Art of Healing Follow-on: Impact and Engagement (Update)

这一后续资金项目将推动我们以前的AHRC研究和对生活在冲突地区的儿童和青年的支持的影响。它的目的是通过以下方式提高“治愈的艺术”(AHRC资助：AH/V004263/1)的价值和效益：为克什米尔至少60名儿童提供新的治疗艺术节目；支持项目遗产；建立可持续的团队合作；扩大地理范围和未来交付的国际合作。此外，后续行动支持实现可持续发展目标，包括：需要努力建设和平与包容的社会(SDG16)，确保健康生活，促进所有年龄段的人的福祉(SDG3)。这包括支持心理健康和降低全球自杀率的具体努力。在治愈的艺术中，我们与海豚国际学校(克什米尔普尔瓦马)的教师、工作人员和30名儿童密切合作了18个月。学生参与者表现出了一些令人不安的情绪和心理健康挑战，如抑郁、自残、焦虑、昏昏欲睡和缺乏动力。我们的研究和分析表明，参与艺术和艺术治疗可以显著改善幸福感。这包括在自尊、归属感、动机和执行力、专注力和表现力方面的改善。在后续方案中，我们的总体目标是在这些调查结果的基础上，继续发展我们对生活在冲突地区的儿童和青年的研究和支助的影响。这项工作将按照下面详述的时间表进行。时间表：这项后续工作将在12个月内分四个阶段进行。更重要的是，这项工作的策划和实施由Pi Dr Buser和艺术团队(Katkatha木偶艺术信托基金和Vikramjeet Sinha)共同领导。联合调查员小组将通过虚拟会议会议定期提供投入和反馈，并大力参与宣传和外联活动。阶段1(1-3个月)：与新的伙伴和用户群体建立网络、建立关系和共同设计。第二阶段(第4-6个月)：包括与斯利那加(克什米尔)的合作伙伴开展知识交流、培训和艺术活动，开展国家和国际外联活动，促进团队的可持续性。第三阶段(7-9个月)：监测和支持查谟和克什米尔的活动，最后确定我们的合作框架和可持续性机制。第四阶段(10-12个月)：文件材料和展览的最后策划，评估这些后续活动的影响，并确保继续合作。成果：该项目将通过扩大与新的利益攸关方社区的接触，在国际上传播，并加强治愈的艺术研究的遗产，从而产生更大的影响。我们的主要产出是促进向生活在冲突环境中的大约60名儿童提供艺术治疗。此外，后续基金能够在新的背景下进一步测试我们的发现，因为它扩大了交付和扩大了影响。通过这些活动，我们将提供项目报告(和网络更新)、更新的练习册和培训材料以及视觉和文字文件以及最后策划的展览。最后，后续资金将通过创新的合作和筹资模式支持建立可持续性。可行性：我们有信心以专业和及时的方式完成后续目标和目标。我们的团队在非常具有挑战性的环境(与冲突相关的政治环境以及新冠肺炎)中交付了治愈的艺术项目。我们已经建立了关系、合作和工作模式，将促进项目交付和成功。

This follow-on funding project will advance the impact of our previous AHRC research and support for children and young people living in conflict areas. It is designed to enhance the value and benefits of 'the Art of Healing' (AHRC-funded: AH/V004263/1) by: delivering new therapeutic arts programming for at least 60 children in Kashmir; supporting project legacy; establishing sustainable team collaborations; and widening geographic scope and international collaborations for future delivery. Moreover, the follow-on supports achievement of Sustainable Development Goals including: the need to work towards peaceful and inclusive societies (SDG16) ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages (SDG3). This includes specific efforts to support mental health and reduce the global suicide rate.In the Art of Healing, we worked closely with teachers, staff and 30 children at the Dolphin International School (Pulwama, Kashmir) for 18 months. Student participants demonstrated a number of troubling emotional and mental health challenges such as depression, self-harm, anxiety, lethargy and lack of motivation. Our research and analysis shows that involvement with the arts and art therapy can lead to significant improvements in wellbeing. This includes improvements in self-esteem, belonging, motivation and agency, mindfulness and expressivity. In the follow-on programme, our overarching aim is to build on these findings and continue to develop the impact of our research and support for children and young people living in conflict areas. This work will take place according to the schedule detailed below. Timeline: this follow-on work will be conducted across four phases over 12 months. Critically, the leadership in planning and delivery of this work is shared by the PI Dr Buser and the arts team (Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust and Vikramjeet Sinha). The Co-Investigator team will provide regular inputs and feedback through virtual meeting sessions and be strongly involved in dissemination and outreach activities. Phase 1 (months 1-3): Centres on networking, relationship-building and co-design with new partner and user communities. Phase 2 (months 4-6): includes delivery of knowledge exchange, training, and arts-activities with partners in Srinagar (Kashmir), national and international outreach and advancing team sustainability. Phase 3 (months 7-9): monitoring and supporting activities in Jammu and Kashmir and finalising our collaborative frameworks and sustainability mechanisms. Phase 4 (months 10-12): final curation of documentation materials and exhibitions, evaluating the impact of these follow-on activities and ensuring continued collaboration. Outputs: This project will deliver enhanced impact by widening engagement with new stakeholder communities, disseminating internationally, and strengthening the legacy of the Art of Healing study. Our primary output is to facilitate the delivery of art therapy to approximately 60 children living in conflict settings. Moreover, the follow-on fund provides the ability to further test our findings in new contexts as expand delivery and widen impact. Through these activities we will provide a project report (and web updates) an updated workbook and training materials as well as visual and text documentation and a final curated exhibition. Finally, the follow-on funding will support the establishment of sustainability via innovative collaboration and funding models. Feasibility: we are confident in our ability to accomplish the follow-on aims and objectives in a professional and timely manner. Our team delivered the Art of Healing project through very challenging circumstances (related to the political circumstances associated with the conflict as well as Covid-19). We have established relationships, collaborations and working models that will facilitate project delivery and success.