Loukia Chaidemenaki is a  researcher psychologist & art therapist (PhDc, ECPh, MSc, MA Arts & Cultural management, Member of BAAT, EFAT, EAP, GPS). Loukia is both a researcher, supervisor and lecturer in University Education in Greece and practitioner in the fields of Arts in Health, community art therapy, Museum accessibility, psychosocial support with experience in Greece and in Germany.

Loukia is a PhD researcher with the University of Music & Performing Arts Vienna exploring “Social inclusion and community wellbeing through Arts in Cultural Organizations: Accessibility, participation for people with disabilities and mental health issues”. Grounded in cultural studies, arts in health, sociology and disability studies, the study uses mixed method methodology (quantitative, qualitative, art based) to investigate a) barriers and facilitators of accessibility, b) how museums can evolve into inclusive spaces that foster community wellbeing and democratize culture and c) the effects of cultural participation and engagement on these audiences.

xaidemenaki@gmail.com
Linkedin: Loukia Chaidemenaki

Publications: 

1. Under review: inART Project: Exploring aesthetic experience and appreciation of haptic painting adaptation among visitors with blindness. Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship.

2. Chaidemenaki, L. & Kolokytha, O. (2024). Whose culture is it anyway? Perceptions of accessibility in museums by professionals working with People with Intellectual Disabilities in Greece. 40:4, 494-511, DOI: 10.1080/09647775.2024.2357073

3. Chaidemenaki, (2023). Greek Cycladic and Coast-Indigenous Ecuadorian Culture: An Art-Based Engagement Ethnography Research on the Cultural Impressions of Indigenous Neurodiverse Adults. Canadian Journal of Art Therapy

4. Chaidemenaki, L. (2021) Together and apart: using Plasticine as a sensory therapeutic intervention for a service user diagnosed with severe learning disabilities, International Journal of Art Therapy, 26:4, 170-175, DOI: 10.1080/17454832.2021.1889627

5. Chaidemenaki, L. & Giannouli, E. (2023). No-man land Art Voices: A quasiexperimental pilot study on the effects of art therapy on psychotic patients of a Day Hospital in Greece. Arts in Psychotherapy Journal

6. Chaidemenaki, L., Korkotselos, G. (2015). Investigating the satisfaction of cocaine drug users from the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals KETHEA-DIAVASI Rehabilitation Unit. Exartisis, scientific journal on addiction issues, 2015, 23, p.42-56.