Actual Bodies are Ageing Bodies

Robertson, TJ

Actual Bodies are Ageing Bodies

Robertson, TJ

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Publisher:: IDWoP. Interaction Design and Work Practice Lab
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of The 2nd International Body In Design Workshop, 2012, pp. 28 - 31
Issue Date:: 2012-01

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dc.contributor.author	Robertson, TJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Loke, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Robertson, T	en_US
dc.date	2012-11-26	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of The 2nd International Body In Design Workshop, 2012, pp. 28 - 31	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-9757948-6-9	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/31623
dc.description.abstract	Drawing from the work of Merleau-Ponty, this paper takes some initial steps towards a phenomenological account of the specificities of ageing bodies and the consequent implications for both policy development and the potential contributions of social and tangible technologies. Ageing bodies have been in the making for many years, long enough for their various individual genetic and environmental influences to have expressed themselves, intertwined with the inscriptions made on them by actual life experiences, such as the work they did, how well they have been looked after and various random life events and accidents. A phenomenological account enables us to understand the opportunities and constraints our embodied histories provide for the appropriation of new technologies according to the social and cultural worlds they enable us to inhabit. This would suggest approaches to both design and policy making that prioritise the flexible use of new technologies that are configurable by and to the diverse and specific capacities of the actual bodies of ageing people.	en_US
dc.publisher	IDWoP. Interaction Design and Work Practice Lab	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of The 2nd International Body In Design Workshop	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Body In Design Workshop	en_US
dc.title	Actual Bodies are Ageing Bodies	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	080602 Computer-Human Interaction	en_US
dc.location.activity	Melbourne, Australia
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
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pubs.finish-date	2012-11-27	en_US
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Abstract:

Drawing from the work of Merleau-Ponty, this paper takes some initial steps towards a phenomenological account of the specificities of ageing bodies and the consequent implications for both policy development and the potential contributions of social and tangible technologies. Ageing bodies have been in the making for many years, long enough for their various individual genetic and environmental influences to have expressed themselves, intertwined with the inscriptions made on them by actual life experiences, such as the work they did, how well they have been looked after and various random life events and accidents. A phenomenological account enables us to understand the opportunities and constraints our embodied histories provide for the appropriation of new technologies according to the social and cultural worlds they enable us to inhabit. This would suggest approaches to both design and policy making that prioritise the flexible use of new technologies that are configurable by and to the diverse and specific capacities of the actual bodies of ageing people.

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