Duque, Marília;
(2022)
Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Brazil: A work in progress.
[Book].
Ageing with Smartphones.
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
With people living longer all over the world, ageing has been framed as a socio-economic problem. In Brazil, older people are expected to remain healthy and autonomous while actively participating in society. Based on ethnographic research in São Paulo, Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Brazil shows how older people in a middle-class neighbourhood conciliate these expectations with the freedom and pleasures reserved for the Third Age. Work is what bonds this community together, providing a sense of dignity and citizenship. Smartphones have become of great importance to the residents as they search for and engage in new forms of work and hobbies. Connected by a digital network, they work as content curators, sharing activities that fill their schedule. Managing multiple WhatsApp groups is a job in itself, as well as a source of solidarity and hope. Friendship groups help each to download new apps, search for medical information and guidance, and navigate the city. Together, they are reinventing themselves as volunteers, entrepreneurs and influencers, or they are finding a new interest that gives their later life a purpose. The smartphone, which enables the residents to share and discuss their busy lives, is also helping them, and us, to rethink the very representation of ageing.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Brazil: A work in progress |
| ISBN: | 9781787359963 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-78735-996-3 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787359963 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787359963 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Author, 2022 Images © Author, 2022 The author has asserted her rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use provided author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Attribution should include the following information: Duque, M. 2022. Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Brazil: A work in progress. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787359963 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | anthropology, technology, ageing, urban studies, Brazil, smartphones, ethnography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147054 |
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