Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background: The creative process potentially complements the ABI condition. Given the potential of art to empower people with impaired cognitive capacity and communication skills, it was hypothesized that art therapy techniques coul...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, Dianne, Wright, C., Lakhani, A., Zeeman, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72794
_version_ 1848762843860566016
author Smith, Dianne
Wright, C.
Lakhani, A.
Zeeman, H.
author_facet Smith, Dianne
Wright, C.
Lakhani, A.
Zeeman, H.
author_sort Smith, Dianne
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background: The creative process potentially complements the ABI condition. Given the potential of art to empower people with impaired cognitive capacity and communication skills, it was hypothesized that art therapy techniques could be used to ascertain the perspective of adults with ABI surrounding their housing and support preferences. Method: Visual research methods informed the research protocol reported in this paper. Participants’ pictures were created mainly using pastels on paper. Eight people (3 adults with ABI; 4 non-family paid carers; 1 researcher as participant observer) participated in this pilot study. Qualitative rigour was achieved by addressing the four principles of trustworthiness. Results: By analysing participants’ creative works in their entirety (i.e. image, text, and visual storytelling), key attributes of the ideal home or environment for adults with ABI were identified. The piloted arts-based process was also reflected upon. Conclusions: Art processes may give voice to people with limited capacity to verbalize.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T10:54:01Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-72794
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T10:54:01Z
publishDate 2017
publisher Routledge
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-727942018-12-13T09:34:10Z Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design Smith, Dianne Wright, C. Lakhani, A. Zeeman, H. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background: The creative process potentially complements the ABI condition. Given the potential of art to empower people with impaired cognitive capacity and communication skills, it was hypothesized that art therapy techniques could be used to ascertain the perspective of adults with ABI surrounding their housing and support preferences. Method: Visual research methods informed the research protocol reported in this paper. Participants’ pictures were created mainly using pastels on paper. Eight people (3 adults with ABI; 4 non-family paid carers; 1 researcher as participant observer) participated in this pilot study. Qualitative rigour was achieved by addressing the four principles of trustworthiness. Results: By analysing participants’ creative works in their entirety (i.e. image, text, and visual storytelling), key attributes of the ideal home or environment for adults with ABI were identified. The piloted arts-based process was also reflected upon. Conclusions: Art processes may give voice to people with limited capacity to verbalize. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72794 10.1080/17533015.2017.1354899 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Smith, Dianne
Wright, C.
Lakhani, A.
Zeeman, H.
Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
title Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
title_full Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
title_fullStr Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
title_full_unstemmed Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
title_short Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
title_sort art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72794