Tredje aldern beskrivs som den period under senare delen av livet da man ar fri fran arbetslivets... more Tredje aldern beskrivs som den period under senare delen av livet da man ar fri fran arbetslivets krav och skyldigheter men annu inte i behov av sociala rattigheter i form av vard och omsorgsinsats ...
Ageism-A Useful concept? Ageism has gained growing attention in Sweden the last decade. Age is ev... more Ageism-A Useful concept? Ageism has gained growing attention in Sweden the last decade. Age is even discussed to be included in the discrimination legislation. Still, the concept has not been of much sociological interest. This article is an overview of the concept ageism and how it has been discussed in social gerontology. In the article it is argued that the overall focus has been on overtly expressions such as stereotypes and discriminating behavior while underlying structures and processes of power and power relations have not got enough attention. As a result the concept of ageism has become limited as an analytical tool. Thus, in order to develop the potential of the concept it seems crucial to explicate and theorise power relations. To accomplish this goal, i.e. to focus on how age based power relations are negotiated, challenged and reproduced in processes and institutionalised practises it is suggested that ageism might have to be complemented with other concepts, such as age coding. key words age coding, ageism, discrimination, power, power relations Satu Heikkinen är forskare på VTI, Statens väg-och transportforskningsinstitut. Hon disputerade nyligen på Uppsala Universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, med en diskursanalytisk avhandling om hur de äldre, åldrande och bilkörning har diskuterats i svensk transportpolitik. Clary Krekula är lektor vid Avdelningen för Sociala Studier, Karlstads universitet. Hennes forskning berör åldrandets sociala villkor, med ett fokus på genusperspektiv på åldrandeprocesser samt på kön och ålder som samspelande sociala positioner.
Frontiers in sports and active living, Mar 8, 2022
While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies ... more While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies focusing on emotions are rare. In this study, we use an interactionist sociological perspective to examine the role of emotions in older social dancers' experiences in Sweden. Through qualitative interviews with 29 active or previously active dancers, we found that their experiences of emotional energy and experiences of flow override concerns of age and aging. Age, however, did become significant as the age differences at dance events could bring forth feelings of alienation associated with feeling old. In addition, cultural and gendered norms of appropriate age differences between dancing partners produced shame and pride as well as feelings of being either old or young. Moreover, certain bodily experiences were interpreted in terms of age. Overall, the study contributes to the discussions of the complexity of subjective experiences of age by highlighting its emotional aspects through social partner dancing.
I denna rapport redovisas resultaten av en studie av de institutionella förutsättningar som har k... more I denna rapport redovisas resultaten av en studie av de institutionella förutsättningar som har karakteriserat kollektivtrafikpolitik och -planering på regional och lokal nivå i Sverige under 2000-talets första decennium. Syftet är att få en empiriskt grundad förståelse för vilka förutsättningar som har funnits lokalt och regionalt för att bedriva ett långsiktigt och strategiskt kollektivtrafikarbete, med fokus på både formella och informella faktorer. Studiens empiriska fokus riktas mot två län, Dalarna och Östergötland. I studien identifieras och diskuteras de utmaningar som har kringgärdat ambitionerna att utveckla en mer långsiktig strategisk kollektivtrafikplanering på lokal och regional nivå under den studerade perioden. En av knäckfrågorna har handlat om relationen mellan ägare (kommun och landsting) och trafikbolag. En annan viktig fråga handlar om de kostnadsfördelningsmodeller som har tillämpats i respektive län, och hur dessa har förmått skapa incitament för att bedriva e...
The present study reviews and critically discusses existing research on older female road users. ... more The present study reviews and critically discusses existing research on older female road users. A first finding was that research literature on older women in traffic is scarce. In addition, the methods used in the studies reviewed for this report were predominately quantitative and there were few observable attempts to a deeper understanding of the central concepts, or of the main findings. However, the existing research evidence shows that women and men do indeed travel differently. The women’s travel is in general limited to geographically smaller areas and it is more influenced by social factors than men’s travel is. To some extent, such gender-related differences decrease with age. The nature and causes of gender differences in travel and traffic behavior defy easy explanations. In the current literature, the concepts of traffic, age, and gender have not been problematized and specific methodological problems related to the study of gender or of aging were not often mentioned....
From the quotation above, which occurs quite often in scholarly literature today, several conclus... more From the quotation above, which occurs quite often in scholarly literature today, several conclusions could be made. One possible conclusion is simply that resistance matters. Another one is that resistance is an ‘activity’ that is performed in relation to power. To push it even further, it could be argued that power and resistance are entangled in different and intricate ways. A third conclusion that is possible to draw from the quotation, at least indirectly, is that if you are interested in understanding social change, then you have to try and understand the complex web of entanglements between power and resistance as well as, we would like to emphasize, resistance(see further Baaz et al. forthcoming). Moreover, another important dimension, which is elaborated in this editorial, and in the special issue at hand, is resistance at the crossroad of affects and emotions. Conventionally power and the study of power has been associated with and focused on, respectively, the military po...
