Dr Fotopoulou will give a talk entitled ‘enhancing public engagement with health data through art practice’. Her research focuses on social transformations that relate to digital media and data-driven technologies.
Dr Fotopoulou said: “We are very excited to host the first public event of the project and open up an important discussion about health data at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Digital Festival”.
Dr Liz Ford, Senior Lecturer at º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and Sussex Medical School, will present ‘My healthcare data: what does it look like and what can it be used for?’ while Sarah Ticho, specialist in arts, health and immersive technology, will deliver a session called ‘Immersive art as therapy’.
Moderator for the event is Rifa Thorpe-Tracey, an events organiser, coach, producer and advocate for inclusivity in tech. Rifa launched SheSays º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×, curates Spring Forward Festival, runs Refigure Ltd, co-hosts a weekly arts podcast and is also a yoga and meditation teacher.
ART/DATA/HEALTH is a research project that offers members of the community new skills in data science and art practice to improve health and wellbeing.
The aim of the project is to develop a participatory interface that involves creativity and use of data for the social good, in order to tackle health inequalities and digital inclusion.
‘ART/ DATA/HEALTH: data as creative material for health and wellbeing’ (AH/S004564/1 2019-2021) is funded by the UKRI-AHRC Innovation Leadership Fellowship, led by Principal Investigator Dr Aristea Fotopoulou, and hosted by the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×.