FINALIST 2025
When We Share...
Disrupted Narrative - First & Second Poem's
This is Daffodil.
Daffodil was created in response to a series of arts based research workshops held with a group of women survivors of domestic violence and abuse. Daffodil speaks their words. These words represent some of the complex difficulties that many women are confronted with when sharing experiences of trauma. She demonstrates how it might feel for women to share their experience of domestic abuse and mental health.
An Arts Council England grant was awarded to Molly Brown, an animator and filmmaker, for an arts based project that would work with women survivors of domestic violence and abuse. This collaboration project with Juno Women's Aid and arts based academic researchers aimed to better understand the impact of domestic abuse on mental health. The project sought to use co-production research methods that would culminate in animations designed to be watched and utilised by many people in various contexts. The resulting animations offer an ongoing platform for sharing the women’s voices, raising awareness and challenging public perceptions.
When We Share was born from a research project, Disrupted Narratives, led by Professor Julie McGarry, Professor in Nursing and Gender Based Violence at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The project was built to identify and acknowledge the difficulties women are confronted with when sharing experiences of trauma. The research was also in collaboration with Associate Professor, Dr Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith, Research Lead Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery at De Montfort University. They wanted to challenge the dominant narratives - the language that has been used by others, often professionals, to describe, diminish and devalue women’s experiences.
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CREDITS:
Poem Writers: Women survivors of domestic violence & abuse, Juno Women's Aid
Animator and Art Director: Molly Brown
Voice over artist: Tiffany Jade Holland
Music - First Poem: Reveille - C'est La Vie
Music - Second Poem: The Realist - Emotive Shadow
Arts Facilitator: Dawn Bowden
Leading Arts Based Academic Researchers: Professor Julie McGarry, Sheffield University and Associate Professor Dr Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith, De Montfort University
Charity Partner: JUNO Women's Aid
Funded by: Arts Council England
Juno Women’s Aid Empowering women, children and teenagers to live free from abuse.
Juno Women’s Aid is the largest domestic abuse organisation in Nottingham and one of the largest in the UK. We work with women, children, and teens who have been affected by domestic abuse in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.
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