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Dr Daniel P Jones
@danielpjones.bsky.social
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Crip-queer disability scholar + creative practitioner | Tourette Syndrome, Creative Research Methods, Public Space (+ more) | Bridging Fellow in Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social | Co-Lead @ndhumanities.bsky.social |

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This week has been wild, and it's only Monday. Tiger is demonstrating how your emails will find me for the rest of the week. 😴
A sleepy orange and brown cat, curled up in a ball with one eye open looking at thr camera.
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Why not start next week off with a discussion about the future critically engaged directions for #TouretteSyndrome #research? The event features the wonderful Rena Zito, Danni Phoenix-Kane, Dan Whittaker and Diana Beljaars (and your's truly!)

@durhamimh.bsky.social

www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research - Durham University
www.dur.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Solidarity to my friends and colleagues at TUOS! Keep fighting the good fight ✊️
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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ndhumanities.bsky.social
Network co-lead @danielpjones.bsky.social is facilitating this wonderful online roundtable on the future of Tourette Synrome research - tickets are free, and available in the original post!
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One week to go! 🎉

24 Nov, 3–5pm GMT

'Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of #TouretteSyndrome Research' features a Tourettic-majority panel sharing bold provocations on #TS, ownership of diagnosis, art-science collaboration, and more!

Free registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
An interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
danielpjones.bsky.social
One week to go! 🎉

24 Nov, 3–5pm GMT

'Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of #TouretteSyndrome Research' features a Tourettic-majority panel sharing bold provocations on #TS, ownership of diagnosis, art-science collaboration, and more!

Free registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
An interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
danielpjones.bsky.social
Our hearts are heavy today. Rest in peace, Alice Wong.
thrasherxy.bsky.social Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 11d
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
danielpjones.bsky.social
Shoutout to my PIP renewal assessor who literally wrote "you have a bank account which indicates you have no concerns relating to Tourette Syndrome". Yes, really.

I hate it here 🫠
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
danielpjones.bsky.social
Great to see Élaina's expertise along with our @the-polyphony.bsky.social piece 'Being a masking crip killjoy' making an appearance here! 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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What's this? I got cited in @theskinnymag.bsky.social? @danielpjones.bsky.social People of the media, hmu for my masking and cross-movement solidarity tips. 😎 www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...
Mask Up: Community care and wearing masks in 2025 – The Skinny
Masks aren’t just for lockdowns. One writer explores how mask wearing – and other measures to reduce COVID transmissions – can help us look after one another.
www.theskinny.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The Bristol Short Story Prize will officially re-open next week!

Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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I'll be giving a public performance lecture at Dance City in Newcastle on Thu 27th November as a follow up to my Artist Residency. Sign up (for free!) for all things #TouretteSyndrome, affect, and pom pom-related!

www.dancecity.co.uk/performance/...

#PerformanceArt #Dance #AcademicSky
Daniel leans forwards, arms to his side, and extends his right leg backwards. He is on a black stage. Daniel looks directly up towards theatre lights, his arms down at his side Daniel kneels, tangled in yarn whilst he makes a pom pom
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Over the last few months I've been developing some performance work through an Artist Residency at Dance City. It's been a really powerful and valuable period of reflection for me on Tourette Syndrome, rhythm, and disability aesthetics, and I'm looking forward to sharing more soon!

📸 Rhiannon Banks
Daniel lies on the floor, with pom poms laying around him. He holds a cluster of them in one hand, and had another cluster attached to his shoulder. He also holds up one very large pom pom towards the ceiling. Daniel runs across a stage, with pom poms attached to his body. A ball of yarn is being pulled along behind him as he runs. Daniel sits on the floor cross-legged, with pom poms attached to his shoulder. As he sits, he is making pom poms.
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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ndhumanities.bsky.social
We're excited and proud to share that network member Rhiannon Hawkins has produced the world's first Mental Health Vulnerability Index RE climate change, which is so important in the context of the climate crisis! Read her work here:

www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

#ClimateChange #MentalHealth
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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DWP wanted to give fraud officers the power to use physical force on benefits claimants

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP wanted to give fraud officers the power to use physical force on benefits claimants
DWP plans to allow their officers to forcibly enter the houses of claimants - and use physical force on them - finally scrapped
www.thecanary.co
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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durhamimh.bsky.social
Throughout October and November @danielpjones.bsky.social, artist and researcher in the Moving Bodies Lab, is undertaking a dance-based artist residency at Dance City Newcastle 🩰

Read about it in our blog post 👇

medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...
Dancer in a dance studio, folded forwards over some ballet barres
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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durhamimh.bsky.social
📅 Join us on Monday 24 November for an online interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome, featuring Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social.

Find out more & register here 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
Presentation slide featuring photographs of 5 speakers for the event
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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durhamimh.bsky.social
Tickets for this year's Research Cabaret #BetweentheLines are selling fast! 🎶 💃

Feat. performances from @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Ruben Verwaal, @danielpjones.bsky.social, Emily Davis & @georgiapunton.bsky.social

Get your tickets while you still can!
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret
Join us on Thursday 6 November at 7pm for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from the Durham Institute for Medical...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
danielpjones.bsky.social
It's been a pleasure to be in residence at Dance City this semester! Read more about it here:

medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...

#AcademicSky #Dance #TouretteSyndrome #Disability #Research
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
danielpjones.bsky.social
On Thursday 27th November I'll be giving a public #performance lecture at Dance City, titled 'Clarifying the amorphous rhythms of #TouretteSyndrome'!

If you're near Newcastle, why not stop by to see my impulsive performance #research in practice!

#AcademicSky

www.dancecity.co.uk/performance/...
A person in a black shite bends forward to touch their toes, leaning over parallel ballet barres.
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
danielpjones.bsky.social
What is the future of Tourette Syndrome research, beyond the 'syndrome'?

I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds?

Tickets⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
An interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Dr Daniel P Jones
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I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The first episode of the Cripping Research Culture podcast is out!

In this episode, Nicole Brown, @elainagmamaril.bsky.social and I discussed consent in #CreativeResearch methods, anti-binary approaches to crediting work, and more!

#Research #CreativeMethods

open.spotify.com/episode/1USW...
Inclusive Creative Methods with Nicole Brown
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October 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
danielpjones.bsky.social
This is Tiger. Tiger doesn't know about climate change, modern day facsism, or my ever increasing rent prices. Oh, to be a house cat!
Tiger, an orange, white and brown cat, staring at the camera
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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My ADHD assessor told me that Tourette Syndrome doesn't exist in adulthood and so obviously I raged. Turns out he did it just to see if I showed signs of 'justice sensitivity'. I was diagnosed with ADHD, naturally... 😂
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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ndhumanities.bsky.social
🚨FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS in Transformative Humanities, Durham University. 🚨

📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend.
📄 8 studentships available.
⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25.
⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26.

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM