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Ageing, Body and Society Study Group: Futures of Ageing: Science, Technology and the Body

19/07/2010 - 09:00
19/07/2010 - 17:00

Ageing, Body and Society Study Group will host an event entitled Futures of Ageing: Science, Technology and the Body on July 19th at the British Library, St Pancras, London.

This one day conference seeks to bring together researchers, academics and practitioners whose work explores and highlights the diverse ways in which science and technologies interconnect with and influence our ageing bodies. We encourage researchers to share their perspectives on science, technologies and ageing bodies and welcome abstracts on different theoretical and methodological approaches, different disciplines, emergent ideas, work in progress, practitioner perspectives, and empirical findings. 

Keynote Address: by Professor Simon Williams (Warwick University): How Old is Your Brain?: Neuroculture, Active Ageing and Cognitive Decline.
Plenary Panel: Technogenarians: Studying Health and Illness through an Ageing, Science and Technology Lens. Science and technologies are becoming increasingly significant to people s experiences of growing older; innovations and developments that are likely to influence the context, nature, experiences and understandings of ageing and embodiment. Location: British Library, St Pancras, London, England
 
Contact: Jenny Cairns, Events Assistant The British Sociological Association Tel: +44 (0)191 383 0839, Fax: , Email: Jenny.cairns@britsoc.org.uk
 
 

 

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