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15th November, 9am-10.30am
Mental health survivor activism has a long and rich history full of both personal and collective stories, but the independent and grassroots nature of a lot of survivor and lived experience-led organising means that it is not always archived or documented “in the history books”. We also have to reckon with epistemic injustice (injustice around knowing and knowledge), including silencing, misrepresentation, and the undervaluing of lived experience knowledges existing outside of formal and professional spaces.
Thinking about what it means to “archive” survivor history brings up a lot of questions:
- Whose and which stories get told?
- Who tells them, and how?
- Why is it important to keep survivor history alive – on our own terms?
- What does it mean to have survivor histories recorded, discussed, responded to and disseminated?
Join Mark Brown and Naomi Salisbury in conversation to consider these questions. The discussion will be chaired by Akiko Hart and there will be time and space for questions and further discussion at the end.
Chair: Akiko Hart (NSUN)
Guests: Mark Brown, Naomi Salisbury
- This session will have British Sign Language interpretation and closed captions. Please let us know of any other accessibility requirements in the sign up form.
- This session will be recorded. For more information about this, please visit the Data page.
- We ask that attendees agree to the principles of our group agreement to keep the space as safe as possible for everyone.
Mark Brown (he/they)
Mark Brown is the Development Director of Social Spider and supports, researches and writes about mental health, social innovation and social media from the perspective of someone who has experience of mental health difficulties. He specialises in projects that bring new perspectives and approaches to mental health and the intersection between social innovation and mental health. Mark originated and edited the national magazine for people with mental health difficulties, One in Four. Mark also delivers social media coverage for mental health events and conferences as part of Beyond the Room as a well-recognised tweeter and writer on mental health and social action.
Twitter: @markoneinfour
Naomi Salisbury (she/her)
Naomi is Director of Self Injury Support. She has worked in community development and advocacy roles for over 10 years specialising in working with people affected by self-injury and complex mental health diagnoses. She has run a range of peer-led advocacy projects and support groups and previously ran the UK-wide Women’s Self Injury Helpline for Self injury Support as well as being involved in a variety of peer-led research, consultation and training.
Twitter: @doricgirl / @sisupportorguk
Akiko Hart (she/her)
Akiko Hart joined as the CEO of the National Survivor User Network in January 2020. She has previously worked as the Hearing Voices Project Manager at Mind in Camden and the Director of Mental Health Europe. She is a Trustee of ISPS UK, the English Hearing Voices Network and National Voices.
Twitter: @AkikoMHart
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