In July we completed the second round of our intergenerational online reading group discussions. Three of the groups have now read John Wyndham’s Trouble With Lichen (1960). In this post I’ll give you an idea of what the groups thought of the themes which arose in this book and how this influenced broader discussions of older age and … Continue reading Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
We’ve now completed our first round of reading group discussions. We wanted to let you know which books we’ve been reading and give you a flavour of where our discussions have taken us. In this post I’ll discuss The Summer Book (1972) by Tove Jansson. Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was a Finnish writer who is most well-known for … Continue reading The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Moving Online
Back in January when we started this project we could never have envisaged that there would be a global pandemic by March. The virus, lockdown and social distancing continue to have profound consequences on people’s everyday lives, their jobs and social relationships. In addition, many have lost people they love. The number of deaths at … Continue reading Moving Online
Why we need to reimagine the future
This is not the introductory blog post we had planned to write. It’s not the blog post we would have written in January, when the project started, or what we would have written last month, last week, or even yesterday. COVID-19 has intruded into every aspect of our lives and we find ourselves striving to … Continue reading Why we need to reimagine the future
Mass Observing at The Keep in Brighton
The main aim of our project ‘Reimagining the Future in Older Age’ is to explore the relationship between age and future time. The project has three stages, the first of which is to understand existing narratives of future time in older age by conducting a secondary analysis of responses to Mass Observation directives concerning time … Continue reading Mass Observing at The Keep in Brighton