Anne Davis Basting, is an American gerontologist working as a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee‘s Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around aging, memory, and dementia, both from the point of view of the elderly and that of society; and of the uses of theater, storytelling, and other arts in eldercare. She is one of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows (recipients of the $625,000 so-called “genius grants”).[1][2][3]
Life
She graduated from Colorado College,[4] the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota.[5]
Publications
Books
- The Stages of Age: Performing Age in Contemporary American Culture. University of Michigan Press. 1998. ISBN 0-472-10939-1.[6]
- The arts and dementia care: A resource guide, New York: National Center for Creative Aging, 2003, ISBN 9780982337325
- Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia. JHU Press. 1 November 2009. ISBN 978-0-8018-9649-1.
- TimeSlips Creativity Journal. UWM Center on Age & Community, 2004, ISBN 9780982337301
- Anne Basting; Maureen Towey; Ellie Rose, eds. (15 May 2016). The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care. University of Iowa Press. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-60938-414-2.[7]
Journals
- Basting, A. D. (2001) “God is a talking horse: Performance of self in dementia”. The Drama Review 45(3): 78–94.
- Basting, A. D. (2003) “Looking back from loss: Performing the ‘self’ in Alzheimer’s disease”. Journal of Aging Studies 17(1): 87–99.
- Basting, A. D. (2006) “The arts and dementia care”. Generations 30(1): 16–20.
- De Medeiros, K., and A. D. Basting (2013) “Shall I compare thee to a dose of Donepezil?: Cultural arts interventions in dementia care research”.The Gerontologist 54(3): 344–353.
- McFadden S., and A. D. Basting (2010) “Healthy aging persons and their brains: Promoting resilience through creative engagement”. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 26(1): 149–161.[7]
References
- ^ Schuessler, Jennifer. “MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners” The New York Times September 22, 2016
- ^ McEvers, Kelley (22 September 2016). “Theater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow”. NPR. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Bowers, Lois (5 October 2016). “$625,000 stipend will continue work to alter perceptions of aging, dementia”. McKnights Senior Living. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ “Anne Basting ’87 Named MacArthur Fellow”. Colorado College.
- ^ “Anne Basting, PhD | NCCA”. www.creativeaging.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ “The Stages of Age”. University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ a b “Publications (select)”. Anne-Basting. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
External links
- Basting’s professional website
- Theater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow, NPR September 22, 2016
- Video and brief biography of Basting at MacArthur Foundation website
- Anne Basting named UWM’s first MacArthur ‘genius’, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Howie Magner, September 22, 2016
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