Healthcare literature, public discourse, and policy documents continue to represent persons with dementia as "doomed" "socially dead." This tragedy meta-narrative produces reproduces misunderstandings about causes stigma, oppression, discrimination for living dementia. With few opportunities challenge the dominant be denied their citizenship rights. Drawing on concept of narrative citizenship, we describe a community-based, critical arts-based project where dementia, family members, visual...

Introduction: The aim of this project was to develop and evaluate a research-based dramatic production for the purpose transferring knowledge about traumatic brain injury (TBI) health care professionals, managers, decision makers. Methods: Using results drawn from six focus group discussions with key stakeholders (consumers, informal caregivers, practitioners experienced in field TBI) relevant scientific literature, 50-minute play produced conveying experiences TBI survivors, providers, best...

Persons living with dementia and their carers experience stigma. Stigma intensifies social exclusion threatens health well-being. Decreasing stigma associated is a public priority across national international settings key component of National Dementia Strategies. Research-based drama an effective strategy for reducing enhancing In this article we focus on survey data from evaluation research-based called Cracked: new light dementia. Our analysis illustrates the effectiveness Cracked in by:...

In recent years, interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and social scientists has received sustained interest from many members of the academic community. However, cross-disciplinary work is often more difficult than presumed. Epistemological methodological differences disciplines create barriers that may impede collaborative projects. This article explores some unique tensions challenges arose creation `After Crash', a research-based theatre production about traumatic brain injury....

Drawing on a posthuman onto-epistemology, this paper explores movements of bodies labelled-as-disabled as creative ‘choreographies’ that are coproduced through the coming together multiple material, social, discursive and affective forces across time-spaces. The purpose is to challenge thinking usual towards re-envisioning differences potentials rather than deficits. To do so, we consider how disability can move deficit-thinking mobility be put work rethink disability. Movement in relation...

In this article, we describe three areas of design that need to be considered when conceptualizing a performed ethnography/research-informed theater project in the field education: research design, aesthetic and pedagogical design. We present 30 questions ethnographers research-informed artists might ask ourselves conceptualize our projects. then provide discussion four recent projects engage with presented conclude by arguing (a) interact feed into each other (b) decisions impact work do.

Abstract Despite collaboration among different professions being recognized as fundamentally important to contemporary and future healthcare practice, the concept is woefully undertheorized. This has implications for how health educators might best introduce students interprofessional support their transition into interprofessional, collaborative workplaces. To address this, we engage in a conceptual analysis of published collaborative, practices understandings theatre, highly art form...

Abstract This article explores the notion of ‘impact’ in art-based health research (ABHR), and how we might re-conceptualize it through kind work ABHR ‘does’ generating disseminating knowledge. We explore from a critical qualitative perspective, leveraging findings study based on interviews with researchers/artists/trainees. focus their reflections related to ‘impact’, informed by our own experiences producing/evaluating diverse genres. argue for conceptualization impact that moves beyond an...

Research-informed theater is often informed by an assumed linear trajectory between research findings and performance, overlooking the multiple embodied perspectives that are implicated in development of research-informed theater. To challenge this assumption, we explore how artist-researchers draw on their own embodiment imagination as ways to understand findings, they conceptualize intended audience, those understandings shape creative process play. Using case study play Cracked: New Light...

Eine wachsende Zahl an Gesundheitswissenschaftler/innen unterschiedlicher disziplinarer Herkunft experimentiert mit innovativen performativen Ansatzen (z.B. Film, Theater, Tanz), um ein breiteres Publikum umfassend und kritisch in die Forschungsarbeit ihre Ergebnisse zu involvieren. Doch trotz der enger werdenden Verbindung zwischen Kunst Forschung folgen viele dieser Arbeiten weiter einer Asthetik Objektivitat, von einem linearen Bezug performativer Umsetzung ausgeht vernachlassigen...

Objective: Arts-based programmes have been shown to be useful for individuals with disturbances in cognitive and behavioural functioning. The current case studies examined the feasibility effectiveness of a theatre skills training programme facilitate social participation adolescents childhood brain disorder.Methods: A study approach was used two adolescent participants. Focus groups were conducted immediately post-intervention, while battery quantitative measures administered pre-...

Objective: Previous research has demonstrated the value of arts-based programs for adolescents with childhood brain disorder to facilitate social skills and participation. The current study extends this work by examining feasibility effectiveness an intervention youth acquired injuries (ABI).Methods: A case approach was used four adolescent participants one control. battery quantitative measures were administered week pre-intervention, post-intervention, as well six eight month...

Background. Theatre-based interventions use artistic media to facilitate social and emotional awareness have therapeutic benefits for persons with developmental disabilities mental health problems. The role of these Indigenous youth who emotional, behavioural, cognitive sequelae related fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) has not been explored. Purpose. purpose this study was explore the experiences acceptability a theatre-based approach facilitating communication engagement in FASD....

Despite the recognized benefits of sexual expression and its importance in lives people living with dementia, research demonstrates that there are multiple barriers to positive (e.g., is pleasurable free coercion, discrimination, violence) RLTC homes. These constitute a form discrimination based on age ability, violate rights persons dementia dignity, autonomy, participation everyday life society. Drawing human approach expression, we explored experiences diverse professionals, family...

Through this paper, I consider how we might be aesthetically and relationally accountable in creating research-informed theatre through the conceptual frame of an aesthetic relationality, in-depth considerations theoretical notions embodiment, imagination foolishness (as vulnerability-bravery). example Cracked: new light on dementia, which am playwright director, ways artist-researchers foolishly imaginatively engage exploration from starting point their own bodies, as socially, culturally...

Culture change initiatives in older adult and dementia care have called for a new paradigm informed by relational ontology theories. Yet translating these humanizing principles into practice has proven difficult; traditional approaches to knowledge translation not had sustained impact. One of the most significant impediments transforming culture been lack understanding what it means be act practice. A growing body research is demonstrating potential critical arts-based inquiry/pedagogy...

As artist and social researchers working in health research, we work 'against the grain' marginalised spaces to resist marketisation of knowledge related neoliberal practices. Our cross-disciplinary alliance, between theatre / performance studies critical science, is premised on engaging humanities, arts, sciences subversion both qualitative research arts-based inquiries, interrogate structural inequalities that foster human injustices. Here offer reflections tensions experienced with our...

Research-based Theater (RbT) is shaped by both the form of theater, as an embodied, gestural, spatial, imaginative multi-dimensional art form, and traditions research surrounding knowledge production, specifically qualitative research. When ethical tensions questions arise in RbT they are often framed a dichotomy, such ways aesthetic or artistic interests creating compelling piece theater for audiences contrast with responsibilities to By drawing on frame relationality, example from my work...

Playwright Julia Gray considers the challenges of creating and communicating across disciplinary divides in development After Crash , a play about brain injury.

This article documents a theatre programme for adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI) developed as part of research study, the intention to improve social skills and community integration post-injury. Attention is brought artsbased method co-facilitation in context artistic programme. Challenges recovering from an ABI are discussed, addition how programme's goals aimed address these challenges facilitators approached issues during Using narrative approach, arts-based methods explored...

In this article, we provide an example of a performance-research project to advance understandings the ways artistic and scientific processes work in conversation. Drawing on research-informed play Cracked: New Light Dementia , consider interrelationship among cultural narratives (including perpetuation oppressive marginalized people), aesthetic exploration (sensory emotional together with dramaturgy theatricality), social critique for purposes broader change. By explicating three...