Abstract
Materiality matters in cultural gerontology. Materialist approaches understand materiality as agentic and generative – not as a thing, but a doing that shapes and is shaped by age(ing) processes. Consequently, ageing is seen no longer as a (uniquely) human experience, but instead as emerging in distributed networks of practices (doings and undoings) between humans and non-humans. In this chapter, we review five core concepts of materialist approaches in cultural gerontology: (1) posthumanism, (2) material-discursive practices and arrangements, (3) distributed agency and identity, (4) embodiment and (5) temporality. Finally, we discuss the implications, potentials and limitations of studying materiality within cultural gerontology.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Coresource 4 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis AS |
| Pages | 169-176 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003292227 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032273075, 9781032273082 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2026 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Psychology
- General Medicine
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