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Ageing and technology are shaping each other in profound ways, yet they are often treated as separate in current thinking.
This book brings social gerontology into conversation with science and technology studies to show how ageing and technology are co-constituted. Drawing on empirical cases from everyday life, design and policy, it explores how ageing–technology relations emerge, are taken up and are governed.
The book offers a comprehensive framework for research on ageing and technology, while also highlighting opportunities for socially informed, inclusive approaches to technological innovation in ageing societies.
“This is a lucid, lively and field-defining guide to the entanglements of ageing and technology which deserves wide readership.” Barbara L. Marshall, Trent University
“This essential book interrogates the processes that have led to the production of impossibly problematic ageing-technology scenarios, and prompts a critical reflection of our own complicity in these dynamics. It is a foundational text that offers readers a new, vital analytical lens in an ever-emerging field.” Kieran Walsh, University of Galway
“Peine brings insights from STS to provide a compelling analysis of how non-human agencies help to constitute the categories, policies, and processes surrounding ageing.” Sally Wyatt, University of Maastricht
“A must read for researchers and policy makers who are interested in the question how technologies can contribute to good aging but do not expect simplistic answers.” Klasien Horstman, University of Maastricht
1. Introduction
2. Theory
3. Research
4. Policy
5. Design
6. Everyday
7. Conclusion