I didn't find it at all confusing - it seemed obvious to me that the day was about taking up the idea of 'toxicity'.........
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Sent: 16 October 2013 15:21
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Hi Ros
Thanks for your response. I have also been dismayed at the way this event has been publicised, buying in to the political and public discourse about conflict which contrasts with evidence of intergenerational experience. I have written a couple of blogs on the issue in the past on the Ageing Issues website (the website of the British Society of Gerontology)- recently at
http://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/lets-stop-the-ill-informed-language-of-intergenerational-conflict-time-for-generational-cohesion/
and back in 2011: http://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-media-love-discourses-of-intergenerational-conflict/ . I also gave the keynote address to this year's annual ERA conference at BSG on 'Challenging Futures: Intergenerational Conflict and Critical Gerontology in an Age of Austerity', which is now also on the web here: http://www.britishgerontology.org/era/gerontology-2013-challenging-futures.html, if you are interested.
Unfortunately I can't attend the event as it's our PGT Exam Board otherwise I would, as you say, join in the debate. I understand that catchy and media-friendly provocation is the order of the day, but I really think we do a disservice by widely circulating this sort of language.
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Debbie
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Apologies for the inept posting then. Thanks for the questioning it and enabling me to right the impression.
Professor Rosalind Edwards
Sociology and Social Policy / Social Sciences University of Southampton
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I also at times missed the 'critical distance' from the terminology being used in some of this.
Dr Donald Houston
Centre for Housing Research
University of St Andrews
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I rather think that's the point Sandra - to raise questions about these negative portrayals of intergenerational relationships.
Please do come along to be part of the discussion.
Best wishes
Ros
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That all sounds negative. What about the contribution that older people make within families? Grandparent care, for example? Or other positive aspects of intergenerational relationships?
Sandra
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Subject: Are intergenerational relationships toxic?
Have the baby boomers and their welfare state ruined life for younger generations?
Does parenting behaviour shape babies' genetic inheritance and brain architecture?
Are cultures of worklessness passed on down the generations within particular families?
These and other questions will be addressed at the 'Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational Relationships Toxic' day event on 31st October 2013 at the Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University.
Speakers:
Jonathan White (LSE) on the generational timescale in thinking about societal problems Susie Weller (LSBU) and Ros Edwards (Southampton) on young peoples' aspirations Val Gillies and Nicola Horsley (LSBU) on epigenetics and neuroscience in early intervention policies Tracy Shildrick (Leeds) on the search for cultures of worklessness in families Eldin Fahmy (Bristol) on ideas about intergenerational transmission of deprivation Jane Pilcher (Leicester) will chair and overview the day.
This is a joint BSA Families and Relationships, and Youth Studies, Group event. To register please visit: www.britsoc.co.uk/study-groups/families-relationships.aspx
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