McMaster University, Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging

Thu, Mar 28, 2019 | 2:30 PM | McMaster University | Main Campus | L.R. Wilson Hall, Room 1003

Emilie Raymond , Université Laval

This seminar will showcase how a photo novel method was used as part of a larger focus on the social participation of older people with disabilities. Dr. Raymond will provide a brief overview of the participatory action research project and the photo novel. She will then explore the cooperative storytelling processes that allowed for crafting and organizing, within comic’ rhythmic specificities, narratives that would represent significant aspects of social participation for older people with disabilities who were members of the group. Next, she will analyze the process of being photographed – and the main characters of the photo novel –  as an opportunity to perform, for public audiences, as well as the aspirations, challenges and complications that arose in framing their participation in society. Finally, she will describe four issues to consider when using this kind of visual method: the expectations regarding level of professionalism of the final product; the delicate balance between “true stories” and collective stories; the photo novel as a life testimony and the horizon for social change embedded in the whole process. 

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Émilie Raymond is a professor at the École de travail social et de criminologie of Université Laval, where she teaches in the fields of collective intervention and social action. She is a researcher at the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS) and co-leads the research team in partnership Participation sociale et villes inclusives. Ms. Raymond is interested in the social and civic participation of seniors with disabilities. She mainly uses participatory approaches in research and is currently collaborating with associations and community groups interested in becoming more inclusive of people with disabilities.

http://www.svs.ulaval.ca/?pid=1536
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emilie_Raymond

Thu, May 23, 2019 to Sat, May 25, 2019 | 9:00 AM | Gothenburg, Sweden

The congress theme is ‘Towards Capability in Ageing – from cell to society.’ The theme emphasizes our ability to perform actions in order to reach valued goals within the macro, meso, and micro contexts. The congress is the natural meeting place for researchers and professionals engaged in various scientific enquires and aging matters; whether in biological science, medical and health sciences, social sciences, in humanities or aging services. The main track of the congress includes sessions on multidisciplinary aspects of aging in which we can meet and learn from each other. A CFP is currently unavailable. For additional conference details, visit http://iagger2019.se/.

Tue, May 28, 2019 to Fri, May 31, 2019 | 9:00 AM | Trent UniversityPeterborough, Canada

Held at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination is the second joint conference organized by ENAS and NANAS that invites researchers, writers, and scholars from all disciplines and at every career stage to share their diverse approaches to conventional fields of gerontology and critical aging studies. We wish to encourage new insights into assumed styles of life and thought, imaginative reflections on the meanings and representations of aging, challenging perspectives from cross-cultural and global experience, and activist strategies to take back aging from those powers and practices that relegate it to the margins of social existence and citizenship.

Organized over four days in May, 2019, we welcome you to explore our beautiful campus, enjoy the vibrancy of our city and forge lasting connections with colleagues from all corners of the academy.

Go to www.trentaging2019.com for all the details. Follow with us on social media or connect via email.

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Call for Abstracts  (All submissions open June 15, 2018).

Researchers, writers and scholars from all disciplines and in all stages of their careers are invited to submit proposals for panels, posters, and papers that offer diverse approaches to conventional fields of gerontology and critical aging studies, new insights into assumed styles of life and thought, imaginative reflections on the meanings and representations of aging, challenging perspectives from cross-cultural and global experience, and activist strategies to take back aging from those powers and practices that relegate it to the margins of social existence and citizenship.