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Ariel Swyer

@arielswyer.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the Centre for Culture and the Mind, Copenhagen University. Psychology, medical humanities, voice-hearing, history of science, measurement.

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Ariel Swyer @arielswyer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Register to Vote Overseas | Center for U.S. Voters Abroad Turnout Project
U.S. citizen overseas? Register to vote and request your absentee ballot with the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). Free, nonpartisan help for 2026.
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
On June 30th, please join us for an online presentation of a new anthology of poetry by Belarusian, Danish and Swedish writers, where our PhD fellow @y-though.bsky.social will present and talk about her poetry. Read more and register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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The International Consortium on Hallucinations Research @theichr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Call for papers: ICHR/ECHR 2026 (deadline June 15) The next meeting of ICHR will be at TU Munich (Oct 19-21), hosted by the fantastic @franziskaknolle.bsky.social! Get your abstracts in and join us for *the* meeting on voices, visions, presences & more - with 5 stellar keynotes 1/n
A poster for ICHR Munich 2026
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Consider this an invitation to come join us for our collaboration with the Greek Observatory for Rights in the Field of Mental Health on 8 and 9 June! The event consists of two workshops as well as an exhibition of works made by the members of both centres. 1/2
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Ariel Swyer @arielswyer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Next week @cultmind.bsky.social will be co-hosting an exhibition and workshop in collaboration with the Greece-based Observatory for Rights in the Field of Mental Health. Do join us! cultmind.ku.dk/events/2026/...
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The Vision for a Better Life in a World in Crisis
We invite you to take a look at our photographic journey and gain some practical insight into creative, user-led, critical approaches to the field of mental health.
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Katharine Cheston @kacheston.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Please join us this coming Monday (12-1.30pm) for a free seminar on ‘Gender, Affective Injustice and “the Greatest Medical Scandal of the 21st Century”’. www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... I’ll showcase some initial analysis of the 2025 Big Survey @actionforme.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social
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Gender, affective injustice & ‘the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century' - Durham University
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
After 3 very productive days full of talks, discussions, plans and laughs, we leave the Cultmind retreat and Malmö inspired and tired!
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Fantastic to see this post from our v. own @kacheston.bsky.social on the @thereforme.bsky.social Substack. If you live with ME or Long Covid with ME symptoms, there is still time to take part in the @actionforme.bsky.social Big Survey (closes 27 Jan) Take part here: tinyurl.com/2025-Big-Sur...
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2025 Big Survey
Find out how you can contribute to our 2025 Big Survey - a vital research project aiming to illustrate the impact of ME and long Covid.
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
@anaantic.bsky.social is taking part in the celebration of a 100 years of Frantz Fanon at @ucph.bsky.social on November 21st. Come and join us!
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Ariel Swyer @arielswyer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Had the pleasure of watching the brilliant Maura Cranny Ntow successfully defend her thesis yesterday. Congratulations Dr. Ntow!
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The October Edition of the Kaleidoscope is out, written by @arielswyer.bsky.social! Read it here cultmind.ku.dk/newsletter/n... and don't forget to subscribe 🤩
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The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/09/p...
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Privilege and Pain: Why the Medical Humanities Matter
Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research.
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We've opened our very first Call for Artists as a part of our new Artists in Residence program in 2026! Are you an artist or know someone who would like to collaborate with us, please send them our way. Read more here cultmind.ku.dk/news/call-fo... and please consider sharing this post 🎨
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Call for papers! We are co-organising the conference 'Living in the aftermaths: Trauma, politics and survival in Yugoslavia and successor states, 1945 - present', which will take place in April of next year i Rijeka. Read more and submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/bdenvam6
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Join Ana Antic's webinar, 'Entangled Histories of Transcultural Psychiatry and Decolonisation,' on March 19th at 15:00 and discover how social psychiatry and non-Western voices redefined 'common humanity' in the 20th century. Register by March 15th: tinyurl.com/mrh2ru82
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cultmind.bsky.social @cultmind.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A reminder to come join us on Friday for Peter Leese's book launch!
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Katharine Cheston @kacheston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It was a privilege to present, with my dad, to the Psychological Sciences Research Group at UWE. The presentation was a personal reflection on our family's experience of ME and the harm that dogmatic beliefs about the condition can cause. uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780...
30-year old grainy colour photo. Man with brown hair dressed in jeans and polo shirt holds his young daughter's hand as they walk towards the camera. Little girl is about 18 months old and wears a flowery knitted jumper. They are in a garden; it is sunny and there are red flowers behind them.
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Ariel Swyer @arielswyer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Woo! Thank you @cultmind.bsky.social 😊 And @aryaray.bsky.social for creating the tiny thesis!
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Ariel Swyer @arielswyer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Good list of resources here. Other recommendations, thoughts on what US-Americans abroad can do, etc. would be appreciated. isthisacoup.com
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Is this a coup? Home of the Coup-o-meter
Prevention is the best medicine: Get background on coups, how they happen in a democracy, and what we can do to stop one.
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Meike Scheller @meike-scheller.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Excited to see the inaugural lecture of the incredible @aldersonday.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social
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Ben Alderson-Day @aldersonday.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I'm doing my inaugural lecture on Friday at 1pm and it's going to be a hybrid affair. It will feature: Guess Who? HalfLife Taskmaster Lovejoy Wittgenstein Scarfolk Psychics Climbers Clangers Only one of those is fake. Tune in! Or even..come along! I accidentally asked for the big lecture theatre.
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Research Seminar - 29 November 2024 - Durham University
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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Do standardised clinical measures adequately capture 'non-clinical' experiences of hearing voices? The short answer is: no. A more nuanced answer, focussing on the concept of 'distress' is www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Ariel Swyer, @aldersonday.bsky.social Amanda Ellison & me
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“Distress is probably the wrong word”: exploring uncertainty and ambivalence in non-clinical voice-hearing and the psychosis continuum
Non-clinical voice-hearers (NCVHs) have been the subject of a growing body of psychological research, a primary aim of which is the development of new therapeutic techniques to support those who st...
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