iHuman

Disruptive research into what it means to be human from scholars and researchers in the fields of Science and Technology Studies and Critical Disability Studies.

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Science and Technology Studies 
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Critical Disability Studies 

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WAARC 
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Cripping Breath 
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Disability Matters 
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The Orphanisation project 
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Humanising Healthcare 
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Participatory Research Network 
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Black students and mental health  
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Depathologising research culture 
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Events and seminars 

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Researcher Development Opportunities

We are committed to supporting the career development of colleagues in and outside of the University via our iHuman Wellcome Hub and Opportunities for ECRs to join iHuman
 

News

Figure: Ben and Andrew from The Professors explore an exhibit on a trip to the Turner Prize show in Bradford.
Ben and Andrew from The Professors explore an exhibit on a trip to the Turner Prize show in Bradford.

The Professors: challenging dominant ideas about co-production through disability arts practice

Dr Cassie Kill reflects on working with The Professors, a learning disability artist collective whose creative, non-linear and embodied ways of working disrupt the ableist assumptions underpinning dominant models of participatory research.
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New paper: Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection

Colleagues in iHuman at the University of Sheffield have recently published a paper entitled ‘Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection’ in Data Science Journal. 
William Mager (centre) in signed conversation with members of the ‘Reunion’ cast and crew.
William Mager (centre) in signed conversation with members of the ‘Reunion’ cast and crew, including lead Matthew Gurney (left), BSL Coach and Monitor Duffy (second right) and BSL Interpreter Kat Wright (right). Credit: BBC / Warp Films

“It can almost feel like a lucky dip”: bringing film and TV subtitles up to standard

Blog: Dr Ryan Bramley spoke to William Mager - a producer, director, and scriptwriter for a new University of Sheffield film, ‘'How can we improve subtitles’.
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Image: a sunny street outside Battersea Arts Centre, London

Disability Arts Practice as Methodology: a research visit to London

Dr Cassie Kill
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