In this socially engaged and collaborative project, the topic of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is explored artistically. A poem and sculpture depict and contemplate the lived experience of OCD and how it relates to contemporary times. The project grew out of a friendship between Mick, the alias for someone who has OCD, and Dana Fennell, a researcher who studies OCD.
Articles by Dana Fennell
Dana Fennell is a professor of sociology at the University of Southern Mississippi. She studies issues of well-being and recently published The World of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Experiences of Living with OCD with NYU Press. She hopes her interdisciplinary work with Mick Jones will contribute to building more paths between scholars, artists, and the community. Dana’s other work has included research on farmers' growing practices, silence in religious ritual, viewers’ interpretation of anime, consumers’ use of complementary health practices, and people’s experiences engaging in pole dance and aerial arts.