ABSTRACT
Intergenerational Space offers insight into the transforming relationships between younger and older members of contemporary societies. The chapter selection brings together scholars from around the world in order to address pressing questions both about the nature of contemporary generational divisions as well as the complex ways in which members of different generations are (and can be) involved in each other’s lives. These questions include: how do particular kinds of spaces and spatial arrangements (e.g. cities, neighbourhoods, institutions, leisure sites) facilitate and limit intergenerational contact and encounters? What processes and spaces influence the intergenerational negotiation and contestation of values, beliefs, and social memory, producing patterns of both continuity and change? And if generational separation and segregation are in fact significant social problems across a range of contexts—as a significant body of research and commentary attests—how can this be ameliorated? The chapters in this collection make original contributions to these debates drawing on original research from Belgium, China, Finland, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|64 pages
Spaces of intergenerational encounter
chapter 2|16 pages
Creating an intergenerational contact zone
chapter 5|14 pages
‘It's a really nice place to live!’
part II|57 pages
Memory and intergenerational (dis)continuities
chapter 6|15 pages
Displaced encounters with the working-class city
chapter 8|14 pages
Mother and daughter ‘homebirds' and possible selves
part III|60 pages
The negotiation of values, beliefs and politics
chapter 12|14 pages
How do you end racism in a generation?
part IV|59 pages
Education, work and care
chapter 15|14 pages
Splintered generations
chapter 17|14 pages
Moving from boats to housing on land
part V|72 pages
Intergenerationality and ageing