Dr Jimmy Hay
PhD, MA, BA Hons
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Film and Television
Department of Film and Television
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Research interests
My current reserach interests are concerened with cinematic representations of grief, and the extent to which a phenomenological approach to film practice can help to explore the creative possibilities of capturing the lived-experience of grief on film. I am currently engaged in a collaborative project connected to this research interest, for which I am the Principal Investigator, titled 'An Empathetic Realisation of Embodied Grief in Fiction Film, funded by the Brigstow Institute. Additionally, I am also involved as a collaborator on the Wellcome Trust funded Good Grief, Bristol: Bristol Grief Festival 2020 - https://goodgriefbristol.com/
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
A co-production film project with the older South Asian community to promote inclusive involvement in health research
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
For two and a half years, we have been working with Dhek Bhal a South Asian community group in Bristol, on research about bones and joints and about making health…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/07/2024
Creative Grieving
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The aim of this project is to explore the therapeutic potential of creativity, demonstrating the different ways that art and the imagination can enable the bereaved to express and process…Managing organisational unit
Department of EnglishDates
26/11/2020 to 25/11/2021
Good Grief, Bristol: Bristol Grief Festival 2020
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
Grief affects everyone, yet remains taboo, with bereaved people often unsupported and isolated. We will hold a city-wide festival on grief and bereavement in 2020/21 (Good Grief, Bristol), focussed on…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2019 to 31/10/2020
An Empathetic Realisation of Embodied Grief in Fiction Film
Principal Investigator
Description
A collaborate creative research project that seeks to capture the lived experience of grief in a fiction film. Through collaboration with grief counsellors, funeral celebrants, artists, and academics, the aim…Managing organisational unit
Dates
09/01/2019 to 31/07/2019
Publications
Recent publications
21/09/2021Therapeutic Creativity and the Lived Experience of Grief in the Collaborative Fiction Film Lost Property
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