Public Discourses of Dementia
Research project at Lancaster University using linguistic analysis to identify and challenge dementia stigma.
Website: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-discourses-o…
- Our team, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and @emma-putland.bsky.social, have a new chapter with Kevin Harvey! 'What is good care, and who is it good for? A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of UK care home websites' Interested? You can read the author copy here wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...
- The chapter is part of the 2026 Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies, edited by Bernhard Forchtner and Franco Zappettini. We're honoured to be part of such a fantastic book and highly recommend taking a look at the other contributions: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
- If you’d like to read more publications by our Public Discourses of Dementia team, you can do so here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...
- Reposted by Public Discourses of DementiaApplications for the free-to-attend 2026 CASS Summer Schools are now open! Intensive, expert-led training in corpus linguistics. No course fees (travel and accommodation are self-funded) #LancsSS26 Apply via the CASS website: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer...
- Reposted by Public Discourses of DementiaI'm delighted to share that my book is out and available to read online for free! Thank you to the many people who either participated in my research or supported me to do it 😊 Book page: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/navigatin... Free online access: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
- Reposted by Public Discourses of DementiaOut now: 'A Critical Discourse Analysis of AI-Generated Character Descriptions of Men and Women With Dementia', with Chris Chikodzore-Paterson and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social: 📑Journal article: utppublishing.com/doi/epdf/10.... 📝Author copy (open access): eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
- We have a new blog post! Here, @emma-putland.bsky.social, @fliss-slocombe.bsky.social, Hannah Thompson-Radford and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social explore how football, traumatic brain injury and dementia are represented in the British Press: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...
- Reposted by Public Discourses of DementiaDemonstrating how visual and linguistic choices affect dementia stigma is crucial. Our words and images shape perceptions. We need to promote mindful communication. #DementiaAwareness #EndStigma
- Hello! At the Public Discourses of Dementia Project, we aim to identify and challenge stigma around #dementia by analysing how people and organisations communicate about the syndrome in public. You can find out more on our website: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco... and in this thread 😊
- Reposted by Public Discourses of DementiaWe now have a Bluesky account for the Public Discourses of Dementia project! Check out what we're doing, and what we've been up to, below! 👇 #dementia #appliedlinguistics #discourse #corpuslinguistics
- Hello! At the Public Discourses of Dementia Project, we aim to identify and challenge stigma around #dementia by analysing how people and organisations communicate about the syndrome in public. You can find out more on our website: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco... and in this thread 😊
