Social Work and the Visual Imagination
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Lynn Froggett is Professor of Psychosocial Welfare at the University of Central Lancashire where she is Co-Director of the Institute for Citizenship, Society and Change. Her professional background is in social work and her research interests include the socially engaged arts in health, welfare, communities and other settings. She is Chair of the Association for Psychosocial Studies.
Julian Manley FRSA researches at the University of Central Lancashire. He is Vice-Chair of the Gordon Lawrence Foundation and on the Executive Committee of the Climate Psychology Alliance.
Martin Smith is an Out of Hours Approved Mental Health Professional. He has researched social workers’ experiences of and responses to stress and fear. He is particularly interested in ways in which the Arts can challenge, inform and console in the aftermath of traumatic events experienced by social workers.
Alastair Roy is Professor of Social Research at the University of Central Lancashire and also a member of the Lancashire Institute for Citizenship Society and Change. He has a professional background in Youth and Community Work. His recent work has focused on the development of mobile and visual methods, developed through research which addresses social practice in the arts and community sectors.