ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesPublic Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar

Description

Man Down draws on an eclectic mix of research insights and performance art to explore suicide and gender in Scotland.

Suicide is a complicated act that breaches boundaries between self and other, body and mind, individual and society. To help explore this complexity, the event centres around a compelling new film by butoh dance artist Paul Michael Henry, inspired by cutting-edge sociological research and insights from feminist performance history.

Following the screening, researchers Amy Chandler (sociology) and Lucy Weir (art history) will be joined by other experts in suicide, mental health and gender to lead an interactive discussion with the audience. We will reflect on suicide in Scotland, and how gender and society might shape experiences of suicide in unique ways in different areas of the country.
Period9 Nov 2018
Event typeOther
LocationEdinburgh, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionRegional