Poems of Work & Wounds: Racialised Healthcare Workers Voices
Come hear powerful experiences of work and wounds in the healthcare system.
Date and time
Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:15 – 20:15 GMT
Location
Palestine House113 High Holborn London WC1V 6JQ
About this event
Poems of Work and Wounds: Racialised Healthcare Workers Voices
Building on the momentum of Time to Talk: South Asian Histories of Dehumanisation and the Right to Heal (developed by Dr Bhavna Sennik at the South London and Maudlsey NHS Trust), this event continues the conversation on colonialism, race, work, and suffering within healthcare. Drawing on Dr Jannesari’s research into migration, mental health, and healing, and Dr Sennik’s work on insitutional racism within psychology, human rights and dehumanisation, the event offers a reflective and creative space where racialised healthcare workers and professionals can share and explore their lived experiences.
Taking place against the backdrop of the current riots in the UK and ongoing global conflicts that have caused immense human suffering, the event recognises the urgency of creating spaces for empathy, expression, and collective reflection. Through poetry, participants will explore how creative practice can offer healing and resistance in times of division and uncertainty.
The session, hosted at Palestine House in London, will include a short framing presentation linking social science research to lived experience, followed by poetry performances, readings, and guided writing exercises.
Emerging poems and reflections will contribute towards a planned collective anthology, amplifying voices that challenge exclusion and affirm the shared human need for connection, dignity, and healing. This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
We have a small budget for low-income participants travel/childcare support.
Tickets are free, but you are welcome to make a donation that will be made to The Hanoon Foundation.