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Science needs to work with the arts to reach all who could benefit

Science is key to addressing global health challenges, but if its advances are to be implemented then researchers must work hand in glove with the arts, says Danielle Olsen

By Danielle Olsen

4 January 2023

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IN THE Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, UK, Lemn Sissay’s vibrant poem The World Wakes exploded with the possibilities of 2D materials science following the isolation of graphene. At the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts in Vietnam, Lêna Bùi’s film Where Birds Dance Their Last reflected on the beauty and vulnerability of Vietnamese feather farms after avian flu. During the University of Global Health Equity’s Hamwe Festival in Kigali, Rwanda, Ellen Reid’s audio experience Soundwalk was shared in a hopeful discussion about music, parks and mental health.

A poem, a film and a musical …

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