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Ageing with smartphones in Japan : care in a visual digital age / Laura Haapio-Kirk
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
- Aging -- Japan
- Technology and older people -- Japan
- Older people -- Japan -- 21st century
- Middle-aged persons -- Japan -- 21st century
- Smartphones -- Japan
- Vieillissement - Aspect social - Japon
- Technologie et personnes âgées - Japon
- Téléphones intelligents - Japon
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- Personnes d'âge moyen - Japon - Conditions sociales - 21e siècle
- Personnes âgées - Japon - Conditions sociales - 21e siècle
- Téléphones intelligents - Aspect social - Japon
- 305.260952 23/eng/20240910
- HQ1064.J3
Contents:
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
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.
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