Welcome to Parlours of Wonder!
We are delighted to welcome you to the Parlours of Wonder project, which aims to co-create and co-develop a new space of discovery, connection, meaning making and mystery in three care settings across Bristol and the wider region, where older people, carers, local community members and families can connect with each other.
We hope to engage multigenerational audiences, in particular working with local schools, to bring younger people into care settings in order to connect with older people through sharing stories, objects and ideas.
This project is being led by researchers at the University of Bristol. You are most welcome to contact them and they are keen to hear from school-aged children and younger people who would like to get involved! The researchers are:
Dr Helen Manchester – helen.manchester@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Hannah Rumble – h.rumble@bristol.ac.uk
The key project partners they will be working with in order to deliver this project are:
The StoryCreator app
We will be using an app designed during the Tangible Memories project.
You can download this from the iTunes store:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tangible-memories-story-creator/id1006573343
The Tangible Memories app allows you to tell stories and listen back to them in easy and accessible ways. It has been designed particularly with older people and their carers and families in mind, but can also be used by anyone.
You can create pages that combine a photo, text and an audio recording. These can be viewed within the app or printed out. When printed, the audio recording is represented by a beautiful shell illustration. The scan function within the app recognises the shell on each printed page and, as if by magic, plays back your audio.
