Sensory craft for acquired brain injury
- Submitting institution
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Middlesex University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 1403
- Type
- N - Research report for external body
- DOI
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- Commissioning body
- Ajahma Charitable Trust
- Month
- April
- Year
- 2018
- URL
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http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/31173/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- In this research, Sleet designed, led and delivered 12 workshops across 3 charitable organisations with the aim of developing new methods to indicate how craft can be used to support individuals with acquired brain injury, kickstart new learning and renew agency in their lives. The report is Sleet’s documentation of this project, distributed by Strode Park, Sue Ryder, Connect Uk and Headways on their websites and as a printed report. This research was a pilot for developing sensory workshops in wider rehabilitation and third sector community settings.
Each charity had a different focus, community and set of needs. Strode Park Foundation – a charity in Kent that provides living support; Sye Ryder who supports people through the most difficult times of their lives; Headways West Kent who specialise in understanding of all aspects of acquired brain injury.
Three themes guided the use of digital photographs for collage, ceramics and sewing:
1. ‘Partnerships and connections’ – ‘Touch’ emphasised experiences of connections, relations and partnerships with family, friends, supporters, and carers.
2. ‘The creative (amazing) brain’ – ‘Brain Art’ showed the amazing creative power of the brain, perception, creative imagination and memories to celebrate individuality and creative differences.
3. ‘Memories’ – Things remembered, stories, events, snapshots of time and experiences.
Each workshop was prepared with designed tool kits and documented through photographs or film to evidence, compare and reflect on outcomes. Participants’ feedback as well as detailed consultation with expert advisers from Headways West Kent & Sue Ryder was collected with the aim that outcomes discovered through the workshop framework could be shared and used (see findings summarised on p.34).
Support for the project came from Ajahma Charitable Trust, Connect UK - a communication disability network - and Middlesex University.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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