Submitted by Rebecca Berman, Margaret Perkinson, Robert Schrauf, and Ellen Ziegemeier Madelyn (Micki) Iris PhD, FSfAA, FGSA, passed away on January 7, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois at age 73 after having been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Micki received her BA in English from Northwestern University, MA in Medieval Studies from University of Toronto, […]
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Reviewed by Leslie Carlin Senior Research Associate, Department of Physical Therapy Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation Unit University of Toronto, Canada
Reviewed by Samantha L. Grace Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Santa Clara University
Reviewed by Theresa Southam Chair, Teaching and Learning Institute, Selkirk College Fellow, Institute for Social Innovation, Fielding Graduate University
Reviewed by Irina Kretser Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnic Sociology, Saint-Petersburg State University
Reviewed by Britteny M. Howell University of Alaska Anchorage
By- Lillian K. Prueher and Iben M. Gjødsbøl As elder care markets globalize, there is tremendous potential for productive international partnerships and conversations between elder care researchers from different countries. We have experienced this first-hand over the past few years as each of us has engaged in these kinds of scholarly exchange.
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This early view online article is scheduled for publication in Anthropology & Aging 39(1), 2018. Age Inscriptions and Social Change Erdmute Alber University of Bayreuth Author contact: erdmute.alber@uni-bayreuth.de Cati Coe Rutgers University Author contact: ccoe@camden.rutgers.edu Abstract This special issue introduces the concept of age-inscription. It accounts for the ways that transitions, expectations and markers
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AAGE is seeking nominations (self-nominations encouraged) for the position of Secretary, effective immediately. If you are interested, please contact the president at aagepresident@jeans13.sg-host.com, and include your current CV and a short narrative consisting of a statement of experience and reasons for interest in the position. The deadline for nominations will be February 1, 2017.
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Like most social scientists, my approach to methodology is in important ways entangled with personal narrative. My interest in age as a field of social analysis emerged from my early experiences as a secondary school teacher. As a twenty-three year-old trainee, I was barely older than the more senior teenage students in my charge. At
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The Association for Anthropology & Gerontology is seeking nominations for the position of Treasurer. Self-nominations are encouraged. The Treasurer is an elected position with a 5 year term of office. Responsibilities include: maintaining a record of income and expenditures maintaining a record of dues paid preparing an annual report collaborating with the Secretary to maintain
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It began at the 2009 American Anthropological Association meeting in Philadelphia. There, founding AAGE member Jay Sokolovsky and Publisher Marion Berghahn announced the start of a new book series devoted to the study of aging and the life course in anthropology. This series became Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations and we are happy to
