TY - JOUR

T1 - Using art for public engagement: reflections on the Dementia and Imagination project

AU - Tischler, Victoria

AU - Howson-Griffiths, Teri

AU - Jones, Catrin

AU - Windle, Gillian

N1 - This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/K00333X/1,AH/R004900/1]

PY - 2020/9/1

Y1 - 2020/9/1

N2 - Creative outputs engage the public and can be used to share research. This paper reports on public engagement activities that were part of the research project Dementia and Imagination (D&I). We found that artwork and creative activities effectively engaged a range of audiences and challenged negative ideas about dementia. For the project team, public engagement developed relationships with collaborators and connected the research to different community settings, influencing future programmes of work. Further work could explore public engagement in diverse settings to assess which approaches are effective in maximising research value and wider community benefit.

AB - Creative outputs engage the public and can be used to share research. This paper reports on public engagement activities that were part of the research project Dementia and Imagination (D&I). We found that artwork and creative activities effectively engaged a range of audiences and challenged negative ideas about dementia. For the project team, public engagement developed relationships with collaborators and connected the research to different community settings, influencing future programmes of work. Further work could explore public engagement in diverse settings to assess which approaches are effective in maximising research value and wider community benefit.

KW - Visual arts

KW - Dementia

KW - Psychology

KW - Public Health

KW - Inter-disciplinary research

U2 - 10.1080/17533015.2019.1608565

DO - 10.1080/17533015.2019.1608565

M3 - Article

VL - 12

SP - 270

EP - 277

JO - Arts & Health

JF - Arts & Health

SN - 1753-3015

IS - 3

ER -