Exploring consent as an aesthetic experience through applied theatre with people living with dementia

Forfattere

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/ar.6139

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

consent, dementia, relational ethics, arts-based research, co-creativity, aesthetic analysis

Sammendrag

The process of giving or obtaining consent is typically seen as a series of language-based actions, either documented on a written form or communicated verbally. However, both methods can present challenges when engaging with individuals living with dementia. This paper explores how to understand consent as an aesthetic experience through applied theatre practices.

We draw on data from 12 applied theatre sessions in a residential care home in Northern Norway (2019–2021). The study design was practice led and situated in everyday-life practices at the care home. Through writing field stories collectively, based on a mixture of notes, video recordings, and embodied experiences, we analysed how people gave their consent to engaging in creative activities beyond using spoken and written language.

We find consent in four key elements that play a major role when we work co-creatively with people living with dementia:1) trust; 2) attunement; 3) sensibility; and 4) mutuality. Consent as an aesthetic experience is thus highly embodied, processual, and relational.

Our paper is written within an emerging discourse of relational perspectives in dementia research. It promotes the perception of people living with dementia as creative citizens who can equally contribute to art and research.

Photo: Tomas Rolland

Forfatterbiografier

Karoline Dalby, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Karoline Dalby is PhD student at the faculty of health sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø and a member of Artful dementia Research lab (https://uit.no/adlab).

Lilli Mittner, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Lilli Mittner is Associate Professor / scientific coordinator at the Centre for Arctic Humanities, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Rikke Gürgens Gjærum, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Rikke Gürgens Gjærum is professor and vice rector at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

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2024-12-31

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Dalby, K., Mittner, L., & Gürgens Gjærum, R. (2024). Exploring consent as an aesthetic experience through applied theatre with people living with dementia. Nordic Journal of Art & Research, 13(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.7577/ar.6139

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