On 20th October 2022 we hosted a network meeting where we welcomed our speakers Lindsay Kelland (Rhodes University), Lisa Ward (VAMHN), and Laura Fischer and Sullivan Holderbach (Traumscapes). The meeting was hosted by VAMHN lead Dr Sharli Paphitis (King's College London). You can watch the webinar recording below and access some additional resources from our speakers.
To skip to the start of the webinar recording you can skip to 00:01:22.
To skip to the start of the webinar recording you can skip to 00:01:22.
Extra Resources
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Lindsay Kelland
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Lisa Ward
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Laura Fischer and Sullivan Holderbach
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Panel and questions
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Recording time stamp:
Skip to 00:05:44 to watch Lindsay's presentation
Speaker information:
Dr Lindsay Kelland is a feminist philosopher based in the Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics, Rhodes University (South Africa) where she works on the transformation of pedagogy within ethics, philosophy, and Higher Education. Her research also covers gender, sexualities, and sexual violence. She has published numerous articles in this area; including a publication in Hypatia entitled ‘A Call to Arms: The Centrality of Feminist Consciousness-Raising Speak-Outs to the Recovery of Rape Survivors’.
To find out more about Lindsay's work click here: https://www.ru.ac.za/agcle/
Additional Resources:
Skip to 00:05:44 to watch Lindsay's presentation
Speaker information:
Dr Lindsay Kelland is a feminist philosopher based in the Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics, Rhodes University (South Africa) where she works on the transformation of pedagogy within ethics, philosophy, and Higher Education. Her research also covers gender, sexualities, and sexual violence. She has published numerous articles in this area; including a publication in Hypatia entitled ‘A Call to Arms: The Centrality of Feminist Consciousness-Raising Speak-Outs to the Recovery of Rape Survivors’.
To find out more about Lindsay's work click here: https://www.ru.ac.za/agcle/
Additional Resources:
- Zanele Muholi (2004) ‘Thinking through lesbian rape’, Agenda, 18:61, (122 of 116-125)
- Pumla Dineo Gqola (2015) Rape: A South African Nightmare
- Rachel Jewkes and Naeema Abrahams (2002) ‘The Epidemiology of rape and sexual coercion in South Africa: an overview’ Social Science and Medicine 55: 1239 (of 1232-1244)
- Sarah Doan-Minh (2019) ‘Corrective rape: an extreme manifestation of discrimination and the state's complicity in sexual violence’, Hastings Women's Law Journal, 30(1): 175
- Megan E. Morrissey (2013) ‘Rape as a Weapon of Hate: Discursive Constructions and Material Consequences of Black Lesbianism in South Africa’, Women's Studies in Communication, 36:1, 75.
- Vrushali Patil (2013) ‘From Patriarchy to Intersectionality: A Transnational Feminist Assessment of How Far We’ve Really Come’ Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 38(4): 854
Recording time stamp:
Skip to 00:29:03 to watch Lisa's presentation
Speaker information:
Lisa is the Lived Experience Advisory Group Consultant to the VAMHN as well as a researcher and previous practitioner. She now works to support organisations to ensure high quality lived experience engagement across their work.
To find out more about Lisa's work click here: www.iamlisaward.com
Additional links:
1. Hackett, S. (2014) Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours. London: Research in Practice2. https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-abuse-and-neglect/harmful-sexual-behaviour/understanding
3. https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/2685/responding-to-children-who-display-sexualised-behaviour-guide.pdf
4. https://www.protectivebehaviours.org/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=16
Skip to 00:29:03 to watch Lisa's presentation
Speaker information:
Lisa is the Lived Experience Advisory Group Consultant to the VAMHN as well as a researcher and previous practitioner. She now works to support organisations to ensure high quality lived experience engagement across their work.
