Статья

Designing for Dementia: Iterative Grief and Transitional Objects

Gail KenningGail Kenning is an artist and researcher at University of Technology Sydney (UTS); honorary reader in Design for Aging and Dementia at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales; artist in residence at the Systems and Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration Lab in the Division of Psychiatry Research at the University of Zurich; Design United Visiting Fellow at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; and visiting fellow at the Museum of Applied Arts and Science, Sydney. She is chief investigator on projects including Making It Together and Arts Access Evaluation with Art Gallery New South Wales and international co-investigator on an AHRC funded project: LAUGHCathy TreadawayCathy Treadaway is professor of Creative Practice at Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK and a founder member of CARIAD (Center for Applied Research in Inclusive Arts and Design). She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and visiting scholar at the University of Technology Sydney. Cathy is currently principal investigator on the LAUGH design for dementia international research project, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council

2018en

ABI

Аннотация

Designers increasingly are exploring how to support individuals transitioning through loss and grief and coming to terms with a loved one's death. For people living with dementia and their families, the loss and grief they experience is iterative and ongoing. This paper discusses design research to make sensory textile objects for people with advanced dementia, intended to support positive well-being, shared experiences, and “in the moment” pleasure. It draws on theories relating to transitional and transformational objects to show how these textiles support those living with dementia as they transition into greater dependency and move toward the end of life. It shows how, after their death, the objects become memorials and symbolic representations, further supporting family members through their experience of loss.

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DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00475

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