DEMEDARTS is located at the Center for Didactics in Art and Interdisciplinary Teaching at the University of Applied Arts, and collaborates with national and international partners. To strengthen empathic capacities towards people with dementia, an interdisciplinary group of experts develops and shares educational art- and design strategies. The arts-based research project promotes empathy towards dementia in our society on a sustainable basis.

 

How can arts-based research affect intergenerational well-being of people with and without dementia?

 

What kind of art- and design strategies can induce a sustainable growth of empathic capacities for people living with dementia?

 

How can art and design strategies help secondary school students develop a better sense of empathy towards people with dementia? What questions and reflections arise by students of secondary schools, (trainee) art and music teachers on the topic of dementia and how can these be elaborated by arts-based means?  

 

How can points of contact create and interact with people living with dementia?

 

How can art and design strategies help students from secondary schools develop empathy for people with dementia?

Which questions do  secondary students and future art and music educators raise? How can these be further developed with an arts-based research approach?

 

DEMEDARTS includes all arts and aims at the development and integration of empathic skills for dementia at Austrian schools, institutions and workshops for people living with dementia and their relatives. Although it is not yet possible to medically cure dementia, we believe that art and design can help to improve the attitude of people with dementia and of their relatives towards life, and prepare and support them for future challenges.

 

How can various social groups such as school kids, teenagers and young adults aquire a better understanding towards the issue of dementia, to prepare them for forthcoming challenges?