Digitization of Aging-in-Place: An International Comparison of the Value-Framing of New Technologies
Digitization of Aging-in-Place: An International Comparison of the Value-Framing of New Technologies 2022 Abstract Planning for aging populations has been a growing concern for policy makers across the globe. Integral to strategies for promoting healthy aging are...
No future for care without new digital media? Making time(s) for mediated informal care practices in later life
No future for care without new digital media? Making time(s) for mediated informal care practices in later life 2021 Abstract There is a growing interest in using social media and digital platforms as allies to strengthen social support among the aged. Drawing on...
Civilising technologies for an ageing society? The performativity of participatory methods in Socio-gerontechnology
Civilising technologies for an ageing society? The performativity of participatory methods in Socio-gerontechnology 2021 Abstract Given the importance of participatory methods in gerontechnology – especially to prevent the uncritical reproduction of discriminatory...
Children, participation and disasters in Europe: A poor record
Children, participation and disasters in Europe: A poor record 2020 Abstract The role of children in disaster risk management (DRM) is an emerging subfield of disaster studies in which Peek et al (2018, 2019) have noted major empirical, theoretical and...
Careless salvation or when the aged are the others
When we do not want to ask to avoid hearing that this is not only about saving lives but about how to live and die now, it is that our response to the pandemic not only reflects an ageist normality but also profoundly anti-aging.
Care in a senior cohousing initiative
Care in a senior cohousing initiative 2020 Summary The following Chapters are the result of the accounting and facilitating work that researcher Lluvi Farré has carried out about the process of conceptualization and organization of a care model that Can 70 group has...
Havens and Heavens of Ageing-in-Community: Home, Care and Age in Senior Co-housing
Havens and Heavens of Ageing-in-Community: Home, Care and Age in Senior Co-housing 2020 Abstract This chapter draws on an ethnographic study of the senior co-housing movement conducted in Spain from 2013–17. We explore the process of infrastructuring home and care...
What if ANT wouldn’t pursue agnosticism but care?
What if ANT wouldn’t pursue agnosticism but care? 2019 Abstract This contribution is a modest remedy to the lack of attention to the differences ANT repertoires can contribute to making in our empirical inquiries. It seeks to pursue a reflexive and pragmatic...