概括
这项研究探讨了老年人如何在日常生活中体验空间和物质. 研究结果揭示了复杂的,动态的与空间的接触,受到日常生活和社会联系的影响.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 衰老的社会学 衰老的社会学
- 人类地理的人类地理
背景情况:
- 老龄化研究越来越多地认识到物质维度在日常生活中的重要性.
- 了解空间,物质和生活经验的相互作用对于支持老年人至关重要.
- 现有的研究往往忽视了物质性在晚年塑造日常生活和社会互动的微妙方式.
研究的目的:
- 在老年人的日常生活中探索空间的意义.
- 研究物质性是如何在社会和物质环境中体现,嵌入和执行的.
- 通过关注日常经验,了解衰老,身体,时间和空间的交叉点.
主要方法:
- 利用了"拍摄日常生活:衰老,生活经验,时间和空间"研究项目的数据.
- 采用视觉日记方法,62名参与者 (年龄在50岁以上) 拍摄了他们的日常活动.
- 进行了对照片的定性分析和随行采访,以确定主题.
主要成果:
- 确定了三个关键主题:空间,物质性和日常生活;节奏,日常和物质性;以及社会和物质连接性.
- 揭示了参与者的复杂和流动的边界 - - 围绕空间的意义绘制.
- 凸显了老年人如何在衰老,身体,时间和空间的交叉点上进行导航的丰富故事.
结论:
- 物质性为理解日常生活中衰老的复杂性提供了一个重要的镜头.
- 老年人积极塑造和重新定义他们的空间和物质环境.
- 这项研究强调了在衰老研究中考虑普通和日常的重要性.
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