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    ‘Withness’: Creative spectating for residents living with advanced dementia in care homes

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    Aiming to illustrate the potential for puppetry as a useful resource in dementia care, the authors argue unusually that play with puppets derives not particularly from drama or theatre, but fundamentally from the performative relationship people have with objects. The puppeteers of the study achieved remarkable emotional connection with care-home residents through an experience of puppetry, which dissolved the unitary autonomy of the puppet, recontextualizing it relationally as the puppeteer-with-puppet-with-spectator. It is this ‘withness’ that ignited the creative spark of presence of the residents. For a moment of trust and child-like joy kinaesthetic memories stirred in them, appearing to break down emotional barriers between the person and the world around them and indicating comparatively longer-term therapeutic benefits.N/

    Film Fragment 6 - Play with the larger otome bunraku puppet using the dogane control

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    Play with the larger otome bunraku puppet using the dogane control.</p

    Film Fragment 17 - Demonstration of two kinds of otome bunraku control used in this research

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    Demonstration of two kinds of otome bunraku control used in this researc

    Film Fragment 2 - Demonstration of udegane puppet control for otome bunraku.

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    Demonstration of udegane puppet control for otome bunraku. The control is on the arms of the puppeteer. This type of control is best used with small light puppets

    Film Fragment 14 - Disseminating the ideas of the thesis to actors and well-being classes

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    Disseminating the ideas of the thesis to actors and well-being classe

    Film Fragment 8 - Demonstrations using two types of dogane otome bunraku control

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    Demonstrations using two types of dogane otome bunraku control

    Film Fragment 7 - Play with light otome bunraku puppet using a dogane control

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    Play with light otome bunraku puppet using a dogane control.</p

    Film Fragment 12 - Demonstration of baby self: the puppet as an inanimate object

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    Demonstration of baby self: the puppet as an inanimate objec

    Film Fragment 4 - puppet supported completely by the control

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    This shows how in this version of the udegane, the puppet is supported completely by the control leaving the puppeteer free to operate its arms and legs.</p
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