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Dear all,
We are pleased to announce a call for papers on "Ageing and the digital life course" for a panel at next year IUAES. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to the 3rd of August 2012.
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panels.php5?PanelID=1650
See below for more information.
Regards,
Chiara
Call for Papers:
17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences "Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds", University of Manchester, UK
5th-10th August 2013.
Closing date for paper proposals: 3rd August 2012.
Panel: Ageing and the digital life course (LD28)
Convenors
Chiara Garattini (University College Dublin)
David Prendergast (Intel Labs Europe)
Short Abstract
This panel explores key themes around ageing and the digital life course, with particular attention to new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, of engaging in work, healthcare, learning and leisure that are evolving rapidly with recent developments in technology and mobile computing.
Long Abstract
Since 2009 the UK's Race Online programme has set itself the task of creating a truly networked nation by the end of 2012. Already this figure has reduced to 8.71 million people or approximately 17.5% of the adult population. Of these, 5.7 million are over the age of 65 and it is estimated that moving online just two of the contacts a month this cohort has with government would save around £1 billion. The 4 million older people that do use the internet spend longer online that any other age group - an average of 42 hours per month.
Across the entire life-course new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact of engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly with developments in smart phones, web 2.0, cloud computing, online social networking, mobile broadband, vast gaming universes etc. Content is becoming more visual and interactive and opportunities & forums for social participation are proliferating.
This panel will gather papers to explore key themes around ageing and the digital life course such as:
• How do we enable and support participation of digitally and socially excluded communities?
• Is technology moving healthcare from the hospital to the home? What are the implications?
• What new forms of social participation (and sociality) are emerging as a result of modern technologies?
• What happens to our data when we die or decide to disconnect from the digital world?
Discussant: Jay Sokolovsky
To submit an abstract visit: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panels.php5?PanelID=1650
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