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Age is not just a number: developing an integrative conceptual framework on age
São José, José; Timonen, VirpiAge is omnipresent in our lives and a fundamental element in the organisation of human societies. Age relations, like other power relations, generate social inequality. As a reflection of its importance, age is frequently used in empirical studies in the field of sociology and other social sciences. However, the social theorisation of age is inchoate and dispersed, compromising empirical research on this topic....
Social inclusion of older artisans through creative tourism
Akdemir, Hilal; São José, José; Gonçalves, AlexandraCreative tourism has a potential role in promoting social benefits for communities and social inclusion of artisans; however, studies investigating this are lacking. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by exploring the role of creative tourism in combating social exclusion among older artisans in the context of Loule Criativo, a pioneering creative tourism initiative in Portugal. This q...
Empirical research on creative tourism: a systematic review
Akdemir, Hilal; São José, José; Gonçalves, Alexandra RodriguesThe empirical research on creative tourism (CT) is expanding, having already reached a considerable maturity. Nevertheless, there is no detailed map of the empirical research on CT, which provide us thorough information on various aspects that structure it, such as research methods, settings and participants, and main themes addressed in the conclusions. This systematic review aims to provide such a map , criti...
Um olhar sociológico sobre a prova da crise e da austeridade junto dos mais velhos
COELHO, PATRICIA; São José, José; Eduardo Martins, JoãoO combate à crise introduziu a austeridade em Portugal e na União Europeia. Este artigo conceptualiza a crise e a austeridade como uma “prova” e revela o modo como esta se manifestou na vida dos mais velhos. Pouco se sabe sobre esta problemática, inclusivamente no que concerne à realidade portuguesa. Através de uma abordagem biográfica/narrativa junto de uma amostra de 28 pessoas mais velhas (65 ou mais anos de...
Quando a saúde ficou a perder ou a crise passou ao lado: um olhar sociológico s...
COELHO, PATRICIA; São José, José; Eduardo Martins, JoãoA crise económica de 2008 levou à austeridade em Portugal e na União Europeia. Este artigo apresenta os resultados parciais de uma investigação qualitativa, os quais dão conta dos efeitos da crise e da austeridade na saúde autopercebida dos mais velhos. A literatura é vasta, mas poucos são os estudos a incluir esta população e muito menos aqueles que dão voz às suas experiências. A partir de uma Abordagem Biogr...
“I Was... Put in a Cage”: The Experience of COVID-19 Home Confinement among Old...
São José, José; Timonen, Virpi; Teixeira, Ana Rita; Amado, Carla; Santos, Sérgio Pereira dos; COELHO, PATRICIAThis article presents findings of a qualitative study reporting older adults' experiences of solitary home confinement during Portugal's first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Home confinement was marked by negative experiences, with the exception of one participant who had a particularly favorable combination of resources and circumstances. Negative experiences involved losses in several areas, such as being deprive...
Care and the shadow of the fourth age: how does home care get caught up in it a...
São José, JoséThis article examines how care encounters at the elders' homes are forged, and how the way these encounters are forged avoids or evokes the social imaginary of the fourth age. Data were gathered in Portugal from elders receiving home care (16 cases), their care workers (eight cases) and family carers (six cases), through participant observation and informal conversations (conducted at the elders' homes), as wel...
Ageism in health care: a systematic review of operational definitions and induc...
São José, José; Amado, Carla; Ilinca, Stefania; Buttigieg, Sandra Catherine; Taghizadeh Larsson, AnnikaInternational and national bodies have identified tackling ageism in health care as an urgent goal. However, health professionals, researchers, and policy makers recognize that it is not easy to identity and fight ageism in practice, as the identification of multiple manifestations of ageism is dependent on the way it is defined and operationalized. This article reports on a systematic review of the operational...
Age-discrepant couples involving an older adult: the final frontier of ageism? ...
Villar, Feliciano; Serrat, Rodrigo; São José, José; Montero, Maria; Josefina Arias, Claudia; Nina-Estrella, Ruth; Curcio, Camen-Lucia; Carbajal, MariaThis study aims to explore attitudes towards age-discrepant relationships and examine the influence of variables such as gender, generation and culture on such attitudes. The sample was made up of 1,510 participants divided into three age groups (18-29, 60-69 and 70 years and over) from eight Latin American countries. Participants' answers to two incomplete sentences regarding age-discrepant couples were conten...
Ageism in health care: A systematic review of operational definitions and induc...
São José, José; Amado, Carla; Ilinca, Stefania; Buttigieg, Sandra Catherine; Larsson, Annika TaghizadehPurpose International and national bodies have identified tackling ageism in health care as an urgent goal. However, health professionals, researchers, and policy makers recognize that it is not easy to identity and fight ageism in practice, as the identification of multiple manifestations of ageism is dependent on the way it is defined and operationalized. This article reports on a systematic review of the ope...