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- Abramsson, Marianne, et al.
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Housing plans of the oldest : ageing in semi-rural areas in Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1566-4910 .- 1573-7772. ; 35:1, s. 27-43
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A number of smaller municipalities have decreasing population rates. Generally, the young move out, increasing the proportion of older people. To increase our understanding of the living conditions of an ageing population in small municipalities, a postal survey was conducted in three small, semi-rural municipalities in southern Sweden. In the survey the respondents answered questions about their living situation and their housing plans. The aim of this study was to investigate the housing situation and housing plans of the very old in semi-rural areas and research questions analysed for this study concerned the current housing situation and plans for future housing. A total of 1386 surveys were sent out in March 2014, to all inhabitants aged 80 years or more, residing in the ordinary housing market in the three municipalities, the response rate was 60%. The results show that most of the respondents were firmly rooted in the area as most of them had lived in the municipality for more than 20 years and 60% had lived in their current dwelling for more than 20 years. Ageing in place was the dominating plan, although one quarter of the respondents answered that they did not know what would happen in the future. Those who planned to move wanted to move to housing that required less maintenance and to a more central location. Residential mobility is at play also in old age as 27% of the respondents had moved at some point during the last 10 years, i.e., after the age of 70.
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- Abramsson, Marianne, 1963-, et al.
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Housing plans of the oldest old – Ageing in semi-rural areas
- 2016
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Many municipalities in rural areas have decreasing population rates. Generally the young move out, increasing the share of older people and influencing the way life is led in rural areas. In this paper focus is on the housing situation and housing plans of the oldest individuals in three small, semi-rural municipalities in southern Sweden. In order to increase our understanding of the living conditions of an ageing rural population, a postal survey was conducted. In one part of the survey the respondents answered questions about their current housing situation and their housing plans for the future. The research questions analysed for this study regarded stated reasons for housing decisions and plans. 1386 surveys were sent out, i.e., to all inhabitants aged 80 years and older residing in the ordinary housing market, in the three municipalities, 817 surveys were returned providing a response rate at 60%. The aim was to determine the main reasons for remaining put in a current housing situation or reasons for why relocation could be a future option. Results show that place attachment is strong, 90% of the respondents have lived in the municipality for more than 20 years and 60% have lived in the current dwelling for more than 20 years. Ageing in place is the dominating plan although 23% answered that they do not know what will happen in future. Those that plan to move, want to move to housing that needs less maintenance than the current dwelling and to a more central location.
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- Abramsson, Marianne, 1963-, et al.
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Omsorgens skugga - äldres strategier i boendet
- 2012. - 1
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Ingår i: Åldrande och omsorgens gestaltningar. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144073569 ; , s. 125-146
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I vår tids diskussion om välfärd är omsorgsbegreppet centralt. Men vad är omsorg och på vilket sätt kommer den till uttryck i sammanhang som gäller äldre och åldrande? Det är några av de frågeställningar som diskuteras i den här antologin.I äldreomsorgsforskning har man hittills som regel tagit offentlig äldreomsorg som en självklar utgångspunkt.Här vidgas istället perspektivet och flera andra av omsorgsbegreppets olika dimensioner, gestaltningar och sammanhang inkluderas och diskuteras - sådana som har betydelse i vår tid men som ofta har förbisetts i forskningen.Det innebär också att antologin fokuserar på åldrande och omsorg i vid bemärkelse och inte bara på kommunal äldreomsorg. Med utgångspunkt i begrepp som tid, plats och aktörer och samspelet mellan dessa lyfter vi fram flera olika sammanhang för omsorg: Det är fråga om civilsamhället som plats och utförare av omsorg, liksom omsorg som berör migration och etniska relationer.Vi diskuterar också den fysiska miljön, boendet och platsens betydelse för omsorgens utformning och innebörder. Slutligen belyser vi livets sista tid och omsorgens olika existentiella dimensioner under detta skede.Åldrande och omsorgens gestaltningar - mot nya perspektiv riktar sig främst till högskolestuderande inom samhälls- och beteendevetenskap, socialt arbete, social omsorg och vård, liksom till yrkesverksamma inom fältet. Den kan också vara värdefull för en intresserad allmänhet.
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- Abramsson, Marianne, et al.
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What about community sustainability? - dilemmas of ageing in shrinking semi-rural areas in Sweden
- 2018
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Ingår i: Scottish Geographical Journal. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1470-2541 .- 1751-665X. ; 134:3-4, s. 103-121
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many municipalities in Sweden have decreasing population rates combined with an increasing proportion of older people. Such a demographic shift will influence the way life is led as the foundation for service provision and social activities becomes undermined. This leads us to question the extent to which shrinking municipalities can be considered socially sustainable. The aim of the paper was to investigate older people's participation in the local community and to study the perceived changes in the local community as reported by older people and how these are experienced. A postal survey was sent out to all inhabitants aged 80 years and older living in their own household in three small, semi-rural municipalities in southern Sweden, in total 1386. The response rate was 60%. Thus, focus was on the experiences of the oldest individuals. The research questions analysed for this study concerned the ageing population's social networks, community involvement, car dependence and service provision. The results are used to discuss the social sustainability of the societies in which these people have lived for a long time.
