A thought-provoking exhibition of portraits of people living with dementia, and those who care for them, begins this month.
The project, led by Dr Tula Brannelly from the Faculty of Health Sciences and supported by the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre at the University, presents the ordinary lives and inspirational voices of people with dementia, through the media of biographical portraits and film. Each portrait captures a range of emotions and is the result of conversations and interviews with participants in their own homes.
Tula reflects:
“…while many policies, practitioners and researchers prioritise dementia over everything else in a person’s life, to many it is likely to be background to daily experience, just another thing that needs some attention.
“People are interdependent and we are aware that the common negative assumptions associated with dementia are only a small part of the story of living with the condition.”
Following the University’s Public Engagement in Research Unit call for funding, Dr Brannelly suggested the idea to help people with dementia produce an account of their lives and to tell stories that help a wider audience grasp the impact of dementia on everyday life.
Exhibition dates:
- Monday 24 July – 29 August 2017 at Southampton Central Library, Civic Centre
- Saturday 9 September – Saturday 14 October 2017 Turner Sims Gallery, Highfield Campus.
Visit the ‘Living with Dementia’ blog, run by Tula and her team.
