Dementia memory boxes Curating microarchives Prof Nick Barratt
Dementia & memory boxes: Curating micro-archives Prof. Nick Barratt University of Nottingham Archival Accountability Gap 25 Jan 17 1
Overview • • Micro-archives in dementia care Personal heritage tools in education Community archives at work Conclusions Archival accountability gap 25 Jan 17 2
Micro-archives in dementia care • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: mid-life preventative actions (Oct. 2015) • • • stop smoking be more active reduce their alcohol consumption improve their diet lose weight and maintain a healthy weight if necessary • Memory books, memory boxes • post-diagnosis memory prompts • family or third-party curated • Creating and curating personal archives • online tools eg Famicity www. famicity. com Archival accountability gap 25 Jan 17 3
Personal heritage tools in education • Case study 1: Stirling prison • Reflective research and archive use for behavioural change • Case study 2: Making history • Investigative research and creative tech for educational change Archival accountability gap 25 Jan 17 4
Community archives at work • Case study 1: Touching the past • Work with disabled community to self-define identity, use of tactile archives to elicit responses • Community Futures group • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=QMr. OCp_5 d. Fk • Case study 2: Ryde Social Heritage Group • Aggregation of micro-archives to reach multiple audiences • Creating a model for self-sufficient community heritage • http: //rshg. org. uk/ Archival accountability gap 25 Jan 17 5
Conclusions • Trauma and tragedy at a personal level can act as a stimulus for change • Micro-archives and personal heritage are key tools for self-development • Applied uses for online toolkits and memory curation for ‘millennial’ generation • Further research required into curated micro-archives as accredited preventative action Archival accountability gap 25 Jan 17 6
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