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

Ageing and technology are shaping each other in profound ways, yet they are often treated as separate in current thinking.

This book brings social gerontology into conversation with science and technology studies to show how ageing and technology are co-constituted. Drawing on empirical cases from everyday life, design and policy, it explores how ageing–technology relations emerge, are taken up and are governed.

The book offers a comprehensive framework for research on ageing and technology, while also highlighting opportunities for socially informed, inclusive approaches to technological innovation in ageing societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peine, Alexander

Fachgebiete

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

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

Über Autor(innen)

Peine, Alexander
Alexander Peine is Professor of Culture, Innovation and Communication at the Open University of the Netherlands.