{"id":7370,"date":"2022-02-11T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/?p=7370"},"modified":"2022-02-07T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T12:10:12","slug":"vip-the-value-added-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/2022\/02\/11\/vip-the-value-added-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP \u2013 The value-added experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Hello everyone. It\u2019s me, Vienne! Here comes my third blog post about the Intergenerational Engagement in Research & Teaching (IE) Vertically Integrated Project<\/a>. When was the last time you did an activity (like working out, cooking, or knitting) with people from a different generation? Mine was a film-making volunteering experience for the Film Active Project<\/a>. This is an innovative video project led by Prof. Fiona Gillison who is also the academic lead of this VIP. Both the IE project and the Film Active Project aim to challenge everyday ageism experienced by older people in different aspects of life.<\/p>\r\n

I have to admit that I am a BIG FAN of being a participant of all sorts of interviews and experiments. I have been in the laboratory setting for tests on attention, priming, memory span, the word superiority effect, or categorical perception of speech sounds. I know all the experiments were Psychology\/Language-related. This is exactly why I said joining a VIP<\/a> enables us to expand our learning zone. I haven\u2019t done anything like making a video of me doing an activity with older people<\/em>. In particular, we can learn from our older partners who teach us something new that they are an expert in!

All IE teammates were invited to volunteer and given a film-making brief. As I saw \u201c You can make this as silly or serious as you like just\u202fas long as\u202fit is safe\u201d on the instructions, my mind ran wild. I thought about my dad\u2019s hobbies and some of mine, and wondered how I could get him to do this with me. When I approached him, the first thing he asked, \u201cOh why me?\u201d I can\u2019t believe \u201cBecause you are old enough\u201d (\u56e0\u70ba\u4f60\u5920\u8001) just slipped out of my mouth. He raised his eyebrows and commented, \u201cNope, I\u2019m not old. Go ask your grandpa.\u201d I felt terrible for what I said because I was reinforcing the stereotype. What I meant is that he is the perfect candidate for this video as he is from a different generation. Despite this unintentional miscommunication, my dad welcomed me to join his interior design and decoration project where my uncles were also part of it.

As an experienced interior decorator, uncle Tak can use a step ladder as his extended legs as free as a bird. His agility on the ladder gave me a wrong impression that things should be easy. It was not until I tried to walk with the ladder that I found it was difficult to push the left leg and pull the right leg of the ladder in order to move sideways. What I learnt is that if you overdo it, you run the risk of falling off because the ladder is now in a small A<\/strong> shape, and you will find it hard to balance. Ideally the ladder should be in a wide A<\/strong> shape, pictured below, so that it gives you the best support. After each push and pull, make sure the ladder remains a wide A<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a>The video intends to help spark more ideas of the kinds of physical activities that people from different generations can do together. If you would like to get involved, please join us at the two upcoming events. An online\u00a0Film Active Workshop<\/a> will be conducted on 22 February 2022 (Tuesday). If you would like to meet face to face, please attend an\u00a0offline Film Active Workshop<\/a>\u00a0at Bath City Football Club on 26 February 2022 (Saturday). To learn more about the Film Active Project, please click here<\/a>. It is a meaningful project which helps us all rethink ageing. Why don\u2019t you give us a follow on Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>?<\/p>\r\n

\"Act<\/a>Photo courtesy of the <\/span>Film Active Project<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Going back to my story, you may wonder \"Why would someone learn that skill?\" That\u2019s true. As I proudly call myself a nerd, I bury myself in books and probably won\u2019t need those extended legs. But there is something called library ladders, isn\u2019t there?\u00a0<\/span>Maybe it\u2019s where I can put the skill to good use!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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