An archaeology of dementia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3781745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Finlay (0000-0003-1636-5250, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 386 |
| Pages | 422-435 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2021.186 |
| OpenAlex | W3172803364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
Around the world, millions of people live with dementia. Archaeologists have advanced heritage engagement as a form of therapy, for example, through museum object handling. Here, the author proposes an alternative focus, arguing that archaeology can contribute to research on the materialities of care. Through a case study of a 'dementia assemblage' curated by an avocational archaeologist, the author documents the embodied and material traces of the collector's earlier archaeological practices, their increasing comfort in handling stone as dementia progressed and their sustained interest in the pareidolic properties of things. The results contribute to a wider understanding of the important role of materiality for those living with dementia
Archaeology · Dementia · Disease · Geography · History · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry
Historic Landscapes and Mental Well-Being
Forget Memory
(Uns)table assemblage
Women with dementia and their handbags
Displaced and Barely Visible
Sources of flint and chert in northern Britain
Classifying ‘Eoliths’
Sensorial Assemblages
Museum object handling
Socio-Politics and the Woman-at-Home Ideology
On Pastness
Object interviews, material imaginings and 'unsettling' methods
A stone that feels right in the hand
Not just things
Conceptualising 'materialities of care
Becoming at home in residential care for older people
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |