POETRY EXHIBITION · MARC
About Research Poetry
Research poetry is a form of arts-based research where poems and poetic statements are carefully crafted from interview transcripts.
INTERVIEWS
21
PROJECT TEAM
17 members, 10 organisations
WHAT IS RESEARCH POETRY?
Poems crafted from interview transcripts
Research poetry is a form of arts-based research where poems and poetic statements are carefully crafted from interview transcripts. For this project, we created poems based on 21 interviews with bereaved older adults, GPs and nurses across Australia. Interview participants gave written consent to have their transcripts turned into poetry and art. They were free to decide whether their first name or a pseudonym was presented with their poems. With their permission, we also recorded participants and volunteers as they read the poems and invited local artists Elizabeth Darling and art therapist Claire Ganzon to illustrate some of the poems.
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT?
Seventeen people, ten organisations
Project team: 17 members of 10 partner organisations, including Deakin University, the University of Melbourne, Federation University, Monash University, RMIT, the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network, St Vincent’s, Carers Victoria, the MARC Community Advisory Group, and the Department of Health and Human Services.
This included: Dr Katrin Gerber (project manager), A/Prof Bianca Brijnath (project lead), Kayla Lock, A/Prof Danny Hills, Dr Kaori Shimoinaba, Sarah O’Leary, Dr Terence Chong, A/Prof Christina Bryant, Dr Samantha Loi, Andre Catrice, Prof Cathy Mihalopoulos, Dr Lidia Engel, Ishani Majmudar, Prof Larissa Hjorth, Teresa Dowding, Mary O’Mara, and Primrose White.
HOW WAS THE PROJECT FUNDED?
This project was made possible thanks to the funding provided by MARC, the Jo & JR Wicking Trust and the RM Gibson Research Fund.
PUBLICATIONS
What came out of it
Gerber, K., Hjorth, L., Bryant, C., Lock, K., Chong, T. W. H., Engel, L., … Brijnath, B. (2024). Primary Care Consultations for Grief in Older People – a Missed Opportunity for Mental Health Support. Clinical Gerontologist, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2024.2321341 – Access via: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07317115.2024.2321341#d1e411
Lidia Engel, Bianca Brijnath, Terence W. H. Chong, Danny Hills, Larissa Hjorth, Samantha Loi, Ishani Majmudar, Cathrine Mihalopoulos & Katrin Gerber. (2022). Quality of life and loneliness post-bereavement: Results from a nationwide survey of bereaved older adults, Death Studies, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2155887 – Access via: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2022.2155887
Katrin Gerber, Bianca Brijnath, Kayla Lock, Christina Bryant, Danny Hills, Larissa Hjorth, ‘Unprepared for the depth of my feelings’ – Capturing grief in older people through research poetry, Age and Ageing, Volume 51, Issue 3, March 2022, afac030, DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac030 – Access via: https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/doi/10.1093/ageing/afac030/6547546?guestAccessKey=d65b52e9-bcce-42cf-9267-8b24a8813fb8
Katrin Gerber & Eleanor Campbell (2022) Grief support for older Australians is lacking. Aged Care Insite Podcast – Access via: https://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/2022/02/grief-support-for-older-australians-is-lacking/
Katrin Gerber & Elise Hartevelt (2022) Grief demands to be felt – using poetry to supporting grieving older people. Aged Care Insite Podcast – Access via: https://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/2022/08/grief-demands-to-be-felt-using-poetry-to-supporting-grieving-older-people-podcast/
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about the exhibition or the study, please contact project manager Dr Katrin Gerber: address to be supplied — obfuscated on the source page
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