ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on intergenerational geographies by critically reflecting on participation in research funded in the UK by the New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) research programme. The Sus-IT project concerns with understanding the problems and circumstances which causes people to 'disengage' or give up using information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as computers, the internet or mobile phones. People found no correlation between age and the propensity to engage with ICTs. Indeed people embedded digital artefacts into the tasks of everyday life, acquiring a specific skill set for internet use, 'internet self-efficacy'. Sustaining digital engagement is linked to the significant, indispensable and crucial ICT support role of family members, who provide intergenerational support for digital engagement. In order to understand the challenges of sustaining digital engagement this chapter examines the ways in which digital technologies are embedded and embodied into the practices of everyday life, highlighting the role of intergenerational linkages with particular reference to England.
