Dancing into Co-Creation w/ Michelle Memran

Even as global populations age and the incidence of dementia continues to increase, the collective narratives of what it means to be aging and living with dementia continue to perpetuate deficit driven, one-note narratives of loss. Such narratives drive fear and stigma, driving wedges between generations, further siloing individuals and expanding age-based isolation.Our guest today on the Dancing into Brain Health Podcast is Michelle Memran, a documentary filmmaker and dementiaadvocate who has dedicated her life’s work to transforming these narratives. Through collaborative visual storytelling alongside individuals living with dementia, Michelle amplifies the voices that most need to be heard while transforming the entire ecosystem of what we perceive living with dementia canand should be. Together we discuss her latest projects and consider the role of artists in collaboration with communities living with dementia to shape new narratives and inform social change. Learn more about Michelle Memran here:https://www.michellememran.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-memran/Read and watch more:The Rest I Make Uphttps://www.therestimakeup.com/ Let This Be A SymphonyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LetThisBeaSymphonyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/letthisbeasymphony/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/let-this-be-a-symphony/ https://www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114(22)00495-4/fulltext https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/an-extraordinary-documentary-portrait-of-a-playwright-facing-alzheimers-diseasehttps://bombmagazine.org/articles/2018/11/21/in-a-dark-time-the-eye-begins-to-see-michelle-memran-interviewed/ https://www.library.ucsf.edu/news/we-as-a-way-forward-notes-from-the-hiv-aids-epidemic-collection/This episode of Dancing into Brain Health was edited and produced Magda Kaczmarska and Hilary Brown-Istrefi. The music for this show is the title cut from the album, Critical Path by Joe Venegoni and Carl Weingarten.