This online symposium aims to showcase artistic research and teaching strategies based on principles of art and design education that strengthen empathy for people with dementia.
in Vienna on November 19th, 2020.
Educating Empathy – Caring for Dementia addresses anybody interested in the topic, relatives of people with dementia, care takers and especially younger people. International and national experts in the areas of artistic research, dementia care, art, design, therapy, art education, music education, and fine arts as well as applied arts are invited to participate in talks, lectures, screenings and presentations.
National and international experts share their views and experiences; artists showcase their work:
English in the morning | German in the afternoon
DEMEDARTS Dementia.Empathy.Education.Arts. is an artistic research project at the Center for Didactics of Art and Interdisciplinary Education at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The research project focuses on artistic research on patterns of perception and action in the context of an aging society and aims to raise awareness in our society of the issue of dementia.
SYMPOSIUM - SAVE THE DATE November 19th, 2020
10:00 AM – 19:30 PM CET
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.at/e/118890236899
Email: demedarts[at]uni-ak.ac.at
With Contributions from: Shaun McNiff (US) – Professor at Lesley University, Expressive Therapies Antonia Croy (AT) – Chair of Alzheimer Austria Teresa Torres de Eça (PT) – President of InSEA (2014 – 2019)
Veronica Franklin Gould (UK) – Founder and chair of „Research at Arts 4 Dementia“ Brigitte Hobl (AT) – Specialist in psychiatrics and psychotherapy
Rineke Smilde (NL) – Professor for music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, tbc
Marie-Cris Gambal (AT) – Vice-president of Care at Haus der Barmherzigkeit, tbc
Majda Nujic (AT) – tbc Jeremy Bubb (UK) – Film-maker and artist
Pia Scharler (AT) – Designer and artistic researcher L. Vanessa Gruber (AT) – scientist and art educator Ruth Mateus-Berr (AT) – Professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna DEMEDARTS-Team: Ruth Mateus-Berr (AT) – (Project lead), artist, researcher, educator
Luna Al-Mousli (SY) – Author and graphic designer
Christina Carli (AT) – Designer, research fellow
Nargol Gharahshir (AT) – Art and design educator, Research fellow
Lara Girotto (DE) – Arts educator, Research fellow
Stefanie Guserl (AT) – Illustrator, university lecturer and school teacher
L. Vanessa Gruber (AT) – art educator, creativity researcher, university assistant
Susanne Muzler (AT) – Somatic Movement, Dance, Pedagogy and research fellow
Jasmin Schaitl (AT) – Artist, performer and artistic researcher
Pia Scharler (AT) – Designer, artistic researcher
Michaela Schober (AT) – Research fellow, translator, educator
Venue University of Applied Arts Vienna Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7 1030 Vienna
Organizer University of Applied Arts Vienna Center for Didactics of Art and Interdisciplinary Education
Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Ruth Mateus-Berr
For more information go to:
DEMEDARTS
Details may be subject to change.
DEMEDARTS is an arts-based research project, located at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), within the PEEK-program (Programm zur Erweiterung und Erschließung der Künste): A-609
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