Empathy and Writing Research Group
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The Empathy and Writing group researches the uses and limits of empathy in personal and professional life, creativity, reading, writing and in the recovery from trauma.
What is the value of empathy in today’s world? Difference and separateness often seem to be rallying cries leading to conflict – can empathy instead help people recognise and understand another’s point of view, beliefs, cultural values and feelings?
David Comer Kidd and Emmanuele Castano’s ‘Reading Literary Fiction Increases Theory of Mind’ - a founding paper in creative empathy studies - argues that reading literary fiction tends to improve the reader’s ability to see life from a different perspective. The Empathy and Writing group seeks to respond to this emerging field in the creative and literary arts.
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Newton Park
Newton St. Loe
Bath
BA2 9BN
United Kingdom
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Research Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education (TRACE)
The Research Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education (TRACE) is a research team that investigates and maps creativity across cultures. TRACE's mission is to enable the formation of new knowl… read more about Research Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education (TRACE)
Bath Spa University
Newton Park
Newton St. Loe
Bath
BA2 9BN
United Kingdom
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Bath Spa University
Bath
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2024-09-23 00:00:05