The Medicine & Its Objects Workshop Presents:
Staging Dementia:
“Benjamin and Mary”
Sam Robson | PhD Student, Anthropology
Discussant: Tracy Brannstrom | PhD Student, Comparative Human Development
*Wednesday, October 13th from 4:30-6:00pm CT*
In-person (Cobb Hall rm 219) & via Zoom
Please email Anna Prior (priorah@uchicago.edu) or Megan MacGregor (mmacgregor@uchicago.edu) to RSVP, indicating whether you expect to attend virtually or in-person. We will send you Zoom information, if appropriate, and a copy of the play.
ABSTRACT: Benjamin and Mary is a one-act play based on interviews with a married couple adapting to life with dementia.
This convening is open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.
