The Pop-up Institute, jointly conceived by Lily Martin and Kerstin Schoch, is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of World Knowledge: Structural Support for ‘Rare Subjects’ (funding line 2: Science Communication). It is a collaborative project between the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences and the HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg. It runs in Berlin since January 2021 with a duration of two years. The Pop-up Institute does science communication. Its goal is to reduce the stigma of mental illness with the means of Creative Arts Therapies.

the stigma of mental illness

The Pop-up Institute, jointly conceived by Lily Martin and Kerstin Schoch, is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of World Knowledge: Structural Support for ‘Rare Subjects’ (funding line 2: Science Communication). It is a collaborative project between the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences and the HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg. It runs in Berlin since January 2021 with a duration of two years. The Pop-up Institute does science communication. Its goal is to reduce the stigma of mental illness with the means of Creative Arts Therapies.

the pop-up institute

The Pop-up Institute, jointly conceived by Lily Martin and Kerstin Schoch, is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of World Knowledge: Structural Support for ‘Rare Subjects’ (funding line 2: Science Communication). It is a collaborative project between the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences and the HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg. It runs in Berlin since January 2021 with a duration of two years. The Pop-up Institute does science communication. Its goal is to reduce the stigma of mental illness with the means of Creative Arts Therapies.

schizophrenia and creative arts therapies

The Pop-up Institute, jointly conceived by Lily Martin and Kerstin Schoch, is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of World Knowledge: Structural Support for ‘Rare Subjects’ (funding line 2: Science Communication). It is a collaborative project between the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences and the HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg. It runs in Berlin since January 2021 with a duration of two years. The Pop-up Institute does science communication. Its goal is to reduce the stigma of mental illness with the means of Creative Arts Therapies.

current collaborators

• Barbara Morgenstern, Chor der Kulturen der Welt/ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
• Constantin von Arnim, Artist, Berlin
• Marcello Lussana, Sentire – A deep sensory experience: Human interaction transformed into sound, Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Maren Witte, Tanzscout – Guide for performative arts in Berlin and HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ottersberg
• Sara Schwienbacher, PAULA – Living gallery space, Worpswede and HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ottersberg
• and others

cooperations

• Heidelberg University
  Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs, Department of General Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, Academic Medical Center
  Prof. Dr. Joachim Funke, Department of General and Theoretical Psychology
• Witten/Herdecke University
  Prof. Dr. Thomas Ostermann, Faculty of Health, Department Psychology and Psychotherapy, Chair for Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
• Soteria, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Hospital and St. Hedwig Hospital Berlin
  Martin Voss, MD, PhD, Consultant psychiatrist Soteria, Head of Research Division „Psychotic Disorders“
• Open Science Lab, TIB Hannover
  Prof. Dr. Ina Blümel, Deputy head
• Wikimedia Germany
  Field of education, science and culture

press

• Kunst auf der Couch 2 [Art on the couch 2]
  RADIO FOLKWANG, Podcast of the Folkwang Museum, Guest: Kerstin Schoch (2021/05/27)
• Lily gegen die Stigmatisierung psychischer Erkrankungen [Lily against the stigmatization of mental illness. German Business Foundation Values]. Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Werte (2020/10/02)
• Open Sciences Fellows Program: Mentors
  Wikiversity, Wikimedia Germany (2020/09/01)
• Mit Künstlerischen Therapien gegen die Stigmatisierung psychischer Erkrankungen [Using Creative Arts Therapies against stigmatization of mental illnesses]
  Press release Witten/Herdecke University (2020/05/14)
• Mit Künstlerischen Therapien gegen Stigmatisierung [With Creative Arts Therapies against stigmatization]
  Press release Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (2020/02/23)
• The Pop-up Institute: Reducing stigma by means of Creative Arts Therapies
  Press release HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg (2020/02/15)

funded by

contact

Lily Martin
Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences
Villestr. 3, 53347 Alfter, Germany
lily.martin@alanus.edu

Kerstin Schoch
HKS – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg
Große Str. 107, 28870 Ottersberg, Germany
kerstin.schoch@hks-ottersberg.de