Generativity in older people: Later life as a time of development

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The Communication Networks & Social Change Research Group (CN&SC) and Aging2.0 in Barcelona is pleased to invite you to an open lecture offered by Prof. Feliciano Villar, member of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Barcelona and coordinator of the Research in Gerontology Group (GIG). The talk will take place at IN3 at the Open University of Catalonia in Castelldefels on October 14. The public talk is co-sponsored by ACT and will coincide with the first day of the annual ACT meeting, also to be held at IN3. For more information about the talk, including abstract and bio, please consult the website.

My Experience at GUSEGG 2016: Transformation, Transgression and Trust

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In the Aging, Communication and Technology seminar (Ageing with Technology: “Digitally Ageing/Digital Ageism”), professors Dr. Kim Sawchuk, Dr. Line Grenier and Dr. Stephen Katz led my classmates and I through interdisciplinary approach which considers the “art of ageing” in connection to computer-mediated communications and networked societies.

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Extended deadline: Music, Ageing, Technology Symposium (Joensuu, Finland, May 11-13 2016)

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It’s not too late to apply! The deadline for the Music, Ageing, Technology Symposium at the University of Eastern Finland has been extended to February 29th, 2016.

In May 2016, the University of Eastern Finland, the Finnish Society for Ethnosicology, and Concordia’s  Ageing, Communication, Technologies project (ACT), will bring together researchers from music studies and various other disciplines in order to discuss music in relation to ageing and technology. The  Music, Ageing, Technology Symposium will be held in the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland, from May 11th to 13th, 2016.

Participants of the symposium will look at all genres of music and ageing, often in the context of modern communication technology. The symposium hopes to offer multilayered and critical perspectives on the crosscuttings of digital technologies and ageing in relation to music studies and to explore how these approaches relate to other research traditions. The theme is closely linked to the University of  Eastern Finland’s current research orientations surrounding human sciences and technology. 

Possible topics for proposals include, but are not limited to, the following themes:

· Music, musicians, and everyday ageing
· Theoretical and methodological ear points on research into music, ageing, technology
· Music genres and ageing
· Perspectives on historical research on ageing and music
· Sounds of generations and musical heritage
· Music, soundscape, memory
· Age, technology and music education
· Well-being, age, and music
· Other themes from all fields of music research

Organisers invite potential participants to submit  proposals for oral presentations (maximum length 20 minutes), panel sessions, and poster presentations. Proposals can be strictly or indirectly related to the theme of the symposium. It is also possible to propose presentations that are entirely outside the theme. Presentations can be given in Finnish, Swedish or English.

Abstracts for the symposium should be submitted by February 29, 2016 using the online submission system. All accepted abstracts will be announced on March 21, 2016.

The online submission system and the web page of the symposium can be found at http://joensuusymposium2016.blogspot.fi/ 

Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol

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Canadien de Montréal

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Cette thèse de doctorat, intitulée Les pratiques de mémoire autour du Canadien de Montréal, interroge les pratiques de mémoire hétérogènes qui ont émergé autour de l’équipe de hockey du Canadien de Montréal dans le cadre du centenaire de l’équipe en 2009. Elle a le double objectif 1) d’apporter un éclairage théorique singulier sur l’objet « mémoire » et 2) de développer une analyse conjoncturelle de ces pratiques, dans la mesure où elles articulent des enjeux propres au contexte québécois. La thèse repose sur une analyse d’archives (articles de journaux, notes d’observation, interviews, des publireportages etc.), sur une entrevue réalisée avec un ancien joueur de l’équipe, Léo Gravelle, et la visite des installations publiques produites par l’organisation du Canadien, telles le musée du Temple de la renommée, les patinoires extérieures et la Tour du Canadien. Le but est de questionner les différentes manières dont la mémoire est pratiquée, entre autres par la numérisation/diffusion d’archives personnelles sur internet, les divers modes d’incarnation de la mémoire dans des objets, mais aussi des pratiques de patrimonialisation et de commémoration. À travers les différentes manières dont se matérialisent la mémoire, il s’agit d’examiner ses effets au sein des relations sociales, autant intimes que publiques, mais aussi les façons dont elles ont articulé divers enjeux, liés par exemple au vieillissement dans la culture populaire et à la spectacularisation des villes. Cette thèse est l’occasion de développer une approche communicationnelle de la mémoire au croisement des études culturelles, où l’intérêt est porté sur les façons dont elle se réalise et non sur ce qu’elle est supposée contenir et représenter.

Chercheur:
Fannie Valois-Nadeau

Partenaire ACT:
Université de Montréal