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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
ACT panel at the IAGG conference in San Francisco
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Digital self-tracking and ‘quantified aging’, Events, Grannies on the Net, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineACT represented in three panels at the Human Computer Interaction conference in Vancouver
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, Grannies on the Net, Smart Watches, The impact of exergames /by Constance LafontaineEugène Loos launched the Intergenerational Gaming Platform at the Human Computer Interaction conference held in July in Vancouver, Canada. He also organized three panels: New media in the life of older people, Digital gaming among older populations, Intergenerational use of new media. The panels were presented as part of the stream on Human Aspects […]
CREATIVE METHODS IN HEALTH AND WELLBEING SEMINAR SERIES
/in ACT Scroll, Meetings, News /by Kendra BesangerOver two seminars in May and June 2017, this seminar series brought together inter/national researchers, social scientists, artists, policymakers and practitioners to explore and document the possibilities and limitations of a diverse range of creative methods and key methodological issues when researching health and wellbeing and everyday life. In particular, the seminar series focused on […]
Update from ACT at the Graz International Summer School Seggau
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, Graz Summer School Seggau /by Constance LafontaineBy Eva-Maria Trinkaus The Graz International Summer School Seggau (GUSEGG) 2017 has started on July 2nd and through the long-standing cooperation with ACT, this year’s summer school is again host to one ACT module that focuses on aging in the framework of technologies. Line Grenier, who taught the first week of the module, has handed […]
New Concordia University research centre on aging is looking for a coordinator
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineThe newly-formed engAGE: Concordia Centre for Research on Aging at Concordia University in Montreal is looking to hire a coordinator to oversee and manage its daily administrative and research operations. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2017. Interested candidates are invited to apply, and can download the complete job posting by clicking here.
Notes on the Aging Graz 2017 ENAS & NANAS Conference
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineFrom April 27 to 30, 2017, the conference AgingGraz2017: Cultural Narratives, Processes & Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging took place at the the Medical University of Graz in Austria. AgingGraz2017 was the third conference of the European Network in Ageing Studies (ENAS), and also the first conference to be jointly organized by ENAS and its counterpart the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS).
Elders Make Waves for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2017
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Activist Ageing, Events, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineACT partner RECAA co-organizes public walk for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2017.
Skyping with Grandma: the role of ICTs in everyday family life
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Grannies on the Net, In focus, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineTricia Toso met with Shannon Hebblethwaite to discuss her most recent research and to learn a little more about the complexities of family communications, in particular the challenges grandparents experience.