Re-imagining the care home: a spatially responsive approach to arts practice with older people in residential care
| Autor: | Nicola Hatton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. 19:355-365 |
| ISSN: | 1470-112X 1356-9783 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13569783.2014.954812 |
| Popis: | This paper considers some of the spatial challenges of doing arts projects with older people in care homes, including those living with dementia. It reflects on the author's own experience of running a performance project with residents with at a care home in North London. Drawing on Lefebvre's concept of socially produced space, it argues that repetitive and task-oriented nature of caregiving can create particular challenges for artists who are bringing new activities in. However, rather than seeing the routine practices of a care home as a hindrance to creative activity, this paper suggests that an aesthetic engagement with the space itself can support artists and residents to re-imagine care homes as creative spaces in their own right. This argument is illustrated through an analysis of a sound project that took place in a care home dining room. In describing how the author worked with residents to explore the acoustic properties of the space, it suggests some ways in which artists may find inspiration... |
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