Welcome to the Look at Me! Project
The Look at Me! Images of Women & Ageing Project aims to transform the way society views older women.
This is a unique project which will challenge the current perceptions of older women in our society. The Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002 recognised a need to challenge stereotyped images of ageing, particularly in relation to older women. The use of visual methods as a means of allowing older women to tell us their experiences of ageing is one way of doing this but, to date, `ordinary´ older women have not had the opportunity to either comment on, or create, their own images of ageing. This project aims to do precisely that.
We have invited older women in Sheffield to join our creative workshops exploring images of ageing. The women were given the opportunity to create their own images of the ageing process, which we are proposing to exhibit at public venues in and around Sheffield in March 2011 to mark the centenary of International Women’s Day.
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Media Coverage
The project has received coverage in The Yorkshire Post; The Times Higher Educational Supplement; The Sheffield Telegraph; The Sheffield Star and The Sheffield Star (1); Arts Professional; Working Women; Geripal and has featured on BBC Radio Sheffield, and Communities Live, Sheffield.’ View our press releases announcing the launch of the project and the launch of the exhibition.
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New Dynamics
The New Dynamics of Ageing Programme is a seven year multidisciplinary research initiative with the ultimate aim of improving quality of life of older people. The programme is a unique collaboration between five UK Research Councils - ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and AHRC - and is the largest and most ambitious research programme on ageing ever mounted in the UK.
ESRC
The Economic and Social Research Council have showcased the Look at Me! project in the following press release and in a short 5 minute film.
Latest News
- 04/03/2011
Press Release
View our press release marking the launch of the exhibition: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mediacentre/2011/1853-women-ageing-stereotypes-exhibition.html...» read more - 16/01/2011
Exhibition Dates
We hope you will come and visit our exhibitions which launch in Sheffield on March 9th 2011. The venues and dates for these exhibitions are: THE WORKSTATION (Paternoster Row, Sheffield) Wednesday 9th - Wednesday 23rd March 2011 9am - 5pm (excluding weekends). THE MOOR & SUNWIN HOUSE (The Moor and Furnival Gate, Sheffield) Saturday 26th March - Thursday 7th April 2011 Anytime. JESSOP WEST EXHIBITION SPACE (Leavygreave Road, Sheffield) Monday 11th - Friday 15th April 2011 10am - 6pm. All exhibitions are FREE and wheelchair accessible....» read more
