The role of creative interventions in fostering connectivity and resilience in older people

这个拟议的项目旨在了解创造性干预如何帮助老年人发展连通性和适应能力。这将通过对互联社区投资组合中一系列相关项目的成果进行批判性反思来实现，这些项目包括社区园艺、电影制作、建筑环境、产品设计、数字媒体剧院、音乐、文化学习和针对早期痴呆症患者的视觉艺术干预。将不同项目的成果并置，将产生对复原力的创新思考方式，并为社区合作伙伴提出的问题提出解决方案。将举办四场研讨会，包括演讲、讲习班和分组会议。综合互联社区组合中的学习点将有助于将各种各样但共有的问题集中在一起。平等艺术中心和主要的社区合作伙伴将招募一群老年人，他们将在研讨会中充分发挥作用，并探索韧性和连通性对他们意味着什么。研究人员参与者还将被邀请与社区合作伙伴一起，以确保讨论基于他们的生活经验。英国艺术委员会等政策制定者也将参与其中，并成为管理小组的一部分，以确保他们是整个过程的一部分。

This proposed project aims to understand how creative interventions help develop connectivity and resilience for older people. This will be achieved through critical reflection on the outcomes from a range of relevant projects across the Connected Communities portfolio such as community gardening, filmmaking, built environment, product design, digital media theatre, music, cultural learning and visual arts interventions for those with early stage dementia. Juxtaposing the results from different projects will result in innovative ways of thinking about resilience and propose solutions to issues raised by community partners. Four seminars will be undertaken consisting of presentations, workshops, and breakout sessions. Synthesising learning points from across the Connected Communities portfolio will help draw together the diverse, yet shared issues. Equal Arts, the C.I. and main community partner will recruit a group of older people who will play a full part in the workshops and explore what resilience and connectivity means to them. Researcher participants will also be invited to bring along community partners to ensure discussion is grounded in their lived experience. Policy makers such as Arts Council England will also be involved and part of the management group to ensure that they are part of the process.