ABSTRACT Background: Art Refuge uses art and art therapy to support the mental health and well-being of people displaced due to conflict, persecution and poverty, both in the UK and internationally. Learning from its frontline programme in northern France has helped to inform the charity’s response to Covid19. Context: Social media and online communication are often lifelines for people who are displaced. Since March 2020, Art Refuge has extended its use of online platforms. Approach: Focusing on grounding techniques developed from the principles of Psychological First Aid, alongside the theme of daily rituals, the online work has used trauma-informed approaches to create viable spaces for social engagement alongside physical spaces: both require careful thinking to build safe, adaptive psychosocial structures, appropriate to context. Outcomes: These online models have limitations but also benefits: sustaining spaces in which individuals can find connection; developing new relationships while encouraging others; reaching people from a wide geographic area and across borders; partnership working which supports sustainability. Conclusions: As a result of Covid19, Art Refuge has developed new models for social engagement which include integration of both online and face-to-face models. The authors propose that these have relevance in both an emergency context and for wider application. Implications for research: Technological inequalities and issues of access need research, alongside robust evaluation studies on each model and research into whether these models can be usefully applied to other areas of practice. Plain-language summary Art Refuge uses art and art therapy to support the mental health and well-being of people displaced due to conflict, persecution and poverty, both in the UK and internationally. Our work in northern France since 2015 has included direct face-to-face models and using social media to engage people, delivered by a team of experienced art therapists and visual artists. The use of social media and online communication are often lifelines for staying in touch with family, friends and communities, alongside access to information and support, and Art Refuge has responded by being active online. Since Covid19, the charity has begun to see online work as having creative potential for social engagement, alongside working with people face-to-face. Both need careful thought as to how to build structures which are adaptive and appropriate to context, safe and accessible. This article focuses on how to create specific online models for social engagement, and the thinking and ethics behind these. This includes using grounding techniques developed from the principles of Psychological First Aid, alongside the theme of daily rituals. The work online has opened up possibilities: reaching people from different geographic places and across country borders; and working with individuals within other organisations which enables skills sharing so that the work can be continued when the team is not there. Adaptations to art therapy practice and traditional materials are necessary, as are the right devices and connectivity. In conclusion, Art Refuge has found that there are imaginative and engaging ways of working online, particularly when integrated with face-to-face delivery. Technological inequalities and issues of access need research, alongside robust evaluation studies on each model and research into whether these models can be usefully applied to other areas of practice.

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生命线、前线、在线：适应跨界社会参与的艺术疗法

摘要背景：艺术避难所使用艺术和艺术疗法来支持因冲突、迫害和贫困而在英国和国际上流离失所的人们的心理健康和福祉。从其在法国北部的前线计划中学习有助于为该慈善机构对 Covid19 的反应提供信息。背景：社交媒体和在线交流通常是流离失所者的生命线。自 2020 年 3 月以来，Art Refuge 扩大了对在线平台的使用。方法：专注于从心理急救的原则发展而来的基础技术，以及日常仪式的主题，在线工作使用创伤知情的方法来创造可行的社交空间和物理空间：两者都需要仔细思考来建立安全，适应环境的适应性心理社会结构。结果：这些在线模式有局限性，但也有好处：维持个人可以找到联系的空间；在鼓励他人的同时发展新的关系；覆盖来自广泛地理区域和跨越国界的人们；支持可持续性的伙伴关系工作。结论：由于 Covid19，Art Refuge 开发了新的社交参与模式，其中包括在线和面对面模式的整合。作者提出，这些在紧急情况下和更广泛的应用中都具有相关性。研究意义：技术不平等和获取问题需要研究，同时对每个模型进行强有力的评估研究，并研究这些模型是否可以有效地应用于其他实践领域。简明语言摘要 Art Refuge 使用艺术和艺术疗法来支持因冲突、迫害和贫困而在英国和国际上流离失所的人们的心理健康和福祉。自 2015 年以来，我们在法国北部的工作包括直接面对面的模特和使用社交媒体吸引人们，由经验丰富的艺术治疗师和视觉艺术家团队提供。社交媒体和在线交流的使用通常是与家人、朋友和社区保持联系以及获取信息和支持的生命线，Art Refuge 的回应是积极在线。自 Covid19 以来，该慈善机构已开始将在线工作视为具有创造性的社交参与潜力，同时与人们面对面合作。两者都需要仔细考虑如何构建适应环境、安全且易于访问的结构。本文重点介绍如何为社交参与创建特定的在线模型，以及这些模型背后的思想和道德。这包括使用根据心理急救原则开发的基础技术，以及日常仪式的主题。在线工作开辟了可能性：接触来自不同地理位置和跨越国界的人们；与其他组织内的个人合作，实现技能共享，以便在团队不在的情况下继续工作。适应艺术治疗实践和传统材料是必要的，正确的设备和连接也是必要的。综上所述，Art Refuge 发现在线工作有很多富有想象力和吸引力的方式，尤其是与面对面交付相结合时。技术不平等和获取问题需要研究，同时需要对每个模型进行强有力的评估研究，并研究这些模型是否可以有效地应用于其他实践领域。