PROJECTS & RESEARCH
TATVA is committed to Interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing to strengthen mental health, wellbeing and safer cultural spaces.
IT'S TIME TO TALK
Mental Health in India's Music Industry
It’s Time To Talk is a collaborative research project exploring the mental health and wellbeing of musicians and music industry professionals across India.
Conducted by TATVA, Global Music Institute, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Creative Empirical, the project responds to the lack of large-scale research and specialist mental health support within India’s music industry.
Through a nationwide study, the project sought to better understand the scale, nature and factors influencing mental health challenges within the industry — and use this knowledge to help build more sustainable cultures of care and meaningful, industry-specific support.
For TATVA, the project builds on the need for targeted and specialized mental health intervention in the Indian music industry.
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NIGHTLIFE NAVIGATOR
Building Safer Nightlife Worldwide
Nightlife Navigator is a global project by Good Night
Out Campaign that brings together grassroots organisations and practitioners from India, Singapore and Arctic Norway.
Through the short film A Few Good People and a collaborative resource library, the project shares knowledge, tools and approaches on harm reduction, welfare, consent, inclusion and safer-space practices.
Contributing to safer global music events
TATVA contributed as a global nonprofit adviser to the development of the Spotify Party Code - a framework created to help make Spotify-hosted events safer, more welcoming and inclusive.
The code brings together principles around consent, accessibility, harm prevention, reporting, inclusion and community care for both attendees and event teams.
Integrative Approach to Emotional Wellbeing
Sharing TATVA’s approach to therapy, community and wellbeing
A presentation exploring TATVA’s integrative approach to emotional wellbeing in Goa, India in 2017, and the relationship between psychotherapy, creative practice, community and our wider social environments.
The talk reflects TATVA’s multidisciplinary approach to mental health — looking beyond the individual to consider the cultural and community contexts in which wellbeing exists.
