Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Arts and Humanities
Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Arts and Humanities
The Arts and Humanities Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) is an internally-funded scheme that aims to build our capacity to support colleagues to make real-world impact happen through increasing and deepening engagement and partnership/s.
We are delighted to be supporting eight projects in 2024-25.
Co-creating Dialect Research Outputs with Public Users
Co-creating Dialect Research Outputs with Public Users is led by Professor Fiona Douglas (School of English) in collaboration with Dr Rosemary Hall (School of English), Dr Kerri-Ann Butcher (School of English) and The Dales Countryside Museum.
From Lab to Screen
From Lab to Screen: a response to AI’s threat to the media localisation industry is led by Dr Sara Ramos Pinto (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies) in collaboration with Dr Carol O’Sullivan (University of Bristol), IYUNO, Day for Night (DfN), and ATAV (Association of Audiovisual Translators)
History for Policy: Global Health Histories Podcasts
History for Policy: Global Health Histories Podcasts is led by Professor Shane Doyle (School of History) in collaboration with Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Head of the School of History and Professor of Medical and Global Health Histories), and the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
International collaboration for enhancing patient advocacy
International collaboration for enhancing patient advocacy and healthcare communication is led by Dr Jieun Kim (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies) in collaboration with the Thackray Museum of Medicine, Korea Leukemia Patient Organization, and Blood Cancer UK
Let’s talk about ‘things’
Let’s talk about ‘things’: Celebrating evocative objects for people with dementia is led by Dr Catherine Stones (School of Design) in collaboration with Dr Jeanne Louise-Moys (School of Design) and Community Links
Loose Ends: exploring radical family history through art
Loose Ends: exploring radical family history through art is led by Dr Laura King (School of History) in collaboration with Compass Festival and Polite Rebellion.
Memoirs of POW experience
Memoirs of POW experience: enhancing public understanding of diversity in, and the functionalities of, military life writing through performance is led by Professor Christiana Gregoriou (School of English) in collaboration with Professor George Rodosthenous (School of Performance and Cultural Industries), the Second World War Experience Centre [SWWEC] and Eden Camp Modern History Museum.
Staging Climate Action: Dialogic Arts Activism for Climate Justice in SA
Staging Climate Action: Dialogic Arts Activism for Climate Justice in South Africa
The project is led by Professor Aylwyn Walsh (School of Performance and Cultural Industries) in collaboration with Professor Paul Routledge (Emeritus Professor in Contentious Politics and Social Change, School of Geography), the Well Worn Theatre Company and the East Leeds Community Radion (ELCR).
The project is led by Professor Aylwyn Walsh (School of Performance and Cultural Industries) in collaboration with Professor Paul Routledge (Emeritus Professor in Contentious Politics and Social Change, School of Geography), the Well Worn Theatre Company and the East Leeds Community Radion (ELCR).