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- Title
Lessons from Ethnography in Poland: Beyond Dualistic Views of Aging.
- Authors
Robbins-Panko, Jessica C.
- Abstract
Increasingly popular global narratives of successful, active, and productive aging can create universalist models of a good old age. They also suggest that there exists an opposite: an unsuccessful, inactive, and unproductive old age. This article argues that we can reframe how we think about aging by focusing on meaningful everyday activities and aspects of the collective past. Drawing on ethnographic research in Poland, where the oldest generations have lived through dramatic sociocultural and political-economic transformations, the article suggests that we can create more complex and inclusive ways to talk about aging.
- Subjects
POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL aspects of aging; ETHNOLOGY -- Poland; LIFESTYLES; EXPERIENCE; CRITICAL thinking; CONTINUING education; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Generations, 2023, Vol 47, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0738-7806
- Publication type
Article