Intergenerational relations increasingly seem to be called into question in contemporary society, highlighted as centrally implicated in some of its key ills. This day seminar will ask, are intergenerational relationships toxic? It will take a critical look at assertions that boomers have ruined the welfare state for younger generations, that parenting behaviour shapes babies’ genetic inheritance and brain architecture, and that cultures of worklessness are passed down the generations within particular families.
The ‘Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational Relationships Toxic’ day event will be held on 28th November 2013 at the Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University. (Please note the new date.)
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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