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Both projects are a one-year explorative research track in which cultural and creative professionals will serve as ‘change makers’ to actively contribute to the tackling of social challenges and transitions.
Voices for safety
The project ‘Voices for Safety’ will address the persistent problems in youth care, that is struggling with a polarised and negative image in the public debate. The many diverse voices involved in the complications regarding youth care situations, do not always get heard. In this research, we will be exploring how art can amplify those voices and how the complexity can be visualised, by letting people tell their stories in their own way, without judgement or instantly jumping to solutions.
Stemmen voor Veiligheid is a project by, among others, HKU Theatre, the HKU professorship Grensverleggende Artistieke Praktijkijken (‘Pioneering Artistic Practices’), STUT Theatre and partners in the healthcare sector.
CAR(E)TOGRAPHY: A Map of Art and Healthcare
This second research project will literally chart the cooperation within the project Re-Creation at care home De Heygraeff. By doing so, it shows a detailed picture of the complex interaction between art and healthcare. To do this, an artistic mapping method is used. This not only provides a thorough understanding of the situation, but also opens up the research results for use by others working in similar practices. The maps that are created thus eventually function as means of documentation and navigation in the intersection between art and healthcare.
CAR(E)TOGRAPHY: kunst en zorg in kaart is a cooperation between the HKU professorship ‘Value(s)-based Entrepreneurship in and by the Arts, the course HKU Creative Transformation, artist duo Sjaak Langenberg & Rosé de Beer, and healthcare organisation Reinaerde.
Financing
The two projects are each subsidised with 40,000 euros from Taskforce for Applied Researc SIA: the organisation for promoting the quality and impact of practice-oriented research by universities of applied sciences. Both projects are so-called KIEM-MV project, which means that they are conducted with partners in the practical field and aimed at a social challenge. The ‘MV’ stands for Maatschappelijk Verdienvermogen (‘Social Earning Capacity’). The goal of KIEM-MV is to strengthen the knowledge base of changemakers from the broad professional field of designers, creators and changers.