Vanessa Lefton
@VanessaLeft
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All about ethnography, creativity & social inequality PhD candidate in social anthropology & visual media Career break from Ethnography Lead @PolicyLabUK
London
Joined April 2012
Empathetic storytelling is vital for policy that works for people. We've made a new film which showcases our ethnographic research. Thanks to all the participants featured. It's been a privilege to spend 5 years researching & creating films for policy at @PolicyLabUK.
Launching a new film showcasing ethnography in policymaking! Today, we are releasing a short film marking 10 years of our pioneering work using ethnography with policy teams across government. Watch and read more below:
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RT @RevDoors: 💡"It’s not just what we do, but how we do it.". Members of the National Expert Citizens Group (NECG) - facilitated by Revolvi….
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Huge thanks to all that contributed and inspired this! Lived experience is a vital part of policymaking - proud to share this!.
We're Launching the Lived Experience in Policymaking Guide today including reflections on the principles, behaviours, and mindsets that underpin lived experience work. Words @VanessaLeft and @AlexRosie. Huge thanks to @RevDoors
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Wow 🌈✨💥Inspired by this collaboration between @PolicyLabUK and @superflux - imaginative, thought-provoking and beautiful work!.
What if we made decisions taking a more-than-human perspective post 2043? From Interspecies Councils to AI powered departments, we've explored possible ways to govern natural systems.
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RT @PolicyLabUK: How do we know if a policy system is healthy? Our HEALTHY SYSTEMS INDICATORS aim to help people working in complex policy….
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How do we know if we are healthy? What do we look out for? We have a regular temperature, we know our energy levels, our body doesn't ache. These are indicators of good health. Much like the body,...
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Exploring the intersection between art and policy - one of my favourite things @PolicyLabUK are doing. MANIFEST show coming up in Sheffield on 7th Dec! Congrats @SRGBennett, Dryden, @CHRIS_SAMUEL_ and @Semiconducting 🙌👏🔥.
Calling Yorkshire-based policy innovators + art explorers! On 7th December we are gathering at @blocprojects in Sheffield with 3 artists who have brought their practice into policy as part of MANIFEST. Book a free ticket at (1/4)
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Launching Systemic! Had great fun creating this new systems change game with @MatteoMenapace and @AlexRosie. Big thanks to everyone that helped us develop it along the way🌈💥✨.
Today we are launching Systemic! Our new board game that enables policy teams to experiment with system change in their policy area through an interactive gamified tool. Have a go yourself or get in touch for a facilitated session! .
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RT @PolicyLabUK: If you're thinking about shifting policy systems, start here. Our first of four blogs sharing our experiences and new tool….
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'Sound is a way to create a feeling of connection with other people'.Thank you @yurisuzuki for sharing your participatory sounds - that was beautiful! #V_and_A #LDF23
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Join our 'Exploring Experimental Policy Design Methods' session this Friday at 1pm at the @PolicyProfUK #PolicyFestival 2023. To sign up, head to the policy profession website:
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"How we listen to people really matters'.Just chaired this discussion on participatory approaches - talking about liberating our approaches in order to truly share power, and trust in the process. Thank you to the inspiring panelists who joined from around the world 👏 #SOC23.
Starting shortly.🌐 Deep dive 1.1 - Comparative perspectives on building sustainable ecosystems for social outcomes contracting. 🌱.🔍 Deep Dive 1.2 - Procuring outcomes: still knotty? 🤔.✨ Deep Dive 1.3 - Participatory Approaches in Research, Services, and Policy 🌟.#SOC23
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RT @golaboxford: 📡📡📡📡Deep Dive 1.3 at #SOC23! This session focuses on the importance of user involvement in designing and implementing serv….
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Thanks for having us @LDN_gov - so much learning on how to "be human" when working with people!.
Last week our very own @vanessaleft and MANIFEST artist Dryden Goodwin spoke at the GLA's "Future of Participation" series about the ability of art to flip power-dynamics, and create new spaces for dialogue between citizens and policymakers. Thanks for having us @LDN_gov!. Photo
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RT @SrebrenicaUK: Today is #Srebrenica Memorial Day which marks the 28th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide in which over 8,000 Muslim men….
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'Are you humble enough to work together & share power?' 'How do we declutter relationships?' .Questions to us as individuals & as part of structures - incredible talk on why & how relationships are foundational to public services, from Kar-Man Au, @Rships_Project & other heroes!.
📣 The Future of Participation event series is here, July 7-13. Discover how your voice can shape policies, the power of community insights, and the keys to effective participation. Find events and register here:
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RT @SRGBennett: A portable 'playable system' to support policymakers tackle system challenges in their policy spaces - fantastic work from….
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RT @SRGBennett: Role of art in criminal justice policy? . Meeting criminologist-in-residence at @FACT_Liverpool (@Emma_T_Murray), Will Jack….
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Interview with Melanie Crean, a New York based artist who is part of the NYC Public Artist in Residence programme, working at the intersection of architecture, criminal justice and shape.
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RT @SRGBennett: Fascinating discussion about policy design at the local & national levels plus possibilities of innovations like digital tw….
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It's been a huge personal/professional privilege to lead Policy Lab's largest ever project - bringing together an incredible multidisciplinary team and working with people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage to envision how national systems need to change. .
🧵1/9 What does it take to initiate systems change on complex social policy? A supportive and passionate commissioner, bringing together 125 stakeholders and a multidisciplinary Lab team creatively combining four innovative methods. Thread ⬇️
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It's been great having an artist embedded in my latest project for Policy Lab. I'm learning how artistic enquiry uncovers the big questions and can really move #systemthinking to the next level #art #Manifest.
Three outstanding contemporary artists @Semiconducting, @CHRIS_SAMUEL_ & Dryden Goodwin are applying their practice to policy challenges through our new MANIFEST programme funded by @ahrcpress. Words: @SRGBennett, @kynagourley, Emily Riddle .
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