Projects — Carrie Foulkes

Here are some of my current projects and freelance roles

Arts & Wellbeing

I currently work at the Foundling Museum as the Arts & Wellbeing Manager. In this role I lead on the Museum's work with Social Prescribing, Hospital Projects and Wellbeing Projects with a focus on supporting young people. My position involves the delivery of creative programmes in partnership with community organisations including Mind in Camden, Home-Start Camden & Islington and Dost Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants.

End of Life Studies

I am a Graduate Teaching Assistant on the University of Glasgow MSc End of Life Studies course Cultural Representations of Death and Dying. This course examines how death and dying have been represented in popular culture, visual arts and literature. Students are introduced to methods of visual and literary analysis and learn to identify and critique specific cultural tropes used to represent the end of life. I facilitate weekly seminars and assist with marking and course communications.

DeathWrites

This Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded Network is called COVID as Catalyst for Writing and Discussing Death, Dying and Grief through Objects, Diaries and Collective Archives. The Network is developing and supporting 30 Scotland-based writers from across disciplines and genres to write and publish powerful, accessible work. I’m participating in the project as a Research Assistant and am developing a Network website to serve as an archive and resource. I am also supporting the production of a public symposium due to take place in Glasgow in June 2024.