Stories for our Bodies
- Event type
- Workshop
- Organisers
- University of Edinburgh
- Partners
- Angie Spoto
- Contact
- martyn.pickersgill@ed.ac.uk
- Is event online?
- No
- Accessibility information
- The Scottish Storytelling Centre is fully wheelchair accessible with lift access to all floors and hearing loops in Reception and performance spaces. Please contact the organiser regarding specific access requirements.
- Accessibility links
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Region/country
- Scotland
- Address
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Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1SR
Scheduled dates
, 11:00:00 - 12:30:00
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This workshop explores how narratives about science, and particularly epigenetics, can shape social ideas about bodies, health and society. Led by Professor Martyn Pickersgill (University of Edinburgh) and creative writer Dr Angie Spoto, participants will explore how the social and natural world break through the barriers of our skin and change the story of our bodies and selves.
This workshop is for people who want to try out writing short stories, and especially for those with an interest in how we tell stories about the body. Participants will be supported to write their own mini-stories to their bodies.
This event is part of the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society's Being Human Festival programme of events, Bodies. Stories. Health.