The title of this gallery is borrowed from Saidiya Hartman, a cultural historian who has written about the afterlife of slavery. Responding to the limits of official archives, she offers us “critical fabulation”—the use of storytelling and speculative narration as a means of redressing history’s omissions, particularly those in the lives of enslaved people. This gallery brings together recently made art that evokes Hartman’s method with a selection of early 20th-century photographs. Together they strive to tell what Hartman has described as “an impossible story.”

 

It is also interesting to think about the impact of the ageing population on the elderly themselves. But how to improve this through a project is very difficult, perhaps they are trying to call attention to the problem and care for the elderly. Ageing is such a broad and inevitable thing that it would be too broad to be improved through a project or a product. 2BT3 raises a lot of questions about the impact of ageing on society, the impact on the elderly and the question of whether people really want to live longer and the fact that most older people don't have access to electronics. I think extensive research upfront is necessary. The team interviewed their own grandparents, which was a good first-hand, preliminary research. I think this is a very human point. Perhaps they wanted to refine their project entry point from the research. It was very visual and powerful to show the elderly's ailments in a graphical way, in particular.

 

I think Uncontrollable Ageing is a social care topic and it is very necessary for the team to focus on and improve the physical and mental health of the ageing population, which is a positive intervention. I think the team's questionnaire is a bit too broad and should be set in a context, or I suggest that the team could use experiential interviews, such as going through their day with some elderly people and using observation to find out what difficulties the ageing population is experiencing in their lives. This is something that is difficult to observe through questionnaire research. Some elderly people are not very good at expressing themselves or are too shy to do so, and a direct questionnaire survey may cause secondary psychological damage to the elderly group. At the same time the team could document the difficult lives of the elderly in the form of a documentary to help people understand and care more about the problems of the elderly. Also this would allow the team to pay attention to more details.

 

I think we can continue to look at the elderly's reluctance to disturb their children, their choice of lifestyle and their fear of physical ageing. Then we could try to alleviate the psychological problems of the elderly through art therapy.

 

It is positive that the team members have a clear division of labour and functions. It can improve efficiency and motivate progress. Also the fact that each person is responsible for a different part can be combined with different areas to develop new products is a good part.

 

Finally I hope they can try something in other directions to explore more possibilities. To sum up, it was a good choice of topic, we had a lot of content to work on and the team members clearly explained with strong research and exploration why they wanted to do research on ageing. Very much looking forward to seeing their subsequent progress.

 

 

 

2. Qualitative and quantitative research. Investigate, collect and analyze concepts and experiences with the help of articles, books and data. In the same process, investigate those organisations that can help us to make contact with people who can support us for our next step.

3. Focus groups and interviews. When these stories come into focus, the next step is to hear them from those who have experienced them. With interviews and surveys, we will be able to get the insights that maybe we couldn’t find during our first research. As well as their personal journeys and thoughts that help us to understand more about their experience.

4. Experimental research. Having a clearer understanding of our research, as well as the time we have to achieve it. We will choose the most appropriate tool to convey our objective to then conduct experiments with the audience, as well as feedback from the persons represented.

5. Collaborating with experts. This step will most likely go very closely related to the previous one and will serve to both; seek expert advice for the development of our piece if necessary. As well as feedback from other peers on the objective of the piece.