2nd Call for Papers – Deadline Extended – Fri 22nd April 2016
WELL-BEING 2016: Co-Creating Pathways to Well-Being, The Third International Conference Exploring the Multi-Dimensions of Well-Being
Hosted by Birmingham City University, Monday 5th September – Tuesday 6th September, 2016
This year Well-Being 2016 explores the multi-dimensions of well-being focusing on the achievements of well-being through collaboration – to co-create experiences which are positive and meaningful to the individual.
In Well-being 2016, we seek answers to a range of questions about negotiating and navigating the experiences that underpin the achievement of well-being – How positive encounters are or might be embedded in our contact with the environments where we live, learn, play or work; how individuals are supported in ways that enables them to take control of their personal well-being; what constitutes a pathway encounter; how are the impacts expressed or captured, the techniques involved, the use of electronic media, verbalisation and narratives or through artistic endeavour, design, making and the crafts, the unique role of the practitioner and the growing relevance of a medical humanities approach?
We aim to provide a platform for dialogue between academics and practitioners, knowledge exchange and methodological exploration through a combination of keynote speakers, breakout sessions and workshops.
For all queries contact wellbeing2016@bcu.ac.uk
Key Themes
• Children’s well-being
• Nature based solutions towards well-being
• The context of the medical humanities
• Recording, representing and evaluating the positive experience
• Mentoring for well-being
• Visioning and future thinking of well-being scenarios
Confirmed keynote speakers
Claire Freeman, Professor at the Geography Department, University of Otago, New Zealand
Kalevi Korpela, Professor of Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland
Dr. Fiona Bannon, Senior Lecturer, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, UK
Karen Creavin, Head of Wellbeing Services, Birmingham Wellbeing Service, Birmingham City Council, UK
Abstracts invited for
• Posters
• Papers
• Interactive Workshops (45 – 60 mins)
Abstracts for all presentation types may be exploratory in nature or consider the findings of existing studies drawn from academia or practice. They need to address issues relating to well-being, where we are particularly interested to consider new and innovative work, and presented in relation to the type of presentation, the results and their significance.
Authors should provide a clear and brief outline of the paper, including identifying Objectives, Methodology, Results, and Conclusion. For interactive workshops, authors should also explain the activity and the necessary logistics and resources to do so.
Abstracts submission
Abstracts for all presentation types (250 words) should be submitted through www.conftool.net/wellbeing2016/
Abstracts and papers will be blind peer reviewed. All papers, posters and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings with an assigned ISBN.
For more information visit http://www.bcuadvantage.co.uk/events/185/WellBeingConference2016
Download PDF with information
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vtzf4b4v8rc6pkl/Wellbeing2016-PDF-information.pdf?dl=0
Call for Papers NOW OPEN – Deadline Sunday 10th April 2016
Hosted by Birmingham City University, Monday 5th September – Tuesday 6th
September, 2016
Well-being 2016 explores the multi-dimensions of well-being focussing on the achievements of well-being through collaboration – to co-create experiences which are positive and meaningful to the individual.
In Well-being 2016, we seek answers to a range of questions about negotiating and navigating the experiences that underpin the achievement of well-being – How positive encounters are or might be embedded in our contact with the environments where we live, learn, play or work; how individuals are supported in ways that enables them to take control of their personal well-being; what constitutes a pathway encounter; how are the impacts expressed or captured, the techniques involved, the use of electronic media, verbalisation and narratives or through artistic endeavour, design, making and the crafts, the unique role of the practitioner and the growing relevance of a medical humanities approach?
Download PDF information here
contacts: wellbeing2016@bcu.ac.uk
Conference sub-themes:
We are interested in how well-being is enacted in everyday events; in unstaged encounters, exercised, devised and practised with key facilitators.
We aim to provide a platform for dialogue between academics and practitioners, knowledge exchange and methodological exploration through a combination of keynote speakers, breakout sessions and workshops.
Download PDF information here
For those interested in the Well-being and Landscape topics there is a new book that has just been launched. The muitidimensions of well-being are featured in the book “Landscape, Well-being and Environment” edited by Richard Coles and Zoe Millman.
It is a compilation of studies that were originally presented at the international conference, ‘Well-Being 2011’ jointly hosted by Birmingham City University and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA, which I have attended.
The book considers “current approaches to well-being research and practice that fall outside the traditional concepts of well-being as part of medical research making links with architecture, landscape design, environmental perception, social interaction and environmental sustainability”.
I am reading my copy at the moment – good insights so far. Will post a review when I have finished reading it.
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415831512/
I went to Germany for a meeting related to urban allotment gardens, which is a research project I have also been involved for a while. During the field trip, I was really amazed with the type of allotment gardens they have there, so different from the ones I have seen in Portugal and in the UK. Each plot is like a private familiar garden, very very personalized. Check this pictures out. What do you think? How are allotment gardens in your country? Would you like to have or do you have one?
Environmental Psychologist Dr Mathew White provides an insight into research that finds people report improved well-being when living near to green spaces such as parks and forests.
Portuguese landscape architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles was awarded today in Auckland with the highest landscape architecture award – Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (IFLA award).
Gonçalo Ribeirto Telles is an envisioned man who since 1960’s has been giving voice and contributing to the development of a landscape policy in Portugal. He has been responsible by several project across scales, from region-wide landscape planning to the design of small parks and gardens. Noteworthy is the development of City of Lisbon Green Plan and the Gulbenkian gardens.
Above: Gulbenkian gardens photos
“I am doing some extra research on allotment gardens and in how they are becoming more and more important within the urban context. So I came across with this article in The Telegraph, from two years ago.
Dutch researchers have found that allotment keepers in their 60s tend to be significantly healthier than their more sedentary neighbours. While plenty of anecdotal evidence exists to suggest growing one’s own fruit and vegetables protects against ill-health, no one had carried out such a direct comparison before.
Agnes van den Berg, from Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands, said: Taken together, our findings provide the first direct empirical evidence for health benefits of allotment gardens. Having an allotment garden may promote an active life-style and contribute to healthy ageing.
Considering that allotments may play a vital role in developing active and healthy lifestyles, governments and local authorities might do well to protect and enhance them.“
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8151638/Allotments-really-are-good-for-your-health.html
Allotment holders on Clapham Common, 1940. Via
Walking and listening music is certainly a nice way to discover and experience landscape. A friend introduced me to this project and I found it quite inspiring.
Sonic Journeys commissions artists to create new works inspired by specific stretches of landscape experienced on rural and urban journeys. The music is available for download so that you can listen to it as you take the same journey with the help of a map.
That is the case of Adrian Utley from Portishead who has created a new piece of music in response to a walk amongst the remarkable ancient trees at the National Trust’s Croft Castle in Herefordshire, including the 1000 year old ‘Quarry Oak’, unique triple chestnut avenue and mysterious ancient hawthorns.
Quite a while ago I found this research project called MAPPINESS. Basically, researchers at the London School of Economics are trying to look into how people’s happiness is affected by their local environment.
You just have to install an app on your iPhone and every time it beeps you are asked how you’re feeling, and a few basic things to control for: who you’re with, where you are, what you’re doing (if you’re outdoors, you can also take a photo)
Worth to have a look at http://www.mappiness.org.uk/
Narratives and Well-being Experiences in the Landscape 