Papers by Claudia Blandon
Feeling their Way: Women and Children using music to escape domestic violence
Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2020
This chapter introduces those posthuman ideas that we have found most useful in our research with... more This chapter introduces those posthuman ideas that we have found most useful in our research with people with dementia. These include: 'thing power', 'intra-activity', 'agentic assemblages', 'affinity', 'trans-corporeality', 'submersion' and 'potentia'. We show how we have used them, drawing on 'data events' from our studies. The methodological issues raised by posthumanism are also discussed and our own practice critiqued. The chapter also acknowledges that posthumanism does have limitations, for example, in addressing the classed structure of dementia care. We discuss how a posthuman ethics has been addressed and present a posthuman ethics of rights for working with people with dementia. This suggests that lifelong learning for people with dementia is not a luxury, but a right.
Introduction to Dementia and Lifelong Learning
In this chapter we introduce the key arguments of this book. First, a posthumanist perspective he... more In this chapter we introduce the key arguments of this book. First, a posthumanist perspective helps understand and value the lives of people with dementia, and second, they are capable of learning and teaching. It introduces dementia as a global social issue and cultural phenomenon and critiques the dominant narratives of loss and punishment surrounding it. Drawing on interviews with families of people with dementia it acknowledges the pain they experience, but also introduces a hopeful posthumanist perspective on dementia. The chapter shows that although arts interventions have demonstrated their creative potential, people with dementia have been largely absent from lifelong learning literature and policy. Finally, it outlines the research studies that will be used in this book: Beyond Words and Making Bridges with Music.
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Papers by Claudia Blandon