Developing a network for mutual learning on the potential of creative arts for mental health advocacy and activism in Ghana and Indonesia

建立一个网络，以相互学习创意艺术在加纳和印度尼西亚促进心理健康倡导和行动的潜力

• 批准号: AH/X009637/1
• 负责人: Ursula Read
• 金额: $ 11.11万
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX009637%2F1
• 关键词: Developing; network; mutual; learning; potential

This project will create a network of researchers, artists and people with lived experience of mental illness in Ghana, Indonesia and the UK to explore the potential of creative arts to support advocacy and activism. Mental illness can be very disabling and people living with mental illness can experience discrimination, stigma and exclusion in areas such as education, work and housing. They can also be subjected to human rights abuses such as chaining. Creative arts including poetry, music, and drama, can be successful in engaging people in social issues, such as human rights and mental health, and campaigning for change. However there has not been much use of the arts in mental health advocacy in low-income countries and we don't know which methods and approaches will work best in different settings. It is important that people living with mental illness are included in decisions that affect them and enabled to participate in a meaningful way in research and advocacy. We will start with three meetings with people living with mental health conditions in Ghana and Indonesia to give time and space to develop trust and enable an open discussion to find out what are their problems, priorities and needs. This will include talking about difficult issues and listening to different points of view. We will take special care to make sure that people who are more disadvantaged, such as people with severe mental health conditions or who have difficulties reading or writing, are supported to participate. After these meetings we will hold two more meetings with the group and with artists in each country. In these meetings artists will learn about the experiences of people living with mental illness in their country and explore how creative arts could be used for advocacy. They will discuss the preferred language and images to be used and ways to keep people safe and protect their mental health and confidentiality. In the second meeting they will experiment with different creative arts to see which work best to support safe open conversations and deepen understanding.Finally we will hold a two-day workshop for mental health advocates, artists and researchers from the three countries to meet face-to-face in Indonesia. We will invite the group of people with lived experience of mental illness who took part in the meetings in Indonesia as well as stakeholders, such as caregivers, health workers, community groups and policy makers to the workshop. In these discussions we will share what we have learned during the group discussions in each country and identify the opportunities and barriers to including people with mental illness and promoting their rights in each country. During the workshop we will use creative arts to help people listen to each other across different levels of power and social status, ask questions and reach decisions.During the visit to Indonesia we will launch the network and our website. Our aim is to include more people from different countries in the network and to develop activities using the arts for mental health advocacy together. We will write papers, hold webinars and seminars and advertise the network on social media and radio and television in each country. We will write guidelines based on what we have learned which can be used by people with lived experience and their families, artists, researchers, and activists who want to use arts in advocacy to promote the rights of people living with mental illness.

该项目将在加纳、印度尼西亚和英国建立一个由研究人员、艺术家和有精神疾病生活经历的人组成的网络，以探索创意艺术的潜力，以支持倡导和行动主义。精神疾病可能会使人非常残疾，患有精神疾病的人可能会在教育、工作和住房等领域遭受歧视、耻辱和排斥。他们还可能受到侵犯人权的行为，如锁链。包括诗歌、音乐和戏剧在内的创造性艺术可以成功地让人们参与到人权和心理健康等社会问题中来，并发起变革运动。然而，在低收入国家，艺术在精神健康宣传中的应用并不多，我们不知道哪些方法和途径在不同的环境下会最有效。重要的是，将精神疾病患者纳入影响他们的决定，并使他们能够以有意义的方式参与研究和宣传。我们将首先与加纳和印度尼西亚的精神疾病患者举行三次会议，以便有时间和空间发展信任，并进行公开讨论，找出他们的问题、优先事项和需求。这将包括谈论困难的问题和听取不同的观点。我们将特别注意确保更多的弱势群体，如严重精神疾病患者和阅读、写作困难的人，支持他们参与。在这些会议之后，我们还将与该团体和每个国家的艺术家举行两次会议。在这些会议中，艺术家们将了解本国精神病患者的经历，并探索如何利用创造性艺术进行宣传。他们将讨论首选的语言和图像，以及如何确保人们的安全，保护他们的心理健康和保密。在第二次会议中，他们将试验不同的创意艺术，看看哪种最能支持安全的公开对话和加深理解。最后，我们将为三国的心理健康倡导者、艺术家和研究人员举办为期两天的研讨会，在印度尼西亚面对面地会面。我们将邀请在印度尼西亚参加会议的有精神疾病生活经历的人以及利益攸关方，如护理员、卫生工作者、社区团体和政策制定者参加研讨会。在这些讨论中，我们将分享我们在每个国家的小组讨论中学到的东西，并确定在每个国家纳入精神病患者和促进他们的权利的机会和障碍。在研讨会期间，我们将使用创意艺术来帮助不同级别的权力和社会地位的人们相互倾听，提出问题并做出决定。在访问印度尼西亚期间，我们将推出网络和我们的网站。我们的目标是让更多来自不同国家的人加入这个网络，并共同开展利用艺术宣传精神健康的活动。我们将在每个国家撰写论文、举办网络研讨会和研讨会，并在社交媒体和广播电视上宣传网络。我们将根据我们所学的知识编写指导方针，供有生活经验的人及其家人、艺术家、研究人员和积极分子使用，他们希望利用艺术来倡导精神疾病患者的权利。