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Research Photography Competition – Vote Now

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‘Can you tell the story of your research in a single image?’ That’s the challenge we set BU’s academics and postgraduates earlier this year, and the overwhelming response saw researchers from all across the university downing tools to take up their cameras and think of unusual ways to illustrate their research. The resulting images demonstrate not just the creativity of our academics and postgraduates, but also the fascinating range of research taking place at BU.

Researchers from all across the university working in areas as diverse as dementia, archaeology, kayaking and 3D printing submitted images to the competition, and now we want your help to decide which pictures should form a photography exhibition on Talbot campus later this year.

To vote for your favourite images, visit our research website or Facebook page and vote for as many images as you like. Perhaps a particular research subject strikes a chord with you, or you find a certain image especially evocative – whatever your reasons for having a favourite, the content of the exhibition is up to you to decide!

Make sure you vote to ensure that your favourite image is part of the exhibition on Talbot campus later this year. The deadline for voting is Friday 27 March. Details of the exhibition will follow once voting is complete.

Portrait and postcard exhibition at BU to give voice to people with dementia

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An innovative exhibition created by the Bournemouth University Dementia Institute (BUDI) and artist Derek Eland will give a voice to people with dementia.

(Don’t) Mention Dementia is an immersive pictorial exhibition, featuring hand–written postcards and portrait pictures.

A diary room approach was used to capture the honest and emotional stories of nearly 600 Dorset residents about dementia, and the views of those living with dementia about their experiences.

The exhibition follows on from Derek’s ground–breaking work with soldiers and civilians on the front line in Afghanistan, and reveals the gap in perception between those who live with dementia and the general public.

Professor Anthea Innes, Director of BUDI, said: “Whilst the work was undertaken in Dorset, the response and the messages is universal from those living with dementia, family members, carers and members of the general public, with the postcards and pictures acting as an innovative voice to express their fears, their concerns and their hopes for the future.”

(Don’t) Mention Dementia will be on display at Kimmeridge House, on Bournemouth University’s Talbot Campus, from 10am on Monday 3 June.

The exhibition will be closed by broadcaster and Alzheimer’s Society ambassador Angela Rippon on Thursday 13 June at 12.30pm.

She said she was looking forward to seeing it.

“As an Alzheimer’s Society ambassador, I know how important it is to challenge the stereotypes surrounding dementia,” she said.

“That’s why projects like this are so important in showing the public the real face of dementia, the person behind the diagnosis.”

(Don’t) Mention Dementia has received support from The Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK, Brandon Care Homes and local community groups and businesses in Dorset.

It has already attracted international interest, and is also due to be displayed in Malta in October 2013.

The (Don’t) Mention Dementia exhibition is free to visit, and takes place as part of BU’s Festival of Learning. To find out more visit the Festival of Learning page.

Find out more about Bournemouth University Dementia Institute