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01-06-2019 | Alzheimer's Disease | Symposium: Dementia

Fragile objects: A visual essay

Authors: Michael Chapman, Jennifer Philip, Sally Gardner, Paul Komesaroff

Published in: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry | Issue 2/2019

Abstract

Recognizing the potential hidden artistic contributions of persons with dementia opens new opportunities for interpretation and potential communication. This visual essay explores the authors’ responses to the fragile objects of art produced by a person with severe dementia and examines what may be learned from them.

Munn, N. 1973. Walbiri iconography: Graphic representation and cultural symbolism in a central Australian society. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.

Title: Fragile objects: A visual essay
Authors: Michael Chapman
Jennifer Philip
Sally Gardner
Paul Komesaroff
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia
Published in: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1176-7529
Electronic ISSN: 1872-4353
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-019-09911-7

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