critical Drawing Summaries and Evaluations 1. Drawing to Understand Health and Illness Perceptions with Children and Adults, Curie Scott (Independent Education Consultant, UK) 2. What Evidence is there that Drawing Helps Healing? Angela Brew (Thinking through Drawing, UK) 3. Collaborative Drawing as a Strategy: The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People with Autism Spectrum Condition and Demand Avoidance, Caehryn Tinker (Aspens Charities and the University of Brighton, UK) Part Two: Drawing for Personal Wellbeing and Mindfulness 4. Stitch-drawing as Autoethnographic Practice for Health and Wellbeing: A Personal Case Study, Vanessa Marr (University of Brighton, UK) 5. Mind Like Water: Drawing the Still Point, Duncan Bullen (University of Brighton, UK). Part Three: One to One Drawing Approaches 6. Drawing for Insight: ‘Sometimes You Don't Realise What You Feel with Words’, Melissa Mei Yin Cheung, Bandana Saini and Lorraine Smith (University of Sydney, Australia) 7. Marking Space: A Case Study Examining Drawing Activities Used to Map the World of Mary, Jenny Wright (independent Artist Researcher, UK) Part Four: Group Drawing Approaches 8. The Use of Touch and Drawing for Improved Observation and 3D Spatial Awareness in Anatomy Education, Leonard Shapiro (University of Cape Town, South Africa) 9. To be ‘Me’, as a Person, Through Drawing, Joanna Stevens (Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK), Jane Fox (University of Brighton, UK), and Philippa Lyon (University of Brighton, UK) 10. Drawing Life, Judy Parkinson (The Drawing Life Charitable Organisation, UK) 11. Fabrika: Drawing Across Cultures, Edina Husanovic (University of Brighton, UK). Conclusion, Philippa Lyon (University of Brighton, UK) and Curie Scott (Independent Education Consultant, UK) Bibliography Index

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A compelling collection that collages practical experiences and scholarship to give a picture of the transformational possibilities of drawing practices. * Giskin Day, Principal Teaching Fellow, Imperial College London, UK * This collection opens drawing out into the world as a strategy for engagement and social repair while also taking drawing practices in to the self as modes of meditative self-care. It will be a source of inspiration both for health care workers, and carers of all kinds, and for researchers interested in learning more about ethnographic or autoethnographic practices * Susan Squier, Brill Professor Emeritus of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Penn State University, USA *


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Curie Scott is an independent education consultant specializing in arts and health, based in the UK. After working as a medical doctor, she transitioned into Higher Education. Previously, she worked at Arts University Bournemouth, UK and Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. She is an award-winning educator for creative learning practices and holds a PhD in thinking through drawing. She is also the author of Drawing: Arts for Health (2021). Philippa Lyon leads drawing, health and wellbeing research at the University of Brighton, UK, where she teaches on the MA Craft and MA Textiles and supervises PhD students. She has publications on the history of art education, design education approaches, and on applications of drawing within educational, health and wellbeing contexts. She has published work in The Sage Handbook of Visual Research Methods (2019) and journals such as the International Journal of Art and Design Education and Visual Methodologies. She also completed her PhD on British Second World War poetry in 2005.

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