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Ageing with smartphones in Japan : care in a visual digital age / Laura Haapio-Kirk

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Ageing with Smartphones SeriesPublisher: London : UCL Press, 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource : color illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781787355767
  • 9781787355798
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781787355774. | 9781787355781. | Erscheint auch als: 9781787355774 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 305.260952 23/eng/20240910
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.J3
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Contents:
Introduction -- 2 Experiences of ageing: beyond categories -- 3 Everyday life: gendered labour and non-retirement -- 4 Social relations: sustaining mutual forms of care (yui) -- 5 Crafting the smartphone: visual digital communication -- 6 Health: self-tracking and warm contact -- 7 Rural Japan: between decline and rejuvenation -- 8 Purpose in life: 'ikigai' through the life course -- 9 Conclusion.
Summary: Older adults in Japan, one of the most ageing populations in the world, are starting to adopt the smartphone. Based on 16-months of ethnographic research in urban Kyoto and in rural Kōchi Prefecture, Ageing with Smartphones in Japan follows people as they navigate social and personal shifts post-retirementPPN: PPN: 1916208231Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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