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Author Haapio-Kirk, Laura.

Title Ageing with smartphones in Japan : care in a visual digital age / Laura Haapio-Kirk.

Imprint London : UCL Press, 2024.
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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Series Ageing with Smartphones Series
Ageing with Smartphones Series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Older adults in Japan, one of the most ageing populations in the world, are starting to adopt the smartphone. Based on 16-months of ethnographic research in urban Kyoto and in rural Kchi Prefecture, Ageing with Smartphones in Japan follows people as they navigate social and personal shifts post-retirement.
Contents Introduction -- 2 Experiences of ageing: beyond categories -- 3 Everyday life: gendered labour and non-retirement -- 4 Social relations: sustaining mutual forms of care (yui) -- 5 Crafting the smartphone: visual digital communication -- 6 Health: self-tracking and warm contact -- 7 Rural Japan: between decline and rejuvenation -- 8 Purpose in life: 'ikigai' through the life course -- 9 Conclusion.
Subject Aging -- Social aspects -- Japan.
Technology and older people -- Japan.
Smartphones -- Japan.
Vieillissement -- Aspect social -- Japon.
Technologie et personnes âgées -- Japon.
Téléphones intelligents -- Japon.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Other Form: Print version: 9781787355774
ISBN 9781787355767
1787355764
1787355772
9781787355774
9781787355798
1787355799
Standard No. AU@ 000077728523
AU@ 000077797527

 
    
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