From Asylum to Advocacy: Understanding Oor Mad Histories event image at Norton Park Business and Conference Centre, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2026

From Asylum to Advocacy: Understanding Oor Mad Histories

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Norton Park Business and Conference Centre, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY

About This Event

The Oor Mad History project explores the history of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum and Hospital through lived-experience voices. This interactive workshop compares past and present mental health services while examining power, class, gender, race and language, and celebrates the launch of the online Oor Mad History archive.