Connecting Through Culture as we Age - Care-Full Co-Design with Older Adults
part of Lunchtime Talks
Please note: This event ended on 15 September 2023
This Lunchtime Talk introduces the ‘Connecting through Culture as we Age’ research project which explores how participation in all forms of arts and culture - particularly those accessed digitally - can influence wellbeing and feelings of social connection as we age.
Helen Manchester and Alice Willatt are working with 19 co-researchers aged 60-75 who are either disabled, socio-economically or racially minoritised. The co-researchers are involved in a digital innovation process, in which their voices, lived experiences and expertise shape the co-design of digital cultural experiences and products.
Their co-researchers will also share their experiences of being involved in the project.
About Helen Manchester
A Professor of Participatory Socio-digital Futures at the University of Bristol, Helen is currently running an UKRI Healthy Ageing funded research project ‘Connecting through Culture as we Age’. She is also Co-I on the newly funded ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. Helen is interested in ageing futures, co-design and participatory methods, social connectivity, culture and the arts. She develops methodologically innovative approaches to research in collaboration with artists, technologists, civil society organisations and policy-makers.
About Alice Willatt
A Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol, based in the School of Education. She currently works on a UKRI Healthy Ageing funded research project, ‘Connecting through Culture as we Age’. She holds interests in the voluntary and community sector, ageing, care, creativity and culture. Her work is grounded in participatory research approaches that value the experiences and knowledge of the people and organisations with whom she researches, and their ability to use this knowledge to create social change.
Open Studio Fridays
From 10:00 - 17:00 you can stay at the Studio for Open Studio Fridays - join us to continue the conversation or work on your own projects. The Studio provides chairs, tables, wireless and a great space. You bring what you need to work with (laptop/mobile). Tell us what you’re up to, or allow us to facilitate conversations within the resident community. Studio staff and residents will be around to chat, answer questions, or tell you more about what we do. The open afternoons close at 17:00, sometimes with a trip to the Café & Bar.
Where to find us
The Lunchtime Talks take place in the Pervasive Media Studio, which is in the Watershed building. The Studio is just beyond the Café & Bar, turn right and then go down the corridor to your left (where the toilets are). The double doors here will be open, go all the way down until you reach the Studio. A member of staff will sign you in, and check your ticket, if you have booked.