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In de eerste fase van ons werk
hebben we samen met mensen met dementie
beelden van hunzelf gecreëerd.

We zagen dat hun beleving veel rijker
en complexer is dan we vaak denken.



In the first phase of our work,
we co-created images of self
with people living with dementia.

We learned that they lived reality is far richer
and more complex than we often expect.






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Resultaten van co-creatie met behulp van AI-beelden, waarin deelnemers hun identiteit tot uitdrukking brengen.
Results from co-creation using AI image generators, in which participants express their identity.



De media spelen een belangrijke rol
in hoe wij tegen de diagnose aankijken,
en tegen de mensen die ermee leven.



The media has a large role to play
in how we perceive the diagnosis,
and the people living with it.








  • Vrancken, K., Bormans, L., & Van Gorp, B. (2026). Co-creating GenAI-generated visualizations of people living with dementia: A participatory text-to-image method and case-based evaluation. Qualitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069261436226

  • Bormans, L., & Van Gorp, B. (2025). How framing shapes dementia research and design: Subliminal influences and considerations. In R. M. Branco, D. Figueiredo, A. De Coen, & C. Craig (Eds.), Dementia Lab 2025: Ethics + Aesthetics in Design (Design for Inclusion, Vol. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84901-5_4

  • Bormans, L., & Van Gorp, B. (2025). The Meaning-Making of Dementia (MMoD) model: How people living with dementia navigate lived experience and cultural frames. SSM – Mental Health, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100531

  • Roodt, O. (2026). Compassion comics: Using mindfulness to explore the role of compassion in graphic medicine. Critical Humanities: Special Issue on Graphic Medicine [Upcoming]


Start 10/2025
End 10/2028
    
Funded by / Mogelijk gemaakt door
KU Leuven Project ZKE4351-00-W01