The Mental Abuse Matters Project (Portfolio)
- Submitting institution
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Queen's University of Belfast
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 225696688
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- Mental Abuse Matters
- Open access status
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- Month
- December
- Year
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The Mental Abuse Matters research project is an intervention using film in the area of trauma related to emotional abuse. It comprises a peer-reviewed journal article with an animated film and informational website. The research addresses the following questions: Which visual platform is most effective for raising awareness about mental abuse? How can the experience of mental abuse be articulated effectively? Can animation convey emotion in a different way from live action? How can creative technologies contribute to the effective treatment of mental trauma? The Mental Abuse Matters animation and its accompanying article in Animation Studies, ‘The Mental Abuse Matters Project: Creative Practice in Animation and Live Action VR’ (vol. 15, 2020) explore emotional abuse in an intimate relationship. The narrative takes the form of a monologue by the victim spoken directly to her ex-partner, a kind of letter to him after she has left the abusive relationship and is slowly regaining her sense of identity. It is a scripted narrative based on real anonymous victim testimony. Drawing from current approaches to practice-based research in medical humanities, the article describes creative processes and their evaluation, especially with reference to the film, which aimed to communicate, in an immediate and visceral way, the interior experience of mental abuse so that it can be understood by anyone. Due to Covid, there have been no physical screenings but the film has been streamed on the QFT Player and The Conversation website, and on partner websites, including Women’s Aid, MAP NI, and Enter Yes. It will be entered into health and human rights festivals including the International Film Festival for Mental Health, Global Health Film Festival at Wellcome, Mental Health Media Awards, Japan Prize, BAFTA animation and Learning Onscreen Awards.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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