Ett hallbart och acceptabelt pensionssystem maste utformas utifran personliga forutsattningar och... more Ett hallbart och acceptabelt pensionssystem maste utformas utifran personliga forutsattningar och forhallanden i arbetslivet, sa att fler klarar att arbeta i hogre alder. Att enbart genom ekonomiska atgarder hoja pensionsaldern ar inte langsiktigt hallbart, skriver 54 forskare.DEBATT | PENSIONForskning visar att cirka var fjarde har en diagnos eller skada orsakad av sitt arbete. Detta gor arbetsorsakad sjukdom och skada till ett betydelsefullt folkhalsoproblem. Att da enbart genom ekonomiska atgarder hoja pensionsaldern for samtliga (yrkes)grupper utifran deras kronologiska alder ar inte langsiktigt hallbart nar individers biologiska alder ar sa olika bland annat till foljd av arbetslivet. Detta ar en demokratifraga. Forskning om aldre i arbetslivet och hallbart arbete visar att man da framst flyttar individer fran pensionssystemet till sjukforsakringssystemet och okar klyftorna i samhallet.Debatt Det har ar en argumenterande text med syfte att paverka. Asikterna som uttrycks ar skr...
This paper analyzes the implicit and explicit assumptions on power in the literature on ageism. T... more This paper analyzes the implicit and explicit assumptions on power in the literature on ageism. There are different assumptions of power but they areseldom elaborated.
While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, stud... more While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies focusing on emotions are rare. In this study, we use an interactionist sociological perspective to examine the role of emotions in older social dancers' experiences in Sweden. Through qualitative interviews with 29 active or previously active dancers, we found that their experiences of emotional energy and experiences of flow override concerns of age and aging. Age, however, did become significant as the age differences at dance events could bring forth feelings of alienation associated with feeling old. In addition, cultural and gendered norms of appropriate age differences between dancing partners produced shame and pride as well as feelings of being either old or young. Moreover, certain bodily experiences were interpreted in terms of age. Overall, the study contributes to the discussions of the complexity of subjective experiences of age by highlighting its emotional aspects ...
Tredje aldern beskrivs som den period under senare delen av livet da man ar fri fran arbetslivets... more Tredje aldern beskrivs som den period under senare delen av livet da man ar fri fran arbetslivets krav och skyldigheter men annu inte i behov av sociala rattigheter i form av vard och omsorgsinsats ...
Ageism-A Useful concept? Ageism has gained growing attention in Sweden the last decade. Age is ev... more Ageism-A Useful concept? Ageism has gained growing attention in Sweden the last decade. Age is even discussed to be included in the discrimination legislation. Still, the concept has not been of much sociological interest. This article is an overview of the concept ageism and how it has been discussed in social gerontology. In the article it is argued that the overall focus has been on overtly expressions such as stereotypes and discriminating behavior while underlying structures and processes of power and power relations have not got enough attention. As a result the concept of ageism has become limited as an analytical tool. Thus, in order to develop the potential of the concept it seems crucial to explicate and theorise power relations. To accomplish this goal, i.e. to focus on how age based power relations are negotiated, challenged and reproduced in processes and institutionalised practises it is suggested that ageism might have to be complemented with other concepts, such as age coding. key words age coding, ageism, discrimination, power, power relations Satu Heikkinen är forskare på VTI, Statens väg-och transportforskningsinstitut. Hon disputerade nyligen på Uppsala Universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, med en diskursanalytisk avhandling om hur de äldre, åldrande och bilkörning har diskuterats i svensk transportpolitik. Clary Krekula är lektor vid Avdelningen för Sociala Studier, Karlstads universitet. Hennes forskning berör åldrandets sociala villkor, med ett fokus på genusperspektiv på åldrandeprocesser samt på kön och ålder som samspelande sociala positioner.
Frontiers in sports and active living, Mar 8, 2022
While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies ... more While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies focusing on emotions are rare. In this study, we use an interactionist sociological perspective to examine the role of emotions in older social dancers' experiences in Sweden. Through qualitative interviews with 29 active or previously active dancers, we found that their experiences of emotional energy and experiences of flow override concerns of age and aging. Age, however, did become significant as the age differences at dance events could bring forth feelings of alienation associated with feeling old. In addition, cultural and gendered norms of appropriate age differences between dancing partners produced shame and pride as well as feelings of being either old or young. Moreover, certain bodily experiences were interpreted in terms of age. Overall, the study contributes to the discussions of the complexity of subjective experiences of age by highlighting its emotional aspects through social partner dancing.
