Resources around Aging and More
Resources around Aging, Dementia, Ageism, and all other stigma’s: this is a list of subjects that influenced our thinking and our Festival.
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AGING & OTHERING
Dr. Sheril Antonio (guest speaker) recommends this Ted talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, as “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story” and “The consequence of the single story is this: It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar.”
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en
I-Am project. Our Moving Body- Moving Image Festival Conversation Facilitator, Karen Williams, produced the series connected to the book, and interviews some of the people in it: https://www.iam-themovement.com/videos
The project comes from the book I AM by photographer Angelika Beuttner who shows ageless beauty in her portraits of women 40 and up. https://www.iam-themovement.com/the-book
The Performing Arts Legacy Project is an online platform to help older professionals in the performing arts document their careers. It is an initiative of the Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC) at the Actors Fund (AF) and it is spearhead by Joan Jeffri.
https://performingartslegacy.org/
This Chair Rocks by Ashton Applewhite. Well researched and written Manifesto against Ageism, it is an eyeopener for the one -ism still allowed. https://thischairrocks.com/
Watch her Ted talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism
Timeslips was founded by MacArthur Fellow Anne Basting and the organization is an international network of artists and caregivers committed to bringing joy to late life. The mission of the network is simple: to bring meaning and purpose into the lives of elders through creative engagement.
Timeslips: https://www.timeslips.org/
DEMENTIA & MORE
Aliceheimer Dementia. Mental Illness. Loss. Shame. They make us turn away. Yet, when Dana Walrath’s mother, Alice, came down with dementia and moved in with her, little did she know that this would lead her not only to heal her relationship with her mother but also to start making comics. Creative writing, visual art, medical anthropology and comics?—who knew that they were connected? But through watching Alice devour every graphic narrative that came into the house, Dana Walrath discovered the healing power of this visual storytelling form and put it to work in her graphic memoir. Ana Walrath
https://www.danawalrath.com/aliceheimers
Alzheimer Film Project. Alzheimer’s is everywhere now. It spares no country or culture, and each year the problem grows. Millions around the world live with progressive dementia. This film project is dedicated to improving their lives — your life — though storytelling and is an initiative of author David Shenk Project Creator and Executive Producer Author, The Forgetting Senior Advisor, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund
http://livingwithalz.org/
The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) is a leader in the global community dedicated to protecting the world’s aging populations from threats to brain health. GBHI works to reduce the scale and impact of dementia in three ways: by training and connecting the next generation of leaders in brain health through the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program; by collaborating in expanding preventions and interventions; by sharing knowledge and engaging in advocacy.
www.GBHI.org
Alzheimer Society. Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. We campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
Alzheimer Association UK. The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
https://act.alz.org/