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Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 19-21 May 2005
The 5th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology
The International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology is a
biennial event aimed at exploring how notions of 'culture' and 'the
cultural' can inform gerontological research, teaching and writing.
Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies
10th Anniversary Conference
In 2005 the Open University is celebrating the 10th anniversary
of the founding of the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies
(CABS).
The Open University is delighted to be hosting the Symposium in
Milton Keynes. The Symposium is being sponsored by the School of Health
and Social Welfare and by the British Society of Gerontology. It will be
held at the Kent's Hill Training Centre which is adjacent to the
university campus. En suite accommodation is available on site with free
use of leisure facilities.
First call for papers
Papers are invited on any aspect of cultural gerontology but we
are particularly interested in those that address the following themes:
* The long-term impact of historical events on individual
lives
* Inter-generational relations and the processes of
succession
* Migration and the adoption of cultural, national and
ethnic identities
* Language, fashion and gesture: signs of age and culture
* The presentation of age in fiction, biographies and
memoirs
* Age-specific identities (pensioner, veteran, elder,
etc.) status and stigma
* Older people's worlds: memories, emotions, objects and
activities
* The culture of care: need, rhetoric, rights and
responsibilities
Further information from
Bill Bytheway ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
Joanna Bornat ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
)
or the CABS website (open.ac.uk/shsw/researchCABS.htm)
Abstracts (no more than 250 words) should be posted to arrive
before January 14th, 2005 to:
I. Paton, CABS Conference, School of Health and Social Welfare,
The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BR ([log in to unmask])
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