Spatialities of ageing: The co-construction and co-evolution of old age and space |
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| Authors: | Tim Schwanen Irene Hardill Susan Lucas |
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| Institution: | 1. Transport Studies Unit, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK;2. Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;3. Department of Geography and Urban Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;1. Department of Geography, P.O. Box 3000, Fi-90014, University of Oulu, Finland;2. University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute, Finland;1. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen, Leifsgade 33, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark;2. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark;1. Department of Geography, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK;2. School of Environment, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand;3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | This editorial introduction to the themed issue is divided into four parts. We begin with outlining five reasons for more sustained attention to ageing and old age in human geography and go onto discuss two major challenges for geographical inquiry into ageing and later life. One of these is examining embodiment in ways that keep both its social/cultural aspects and its biological/physiological dimensions in sharp focus; the other concerns the challenge of considering time, or rather spatiotemporality, in all its facets. With regard to the latter we argue that the life-course concept can be helpful in this regard, especially if attention is paid to transitions as well as to slow, difficult-to-identify forms of change and if life-courses are understood in terms of folds. Thinking in these terms opens up a perspective according to which ageing and space can be analysed as entwined becomings. We conclude by positioning the contributions in this issue vis-à-vis the perspective developed in this piece. |
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