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ACT based research on aging and cognito-politics
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineWhile there are no objectively clear distinctions between states of health, improvement, enhancement, optimization, or wellness within these discourses, they are ubiquitous in the proliferation of ‘neuro’ commodities (e.g., brain-stimulants and exercises), ‘neuro’ knowledges (e.g., neuroethics, neuro-marketing) and other ‘breakthrough’ enterprises at the frontier of cerebral subjectivity.
Kick-off seminar: “Between the Normal and the Abnormal – Cultural Meanings of Dementia and Old Age in Finland and Russia”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Kendra BesangerUniversity of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus, Agora building, Yliopistokatu 4, Auditorium AG106 Program Tuesday 13 December 2016 Program 10.15 Opening of the seminar Project leader, professor Maija Könönen, UEF 10.30–11.30 Cultural changes in dementia: Stigmatization and everyday life Ph.D, director Christine Swane, EGV-Social Inclusion of Older People, Copenhagen 11.30–12.30 Memory and self in dementia and […]
Interview with Margarida Romero in Le Devoir
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Media watch /by Constance LafontaineACT co-applicant Margarida Romero was recently interviewed by Le Devoir as part of a series on education and about rethinking the sort of school needed for today’s society. In the article, Margarida explains that we need to approach education as a process in constant innovation. Read the interview here.
Shannon Hebblethwaite will present in Denmark on Dec 2nd
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Kendra BesangerFlipping the camera screen: the importance of imaging technologies in elder communities
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Magdalena OlszanowskiWhen working with elders, it’s important to have a particular sensitivity to their life experience, their knowledge, and the ways in which they have been systematically and systemically excluded from the cultural production that requires ‘new media’. This ‘new media’, that is everywhere around them.
Ageing Waves
/0 Comments/in Ageing Waves, Project updates, Uncategorized /by Kendra BesangerACT at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, Lost cats, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineJoin us later this week, as several members of ACT present at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference as part of panels organized by NWSA’s Caucus on Ageing and Ageism. The conference is being held from November 10th to 13th at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The full conference program is available here. PANEL […]
Postdoctoral fellowship/s: Human-Computer Interaction and older people
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP, News /by Constance LafontaineThe Interactive Technologies Group (http://gti.upf.edu/) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF, Barcelona) is looking for and willing to support excellent postdoctoral Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers who are interested in applying for a Beatriu de Pinós (BP) 2016 fellowship so as to conduct a two-year postdoc in the area of HCI and Ageing at a top Spanish […]