Measuring Humanity
Measuring Humanity

Welcome to Measuring Humanity

How to capture the unmeasurable aspects of the human experience? To feel, to relate, to connect is fundamentally human. To feel, to relate, to connect is fundamentally linked to our health and wellbeing.

But how to ‘prove’ this? How to ‘evidence’ that when people come together in community, their health and wellbeing improves? Is it true that ‘if you can’t measure it, it does not exist’? Or are we ‘measuring’ in a way that doesn’t give us access to some community members’ truth(s)? Thinking of ‘evidence’ in a way that doesn’t acknowledge the role of creativity and neglects to give us access to the human experience? And what is ‘truth’ anyway?

When Measuring Humanity started we were on a mission to measure health and inequalities through connectivity and creativity. One of the key questions that emerged was “why are we measuring?”. I played with this concept through my writing recently and found myself moving from ‘measurement’ to ‘magic’.

Then UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) got on board and funded more magic through ‘Art is Everywhere’ part of the Art and Humanities Research Council’s Place-Based Programme.

This got me thinking about the nature of reality when it comes to research, policy and practice. What’s ‘real’ for me may not be ‘real’ for you. Whose reality counts? Whose knowledge matters?

UKRI were suitably excited by this idea too so we found ourselves researching REALITIES. 57 of us in a transdisciplinary consortium found ourselves Researching Evidence-based Alternatives in Living, Imaginative, Traumatised, Integrated, Embodied Systems.

And so the journey continues…

If you’d like to get involved, get in touch by hitting Contact.

Dr Marisa de Andrade

Dr Marisa de AndradePrincipal Investigator, Measuring Humanity

Latest News

Videos

Dear Human

Dear Human  #MeasuringHumanity

Dear Human: The first rap video to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.

Co-produced with members of the Roma community in Govanhill and NHS practitioners, Dear Human puts research, evidence, measurement, and policy lingo  under the microscope.

Welcome to Measuring Humanity

Dr Marisa de Andrade gives us the lowdown on Measuring Humanity.

Measuring Humanity: The philosophy

Measuring Humanity: The Philosophy

What is truth? What is evidence? How do we move from the subjective to the objective?

Planet Caramel Measure Humanity

Join Planet Caramel on their mission to Measure Humanity!

Measuring Relationships

How do you perform? Rate your relationships:  #MeasuringHumanity

Measuring Optimism

Is the glass half full? Rate your optimism!  #MeasuringHumanity

Measuring Trust

Trust: How do you measure up?  #MeasuringHumanity