This important book develops a critical understanding of the bridging of arts and health domains, drawing on models and perspectives from social sciences to develop the case for arts and health as a social movement. This interdisciplinary perspective offers a new research agenda that can help to inform future developments and sustainability.

Norma Daykin is Professor in New Social Research at Tampere University, Finland, Professor Emerita in Arts in Health at the University of the West of England, UK and a visiting Professor in Arts as Wellbeing at the University of Winchester, UK. She is a social scientist known for her award-winning research on arts, health and well-being. Her research has spanned a wide range of methodologies and topics, from the impact of hospital design on patient well-being through to the impact of participatory arts in mental health, primary care, community and justice settings.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The international field of arts, health and well-being

Chapter 3. Research and evidence in arts, health and well-being

Chapter 4. Arts for health and community well-being: Examples from selected research studies

Chapter 5. Arts, health and well-being as a social movement

Chapter 6. Boundary work and boundary objects in arts, health and well-being

Chapter 7. Conclusions and implications for future research

Index