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The practice of ageing. The experience of being old and the significance of bodies, things and places.

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Author

  • Åsa Alftberg

Summary, in English

Ageing significantly alters the body in different ways, especially our perception and experience of it. In the phenomenological perspective, the human mind and body are intertwined with each other as well as intertwined with the surrounding world; consequently an altered body will affect the experience of both self and the world. This article discuss how and when ageing and old age affect the experiences of the body and the world and how are these experiences are interpreted by the individual. The empirical examples derive from interviews and participant observations with men and women, eighty years or older.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

43-51

Publication/Series

Ethnologia Scandinavica

Volume

40

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Folklivsarkivet

Topic

  • Ethnology

Keywords

  • phenomemology
  • body
  • ageing

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0348-9698