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Ageing and Technology: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
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Abstract The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the "human factor" is often ... mehr
The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the "human factor" is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective - taking the human being and not technology first - may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bevölkerungsentwicklung; demographische Alterung; Alter; neue Technologie; Nutzung; Akzeptanz; soziale Integration; soziale Partizipation; Selbstbestimmung; Lebensqualität; Pflege; Roboter
Klassifikation
Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie
Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Aging Studies; Body
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
339 S.
Schriftenreihe
Science Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839429570
ISBN
978-3-8394-2957-0
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0