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Ploeg, Annelies van der (2014)

The Unraveling - What dementia teaches us about personality and personhood

Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)

In a world of aging, dementia becomes a more and more common disease. Step by step, this disease unravels someone's personality, with consequences for his/her personhood. By following four guests of the caring home the Herbergier in Arnhem, we will discover the many effects this has on the person him/herself and his/her social environment.

dementia

personality

personhood

documentary

self

eldery home

elderly care

Author

Ploeg, Annelies van der

Note

This thesis comes together with the documentary 'The Unraveling', under embargo.

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Visual Ethnography

Supervisors

Postma, Metje

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en