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“How are you ageing today?” Art, activism and ageing

“How are you ageing today?” Art, activism and ageing PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the need to challenge ageism and to draw attention to how art, especially art activism, can challenge Ageism and bring about a new personal understanding of ageing.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a summary of personal reflections by the author.FindingsThe pervasive, ageist, stereotypical attitudes developed at an early age and the possible means to challenge and transform thinking through Art.Practical implicationsArtist and Arts organisations, their commissioners and funders could consider focussing upon ageing across the life course and commission and create work which challenges thinking and the status quo on ageing, reflecting society’s adjustment to an Ageing society.Social implicationsArt and especially art activism could make a fundamental contribution to a raft of strategies to not only combat ageism but assist personal understanding of our ageing.Originality/valueCurrently there are relatively few artists and arts organisation focussing upon ageing across the life course. The paper states the view that such art activity could assist with new ways of understanding personal ageing and challenge ageist attitudes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Working with Older People Emerald Publishing

“How are you ageing today?” Art, activism and ageing

Martin, David James
Working with Older People , Volume 22 (2): 8 – Jun 11, 2018
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Emerald Publishing
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1366-3666
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10.1108/WWOP-09-2017-0027
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the need to challenge ageism and to draw attention to how art, especially art activism, can challenge Ageism and bring about a new personal understanding of ageing.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a summary of personal reflections by the author.FindingsThe pervasive, ageist, stereotypical attitudes developed at an early age and the possible means to challenge and transform thinking through Art.Practical implicationsArtist and Arts organisations, their commissioners and funders could consider focussing upon ageing across the life course and commission and create work which challenges thinking and the status quo on ageing, reflecting society’s adjustment to an Ageing society.Social implicationsArt and especially art activism could make a fundamental contribution to a raft of strategies to not only combat ageism but assist personal understanding of our ageing.Originality/valueCurrently there are relatively few artists and arts organisation focussing upon ageing across the life course. The paper states the view that such art activity could assist with new ways of understanding personal ageing and challenge ageist attitudes.

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Working with Older People – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 11, 2018

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