PRODUCING CULTURE AND CARE
Fieldwork has been completed.
Visits occurred between October 2023 and the end of July 2025
IRAS Project ID: 320196, Started October 2023
Producing Culture and Care
An ethnography of the meanings of care and production of expertise in adult inpatient mental health settings
The aim of this research is to understand the realities of care through the daily activities and interactions which inform the development of both professional and personal development, enactments of practices, and the systems that structure our NHS adult inpatient mental health services.
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By listening to and preserving the realities and lived experiences of good care and caring practices, this study aims to provide insights into how services may maximise opportunities for care and cultivate enabling expertise and value.
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“Anthropology is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate and socialise with one another.”
– Royal Anthropological Institute