I denna rapport redovisas resultaten av en studie av de institutionella förutsättningar som har k... more I denna rapport redovisas resultaten av en studie av de institutionella förutsättningar som har karakteriserat kollektivtrafikpolitik och -planering på regional och lokal nivå i Sverige under 2000-talets första decennium. Syftet är att få en empiriskt grundad förståelse för vilka förutsättningar som har funnits lokalt och regionalt för att bedriva ett långsiktigt och strategiskt kollektivtrafikarbete, med fokus på både formella och informella faktorer. Studiens empiriska fokus riktas mot två län, Dalarna och Östergötland. I studien identifieras och diskuteras de utmaningar som har kringgärdat ambitionerna att utveckla en mer långsiktig strategisk kollektivtrafikplanering på lokal och regional nivå under den studerade perioden. En av knäckfrågorna har handlat om relationen mellan ägare (kommun och landsting) och trafikbolag. En annan viktig fråga handlar om de kostnadsfördelningsmodeller som har tillämpats i respektive län, och hur dessa har förmått skapa incitament för att bedriva e...
The present study reviews and critically discusses existing research on older female road users. ... more The present study reviews and critically discusses existing research on older female road users. A first finding was that research literature on older women in traffic is scarce. In addition, the methods used in the studies reviewed for this report were predominately quantitative and there were few observable attempts to a deeper understanding of the central concepts, or of the main findings. However, the existing research evidence shows that women and men do indeed travel differently. The women’s travel is in general limited to geographically smaller areas and it is more influenced by social factors than men’s travel is. To some extent, such gender-related differences decrease with age. The nature and causes of gender differences in travel and traffic behavior defy easy explanations. In the current literature, the concepts of traffic, age, and gender have not been problematized and specific methodological problems related to the study of gender or of aging were not often mentioned....
From the quotation above, which occurs quite often in scholarly literature today, several conclus... more From the quotation above, which occurs quite often in scholarly literature today, several conclusions could be made. One possible conclusion is simply that resistance matters. Another one is that resistance is an ‘activity’ that is performed in relation to power. To push it even further, it could be argued that power and resistance are entangled in different and intricate ways. A third conclusion that is possible to draw from the quotation, at least indirectly, is that if you are interested in understanding social change, then you have to try and understand the complex web of entanglements between power and resistance as well as, we would like to emphasize, resistance(see further Baaz et al. forthcoming). Moreover, another important dimension, which is elaborated in this editorial, and in the special issue at hand, is resistance at the crossroad of affects and emotions. Conventionally power and the study of power has been associated with and focused on, respectively, the military po...
Ett hallbart och acceptabelt pensionssystem maste utformas utifran personliga forutsattningar och... more Ett hallbart och acceptabelt pensionssystem maste utformas utifran personliga forutsattningar och forhallanden i arbetslivet, sa att fler klarar att arbeta i hogre alder. Att enbart genom ekonomiska atgarder hoja pensionsaldern ar inte langsiktigt hallbart, skriver 54 forskare.DEBATT | PENSIONForskning visar att cirka var fjarde har en diagnos eller skada orsakad av sitt arbete. Detta gor arbetsorsakad sjukdom och skada till ett betydelsefullt folkhalsoproblem. Att da enbart genom ekonomiska atgarder hoja pensionsaldern for samtliga (yrkes)grupper utifran deras kronologiska alder ar inte langsiktigt hallbart nar individers biologiska alder ar sa olika bland annat till foljd av arbetslivet. Detta ar en demokratifraga. Forskning om aldre i arbetslivet och hallbart arbete visar att man da framst flyttar individer fran pensionssystemet till sjukforsakringssystemet och okar klyftorna i samhallet.Debatt Det har ar en argumenterande text med syfte att paverka. Asikterna som uttrycks ar skr...
This paper analyzes the implicit and explicit assumptions on power in the literature on ageism. T... more This paper analyzes the implicit and explicit assumptions on power in the literature on ageism. There are different assumptions of power but they areseldom elaborated.
While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, stud... more While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies focusing on emotions are rare. In this study, we use an interactionist sociological perspective to examine the role of emotions in older social dancers' experiences in Sweden. Through qualitative interviews with 29 active or previously active dancers, we found that their experiences of emotional energy and experiences of flow override concerns of age and aging. Age, however, did become significant as the age differences at dance events could bring forth feelings of alienation associated with feeling old. In addition, cultural and gendered norms of appropriate age differences between dancing partners produced shame and pride as well as feelings of being either old or young. Moreover, certain bodily experiences were interpreted in terms of age. Overall, the study contributes to the discussions of the complexity of subjective experiences of age by highlighting its emotional aspects ...
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