Knowledge Translation During COVID-19 Times: The Experience of Art Engagement

Authors

  • Barbara Groot Leiden University Medical Centre
  • Janine Schrijver Stichting B.a.d., Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Lieke de Kock Leyden Academy on Vitality and Aging & Leiden University Medical Centre
  • Tineke Abma Leyden Academy on Vitality and Aging & Leiden University Medical Centre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29625

Abstract

This article provides an example of experiential learning and includes a video with music and sound to demonstrate collective and individual responses to Covid-19.

Author Biographies

Barbara Groot, Leiden University Medical Centre

Barbara Groot is a senior researcher at Leyden Academy on Vitality and Aging at Leiden University's Medical Centre, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. Her research approach is participatory arts-based research.

Janine Schrijver, Stichting B.a.d., Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Janine Schrijver is an artist who works with photography from Stichting B.a.d. in the Netherlands. In her work she explores the relationship between humans and their complex life-world, often in urban environments. As a scholarly artist, she investigates and works together with Amsterdam UMC and Leyden Academy.

Lieke de Kock, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Aging & Leiden University Medical Centre

Lieke de Kock is a PhD researcher at Leyden Academy on Vitality and Aging. She has a background in theatre studies, applied theatre, and social work.

Tineke Abma, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Aging & Leiden University Medical Centre

Tineke Abma is a professor of Participation of Older People in Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Public Health and Primary Care and professor of Participation and Diversity in Amsterdam University's Medical Centers, Department of Law, Ethics and Humanities. She is also Executive-Director of Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing.

An intuitive self-portrait, inspired by the pieces inclluded in this journal that explore memory through multi-sensory experiences. I tried to create through various ways of knowing. I wanted to make something that you could run yur fingers along, and feel the different textures, the bumps in the grain of the wood, the brush strokes, the paper flowers, the cloth material, all of it. If you got close to it I wanted you to be able to smell the mix of coffee, acrylic paint, and the subtle aroma of dried flowers. I wanted to invoke textures through sight with various patterns and mark making. Lastly, I used past journal entries to create the flowers adding another layer of memory to the artwork that is unique and persona to me, reflecting on how each person's way of remembering is their own. Mihaela Slabe.

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Published

2022-07-15

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): Multisensory Storytelling: Creating Different Forms of Knowing, Being and Living in our World

Section

Articles, Illustrations and Verse