Hear about Asylum, “the magazine for democratic psychiatry”, and consider its historical context as well as its research significance and potential from a range of perspectives. In particular, this event will explore survivor voices, action and critique, and their importance to studies of the recent history of mental health provision in the UK. Following presentations from our speakers, there will be an opportunity to discuss their ideas.
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Helen Spandler is Professor of Mental Health Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and recently held a Wellcome Research bursary to explore the back catalogue of Asylum, the radical mental health magazine.
Anne Plumb is a grassroots survivor historian and member of the Survivors History Group. She has her own personal archive called ‘Ear to the Ground. Survivor and ally voices: organisation and action'.
Tony Baldwinson is a project manager and a non-disabled volunteer at the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, involved in the GMCDP Archive since the early 2000s and interested in radical mental health practices.
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