Dance and Healthy Ageing in Japan and the UK - Free Public Seminar - 12th September 2023, 4pm. Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, Executive Boardroom (C119-220)

 

Dance and Healthy Ageing in Japan and the UK

 

Professor Emeritus Chris Bannerman and Dr Lucy Irving invite you

to a seminar/roundtable discussion funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japan

and Sasakawa Great Britain Foundations.

 

4.00pm on 12^th September 2023 in Executive Boardroom/Creative Suite (C219-C220)

 

The seminar will focus on research investigating healthy ageing and the effects of dance and the arts in older populations, both in Japan and the UK.  Speakers will discuss this from dance, gerontology, and social arts perspectives.

 

Speakers:

Professor Hidehiro Sugisawa: Health disparities in older adults in Japan

Dr Naomi Inata: The Effects of Community Dance Workshops for the Elderly

Dr Yuichiro Nagatsu: Empowering the elderly and passing on memories

 

Respondents: 

Dr Lorraine Leeson and Professor Lisa Marzano

 

If you wish to guarantee entry you can book a ticket here.  Alternatively you can attend without booking.  Contact Dr Lucy Irving (l.irving@mdx.ac.uk) for more information.  Please share details of this event with interested parties.

 

 

Dr Sarah Johns Research Seminar - The Dark Triad and Virtual Sexual Harassment. Friday 25th March 2022, 1-2pm

Department of Psychology Research Seminar Series 2021-22

Dr Sarah Johns, University of Kent

The Dark Triad and Virtual Sexual Harassment

 

 

*** Everyone welcome.  No need to book in advance ***

Speaker: Dr Sarah Johns, University of Kent

Date:  Friday 25th March 2022

Time:  1-2pm

Location:

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96494558377?pwd=SWlqQVJ1UnB6ZmFZM0Uwd1J0WHAyQT09 

Meeting ID: 964 9455 8377

Passcode: 342917

 

 

 

Abstract:

The internet has enabled the exchange of graphic, sexual images and increased the potential for harassing and unwanted sexual interactions. There is a fundamental lack of empirical research conducted on the motives for sending self-taken sexual images – a common form of online sexual harassment when such images are unsolicited. The incentives for this behaviour are unknown, as well as the prevalence of the behaviour in general. We created a predictive model for the sending of unsolicited nude images for both men and women, and in relation to dark triad personality traits. Our results suggest that, for men, this behaviour is predicted by psychopathy, self-rated mate value, and an accepting attitude towards sending nudes, whereas in women it is predicted by narcissism and a liberal attitude towards sending nudes. We conclude that female senders can be characterised as sex-positive individuals, and that male senders may have darker intentions and motives. This has implications for how this behaviour is viewed in both legal and sexual health contexts.

 

Speaker Biography: 

Sarah Johns is a broadly trained anthropologist who works on sexual and reproductive behaviour. Her research has focussed on teenage motherhood, post-natal depression, and the evolutionary anthropology of human reproductive decision-making. She is a Reader in the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent.