University
of Lleida, Catalunya, Spain
16th, 17th & 18th
October 2008
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begins: 15th October 2008]
The University of Lleida pleased to
announce The 6th International Symposium on
Cultural Gerontology. Extending
Time, Emerging Realities, Imagining Response
For a few years now, the realisation
that the population is ageing worldwide has led to an
increase in studies of the ageing process in diverse
disciplines and from different perspectives.
Inter-disciplinary gerontological research is
providing a deeper insight into the human ageing
process and is revealing that ageing is as much a
cultural phenomenon as it is a biological one. It is
also showing that the Western perception of old age
as a phase of physical degradation and dependency no
longer pertains and, in an era of increasing
longevity, has ceased to provide a viable basis on
which to develop strategies of provision and support.
Cultural constraints condition the
individual's and society's actions and choices
throughout the entire ageing process. For this
reason, the quality of an individual's ageing is
determined to a large extent by the type of social
and cultural environment within which that individual
grows older. While acknowledging the essential nature
of biological factors in the human ageing process,
inter-disciplinary cultural gerontology relates to
those aspects of human ageing not covered
specifically by the biomedical sciences. Personal
experience and acculturated images and perceptions
are intrinsic to any holistic understanding of the
ageing process. It is in this sense that the arts,
the humanities and the social sciences have a
fundamental role to play in the study of human ageing
and constitute a valuable complement to other areas
of gerontological research. Cultural gerontology is
able to reveal culturally-determined perceptions,
attitudes and effects of human ageing that do not
fall within the fields of research of other
disciplines, and can thereby shed important light on
this complex and fascinating experience that is
shared by all.
This Symposium will present research
carried out into the process of ageing in its diverse
cultural and social manifestations and will promote
discussion of the human ageing process from the
perspectives of sociology, social anthropology,
psychology, social work, politics, religion,
economics, literature, language, and the mass media.
Plenary sessions, paper
panels and poster presentations
The Symposium will be made up of
plenary sessions, presentations of contributors'
papers, and poster presentations.Contributors of
papers should plan for an oral exposition of their
papers which should not take more than 20 minutes.
Symposium language: English
symhist -
Previous "International Symposia on Cultural
Gerontology"
symtopic
- Symposium topics
symcall -
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
symabstr - The
Book of Abstracts
symkey -
Keynote speakers
symprog -
Symposium programme
symreg -
Registration
symtrav - Travel
and accommodation
symrest - Bars
and restaurants
syminfo -
Contact information
symorgan -
Organising committee
symspons -
Symposium sponsors
sympub -
Symposium publicity
postsym -
Symposium follow-up and publications
dedallit - Grup
Dedal-Lit webpage
geronews
- Newsletter
Symposium Organising
Committee:
Nela Bureu Ramos, Núria Casado Gual,
Emma Domínguez Rué, Carme Farré Vidal, Marta
Miquel Baldellou, Maria O’Neill, Maricel Oró
Piqueras, Elena Pérez Serrano, Isabel Santaulària
Capdevila, Maria Vidal Grau, Brian Worsfold, Carmen
Zamorano Llena
Contact address:
Departament d’Anglès i
Lingüística,
Plaça de Víctor Siurana, 1
Tel: +34 973 702 144 / 973 703
189 / 973 703 172
More information: http://web.udl.cat/dept/dal/cultgero/index.htm
Please note that the
Organising Committee reserves the right to update
this webpage and all linked pages without prior
notice.
