Event Description

This talk discusses in-situ-sketching in population health broadly, for NCEPH specifically, and reflects on learnings from the 2023 Urban Sketching Symposium.

Abstract

Visuals have a long history in population health research and communication. One form that you may not know about is in-situ-sketching, where people in the field or in the moment capture settings, layouts, objects or thoughts in sketches as well as words. As well as serving the process of research, in-situ sketching can be used for branding, stakeholder engagement, and outreach. In this talk we will discuss the power of visuals, and give a brief history of in-situ-sketching in population health. We will then turn to how our current and future in-situ sketching can serve NCEPH, and reflect on what we learned at the 2023 Urban Sketching Symposium.

Speaker Biographies

Ali is the Multimedia Officer within the Population Health Exchange (PHXchange) at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. Her areas of expertise include illustration, videography and editing, 2D and 3D animation, and graphic design.  

Erin is a senior research fellow within the PHXchange, and a scientific illustrator. Her research focusses on visualisation as a tool for communicating population health information, with ongoing interests in cross-disciplinary methodological synthesis.