To find out more about Lisa's work click here: www.iamlisaward.com
Additional links:
1. Hackett, S. (2014) Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours. London: Research in Practice2. https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-abuse-and-neglect/harmful-sexual-behaviour/understanding
3. https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/2685/responding-to-children-who-display-sexualised-behaviour-guide.pdf
4. https://www.protectivebehaviours.org/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=16
Recording time stamp:
Skip to 00:47:32 to watch Laura and Sullivan's presentation
Speaker information:
Laura E. Fischer (she/her) is the Founder & CEO of Traumascapes, a survivor-led organisation dedicated to changing the ecosystem of trauma and creating new horizons for survivors through art and science. Laura trained as a dancer with the Ballet de la Côte in Switzerland and studied arts at Central Saint Martins, mental health sciences at Queen Mary University, psychology at King’s College London, and traumatic stress at the Justice Resource Institute. She was also awarded Improvement Leader Fellow by NIHR CLAHRC NWL. Her research has focused on the embodied experience of trauma and new body-based interventions. Her art practice has explored the
reclaiming and rewriting of the sociocultural narrative of trauma. Her consultancy has spanned trauma-informed practice, lived experience involvement, and arts for health. She is Visiting Lecturer at UCL, QMUL, and UAL; Seminar Lead in Women's Mental Health and Honorary Research Associate of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at KCL; and Editorial Advisory Board Member of The Lancet Psychiatry. She has worked with many universities, NHS Trusts, NHS England, the NIHR, Public Health England, Wellcome, and others. She has published, spoken widely, and exhibited internationally, including at the V&A, Whitechapel Gallery, and BFI, and some of her work is in the Central Saint Martins Museum Collection.
Sullivan Holderbach (he/him) is an Artist & Researcher at Traumascapes. Sullivan is a trauma survivor, artist, and researcher focused on the development and facilitation of survivor-led, arts-facilitated, healing practices. His research aims to utilise creative practices as means to encourage and sustain health by renegotiating
personal relationships and understandings of trauma. He completed his BA degree in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham and his MASc degree in Creative Health at University College London. His practice is informed by his multi-nationality as well as his experiences working as a stagehand, performer, costume/set designer and stage manager in both the Festival of European
Anglophone Theatrical Societies and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Additional links:
1. Navigating Sex and Sexuality after Sexual Assault: A Qualitative Study of Survivors and Informal Support Providers
2. Reclaiming Sex and Romance after Assault
3. On my work: trauma-focused movement language
Skip to 00:47:32 to watch Laura and Sullivan's presentation
Speaker information:
Laura E. Fischer (she/her) is the Founder & CEO of Traumascapes, a survivor-led organisation dedicated to changing the ecosystem of trauma and creating new horizons for survivors through art and science. Laura trained as a dancer with the Ballet de la Côte in Switzerland and studied arts at Central Saint Martins, mental health sciences at Queen Mary University, psychology at King’s College London, and traumatic stress at the Justice Resource Institute. She was also awarded Improvement Leader Fellow by NIHR CLAHRC NWL. Her research has focused on the embodied experience of trauma and new body-based interventions. Her art practice has explored the
reclaiming and rewriting of the sociocultural narrative of trauma. Her consultancy has spanned trauma-informed practice, lived experience involvement, and arts for health. She is Visiting Lecturer at UCL, QMUL, and UAL; Seminar Lead in Women's Mental Health and Honorary Research Associate of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at KCL; and Editorial Advisory Board Member of The Lancet Psychiatry. She has worked with many universities, NHS Trusts, NHS England, the NIHR, Public Health England, Wellcome, and others. She has published, spoken widely, and exhibited internationally, including at the V&A, Whitechapel Gallery, and BFI, and some of her work is in the Central Saint Martins Museum Collection.
Sullivan Holderbach (he/him) is an Artist & Researcher at Traumascapes. Sullivan is a trauma survivor, artist, and researcher focused on the development and facilitation of survivor-led, arts-facilitated, healing practices. His research aims to utilise creative practices as means to encourage and sustain health by renegotiating
personal relationships and understandings of trauma. He completed his BA degree in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham and his MASc degree in Creative Health at University College London. His practice is informed by his multi-nationality as well as his experiences working as a stagehand, performer, costume/set designer and stage manager in both the Festival of European
Anglophone Theatrical Societies and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Additional links:
1. Navigating Sex and Sexuality after Sexual Assault: A Qualitative Study of Survivors and Informal Support Providers
2. Reclaiming Sex and Romance after Assault
3. On my work: trauma-focused movement language
Recording time stamp:
Skip to 00:47:32 to watch the panel discussion with all speakers. 01:11:00
Skip to 00:47:32 to watch the panel discussion with all speakers. 01:11:00