Journey Through Dementia with E-textile as Medium for Assisting Memory Recall: Tactile Dialogues

Since collective traditions, such as knitting and weaving, have created new opportunities for product designers to engage in the social issues, we decide to explore these themes by merging the responsible research, smart education and bridging the gaps between old and new knowledge, aging and youth generation. The term “Tactile Dialogues” is used in article as a medium to generate interaction and conversation around the societal issues such as aging and declining of cognitive skills. At the same time the term “Tactile Dialogue” is used to connect DSI and instructionally/institutionally created knowledge. This research design also creates dialogue between produced and used knowledge in the context of solutions to societal issues.