From Intervention to Co-constitution: New Directions in Theorizing about Aging and Technology.
We propose directions for future research on aging and technology to address fundamental changes in the experience of later life that come with the "digitization" of societies. Our argument is contextualized by the massive investments of policy makers and companies in gerontechnologies and their fai...
| Publicado en: | Gerontologist Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 15 - 22 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2019
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=134066171&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 134066171 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00169013 GET jtl: Gerontologist issn: 00169013 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2019 vid: 59 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 134066171 10.1093/geront/gny050 ppf: 15 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: From Intervention to Co-constitution: New Directions in Theorizing about Aging and Technology. aug: au: Peine, Alexander Neven, Louis affil: Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Active Ageing Research Group, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The Netherlands su: Diffusion of innovations Geriatrics Information technology Health policy Medical research Active aging sug: subj: Diffusion of innovations Geriatrics Information technology Health policy Medical research Active aging Administration of Public Health Programs Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) keyword: Gerontechnology Innovation Science and technology studies Technology Gerontechnology Innovation Science and technology studies Technology ab: We propose directions for future research on aging and technology to address fundamental changes in the experience of later life that come with the "digitization" of societies. Our argument is contextualized by the massive investments of policy makers and companies in gerontechnologies and their failure to create scale and impact. Partly this failure is due to an interventionist logic that positions new technologies as interventions or solutions to the problems of aging. What has been overlooked – at least theoretically – is how aging is already co-constituted by gerontechnology design, the socio-material practices it enacts, and the policy discourse around them. Goals are (a) reviewing elements of the current aging and technology agenda, (b) demonstrating how the interventionist logic has hampered theory development (and practical impact), (c) pulling together key insights from the emerging body of empirical literature at the intersection of social gerontology and Science and Technology Studies (STS), with the objective of (d) providing directions for future research on aging and technology. Our argument presents the theoretical gains that can be made by combining insights from STS and social gerontology to research the co-constitution of aging and technology. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|