Ageing and Technology

Policy, Design, Everyday Life
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7028-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Ageing in a Global Context

This book explores the co-constitution of ageing and technology, highlighting how social, cultural, infrastructural and material forces shape both. Combining theory, empirical cases, design and policy perspectives, it offers a fresh framework for research and practice in gerontology and STS.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peine, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part 1: Theory

1. The Problem of Technology and Ageing

2. The Co-Constitution of Ageing and Technology – A Programme at the Intersection of Gerontology and Science and Technology Studies

Part 2: Everyday Lives

3. Ageing with Technology

4. Homes, Communities and the Digital

Part 3: Design

5. The Problem of User Involvement

6. Design Labs, Technology Companies and the Constitution of Ageing

Part 4: Policy

7. Digitization as Ageing Policies

8. Towards Alternative Politics of Ageing Technofutures

Conclusions