On the Margins: Dementia and the Present Moment

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  • Cariad Astles University of Exeter

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qf-elit.v19i0.5202

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This article discusses the use of puppetry within work with people with dementia. Drawing on Foucault’s notion of knowledge being constructed within structures of power relations, it challenges the idea of productivity as purpose, and highlights the potential of imagination, creativity and the lived moment to enable wellbeing. The article analyses two key case studies undertaken at memory cafes and day centres in Devon, UK, where participants in the projects were invited to contribute to the development of performance through interaction with puppetry and related activities. The article further analyses the particular qualities of puppetry to enable these kind of exchanges, and their potential as flexible and responsive objects, capable of operating on multiple levels simultaneously to promote creative activity. Further examples of work undertaken in the USA, Argentina, Germany and Sweden are discussed.

Keywords: puppetry; dementia; memory; Foucault; narrative.

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Cariad Astles, University of Exeter

College of Humanities

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2014-12-20

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Astles, C. (2014). On the Margins: Dementia and the Present Moment. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Literaris, 19, 85–108. https://doi.org/10.7203/qf-elit.v19i0.5202
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Vol. 19 (2014): "TEATRO DE EXCEPCIÓN": NON-INSTITUTIONAL STAGE EXPERIENCES IN THE EUROPE OF 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES

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