Developing an Aesthetic of Dementia Activism: Using art to mediate agency
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Faculty of Health Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Bartlett R
(2015)
Visualising dementia activism: using the arts to communicate research findings
in Qualitative Research
Bartlett R
(2012)
Playing with meaning: using cartoons to disseminate research findings
in Qualitative Research
Bartlett R
(2015)
Privileging place: Reflections on involving people with dementia in a residency.
in Dementia (London, England)
| Title | Agnes & Nancy - a short documentary film |
| Description | The film Agnes & Nancy was made in the summer of 2011 by award winning documentary film maker Anne Milne. The film is around 23 minutes long and is suitable for all audiences, including children and young people, and can be shown with or without English subtitles. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Title | Five Textile Banners |
| Description | Five textile banners (roughly the height of a person) are double-sided with the image on one side and embroidered text on the other. These were designed by Shaeron Caton-Rose (installation artist) based on the ideas, conversations and images created during the first residency. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Impact | Post-award, the banners were displayed at the British Society of Gerontology, July, University of Southampton |
| Title | No Limits Re-imagining Life with Dementia: An educational resource |
| Description | We produced 500 copies of this educational resource. Each copy included a digital copy of the film on CD, postcard images of the textile banners, and questions to facilitate discussion. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | The resource is used by the Alzheimer's Society, Dementia Knowledge Centre. |
| Title | No Limits| Reimagning Life with dementia |
| Description | Exhibition Catolgue |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | not known |
| Description | As the project was a dissemination project rather than a research study there are no findings as such, however, the outputs we created from this project, have led us to draw a number of significant conclusions about the process of collaborative exhibition, which we intend to publish.These include the: 1. Power of documentary film for provoking dialogue about dementia, and people with dementia; the film has been screened in different places to different audiences, including the Alzheimer's Disease International and Alzheimer's Europe conferences, as well as Dementia Congress. Each time it is interpreted in a different way and typically provokes discussion about profound issues such as end-of-life care, risk taking, and the authenticity of participants' identity as a person with dementia. 2. Value of a residency for collaborating effectively with people with dementia; in particular, we found that it created a space for people to not only work effectively but also create bonds, extend social networks, and have some fun. 3. The importance of creating an educational resource pack that reflects the nature and focus of the collaboration (inspirational, quality of material, person-centred) and which encourages action from the resource user (public promise). |
| Exploitation Route | The overall aim of this project was to raise public awareness and challenge the cultural stereotypes, fear and misunderstandings surrounding dementia. Outputs have been used in a non-academic context, including the International Documentary Film Festival, and at a practice based events. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Environment |
| URL | http://www.nolimitsdementia.com |