KINE 1000 Lecture 36: March 1 - Ageing Pt. 2
2 Mar 2017
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Kine 1000 march 1st, 2017 ageism pt. Social nature of ageing / ageing is social construction: invest meaning into aging and we do that in interaction with one another as framed by bigger social forces, perceptions are constructed by bigger social forces. Markers and milestones that we put in age: significance of 19th birthday (excitement, turning 40 (scared to turn 40, arbitrary; the way we conceptualize age, it is random. It is about how we relate to one another. Old age** understood in relation to childhood, youth, middle age, etc. and vice versa. We construct, negotiate and interpret ageing in our interactions: different meanings depending upon our sense of self in time as well as our sense of others. Through the telling of stories (cid:498)dominant narrative (also resistant but also who we think we can become in the future(cid:499: storytelling is a resource to help us perform age and interpret age, connects to reading:
