Jesse Ballenger has a fantastic article in Newsday today, which contextualizes the lived cultural experience of people with Alzheimer’s, and inviting more activism to insist on creating a valued place in culture for people with dementia. Ballenger is the author of the incredibly detailed and rich history of senility in modern America, Self, Senility, and [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Ballenger’s Call for Alzheimer’s Activists
Posted in books, cultural phenom, history of memory, public education, tagged activism, alzheimer's, dementia, history, Jesse Ballenger on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Billy Collin’s on Forgetfulness
Posted in cultural phenom, film, public education, tagged Billy Collins, dementia, forgetfulness, forgetting, poetry on July 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love Billy Collin’s poetry, and particularly his readings of his poetry. And even more, animations of his poetry with him reading them. Take a look at this animated version of Forgetfulness on YouTube. It’s by Julian Gray of Headgear animation in Toronto.
Diminished Capacity reviewed by NYT’s
Posted in film, tagged Diminished Capacity, films and dementia, forgetting on July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Diminished Capacity, with Alan Alda and Matthew Broderick playing uncle and nephew (respectively) with matching memory problems, is in limited release. The NYT’s was lukewarm…I’ll write my own review after the film makes its way to Milwaukee…
