Bellass, Susan orcid.org/0000-0001-9383-4116, Balmer, Andrew, May, Vanessa et al. (6 more authors) (2018) Broadening the debate on creativity and dementia:A critical approach. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice. ISSN 1741-2684
Abstract
In recent years there has been a growing interest in person-centred, 'living well' approaches to dementia, often taking the form of important efforts to engage people with dementia in a range of creative, arts-based interventions such as dance, drama, music, art and poetry. Such practices have been advanced as socially inclusive activities that help to affirm personhood and redress the biomedical focus on loss and deficit. However, in emphasizing more traditional forms of creativity associated with the arts, more mundane forms of creativity that emerge in everyday life have been overlooked, specifically with regard to how such creativity is used by people living with dementia and by their carers and family members as a way of negotiating changes in their everyday lives. In this paper, we propose a critical approach to understanding such forms of creativity in this context, comprised of six dimensions: everyday creativity; power relations; ways to operationalise creativity; sensory and affective experience; difference; and reciprocity. We point towards the potential of these dimensions to contribute to a reframing of debates around creativity and dementia.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Journal Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2018 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2024 00:37 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218760906 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1471301218760906 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128630 |
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