A Design Anthropology Critique of Active Aging as Ageism

This paper proposes a design anthropology critique of active aging as ageism in the design of information technologies for seniors. With ageism we refer to narratives coalesced around the label “active aging” in European policies and system design that focus on seniors as a homogeneous group of peop...

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Main Authors: Linda Tonolli, Maurizio Teli, Vincenzo D’Andrea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scuola IaD 2015-10-01
Series:Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
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Online Access:http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/26_6.pdf