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- Axell, Cecilia
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Barnlitteraturens tekniklandskap : En didaktisk vandring från Nils Holgersson till Pettson och Findus
- 2015
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syftet med denna studie är att utifrån ett didaktiskt perspektiv undersöka budskap om teknik i ett urval svenska skönlitterära barnböcker samt undersöka hur berättelsernas tekniksyner förhåller sig till deras natur- respektive framtidssyn. Analyserna grundar sig på sex svenska författares skönlitterära barnböcker: Selma Lagerlöf, Otto Witt, Elsa Beskow, Karl-Aage Schwartzkopf, Sven Wernström och Sven Nordqvist. Dessa böcker innehåller frågeställningar och problematiker som i dag anses betydelsefulla och relevanta inom teknikens didaktik. Studien har tre analytiska perspektiv: att identifiera tekniken som finns representerad i barnböckerna, att undersöka barnböckernas tekniksyner i förhållande till natur och framtid samt att finna gemensamma och särskiljande teman berättelserna emellan. Analyserna visar att de olika tekniksynerna i barnböckerna är mångfacetterade. Hur tekniken gestaltas kan delas in i sex övergripande teman: tekniken som metafor eller liknelse, som antropomorf, som autonom, som resultat av kreativ drivkraft, männens teknik samt som icke tidsbunden. Det förekommer också olika syn på teknik och dess inverkan på såväl individ som samhälle. Natursynen som dominerar kan beskrivas som svagt antropocentrisk och en majoritet av berättelserna förmedlar bilden av det effektiva framtidssamhället där tekniken löser människans problem. En slutsats är att barnlitteraturens tekniklandskap kan bidra till att både vidga och fördjupa det teknikdidaktiska perspektivet. Det ambivalenta budskapet i böckerna gör att teknikens mångskiftande natur lyfts fram samt problematiseras på ett sätt som läroböcker sällan gör. Skönlitterära barnböcker skulle därför kunna fungera som utgångspunkter för didaktiska diskussioner om teknikens natur samt dess inverkan på människa, samhälle och natur i såväl nutid som dåtid.
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- Axell, Cecilia, 1965-, et al.
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Images of Technology and Sustainable Development in Swedish Children’s Literature
- 2014
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Ingår i: Australasian Journal of Technology Education. - : University of Waikato. ; 1:1, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this article is to investigate images of technology and how technology is linked to sustainable development in Swedish children’s literature. Our perspective is that such images represent values that are conveyed to the young generation. We have chosen to study books by four Swedish authors, Elsa Beskow, Inger Sandberg, Jan Lööf and Sven Nordqvist, all of them still read by many children, parents and teachers, both in and out of school. In the examined books, technology is portrayed in several modes: as a servant to man, as a deterministic force, as a loyal and equal companion to man, and as a natural phenomenon in a nostalgic world. Technologies that have a leading role in the stories examined are placed in different kind of contexts, more or less social, more or less utopian or idyllic. In all four authors’ writings there is an optimistic faith in children’s ability.
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- Axell, Cecilia, 1965-, et al.
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Technology for a Sustainable Life. Images in Swedish Children’s Literature
- 2013
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Ingår i: PATT 27 Technology Education for the Future: A Playon Sustainability. - Hamilton, New Zealand. - 9780992249724 ; , s. 27-24
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the United Nations report Our common future sustainable development is defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Technology is seen as a kind of enabling force in that endeavour; new technologies are to be the solution to conflicts between growing economic activities and reductions in the use of natural resources. Sustainable development can, however, also be expressed as a set of traditional values that, in a country like Sweden, have been a part of everyday life for many generations. Education for sustainable development has been a goal in the Swedish national curriculum since 1994, not the least in the subject Technology. The teaching can evidently be inspired by both the international discussion on the future world and by the long tradition of how to live locally. The aim of this paper is to investigate images of technology and how technology is linked to sustainable development in children’s literature. Our perspective is that such images represent values that are conveyed to the young generation. We have chosen to study books by four Swedish authors, Elsa Beskow, Inger Sandberg, Jan Lööf and Sven Nordqvist, all of them still read by many children, parents and teachers alike, both in and out of school. Technology is in the examined books portrayed in several modes: as a servant to man, as a deterministic force, as a loyal and “equal” companion to man and as a natural phenomenon in a nostalgic world. Technologies that have a leading role in the examined stories are placed in different kind of contexts, more or less social, more or less utopian or idyllic. In all four author’s writings there is an optimistic faith in children’s ability to choose the right path. Children are the ones who must take responsibility for the future and overcome the problems the current adult generation have created. From a gender perspective, the message in the majority of the stories is clear: men are the source of technological development.
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- Berg, Jessica
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Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Mobility is central to living an independent life, to participating in society, and to maintaining well-being in later life. The point of departure in this thesis is that retirement implies changes in time-space use and interruption in routines, which influence demands and preconditions for mobility in different ways. The aim of this thesis is to explore mobility strategies and changes in mobility upon retirement and how mobility develops during the first years of retirement. A further aim is to provide knowledge of the extent to which newly retired people maintain a desired mobility based on their needs and preconditions. The thesis is empirically based on travel diaries kept by newly retired people, and qualitative interviews with the same persons, and follow-up interviews three and a half years later. The results show that mobility is a way of forming a structure in the new everyday life as retirees by getting out of the house, either just for a walk or to do errands. Many patterns of everyday life remain the same upon retirement, but the informants also merge new responsibilities and seek new social arenas and activities. As a result, the importance of the car have not changed, but it is used for other reasons than before. After leaving paid work, new space-time constraints are created which influences demands for mobility. The study further shows that “third places” become important, especially among those who live alone, as they give an opportunity to being part of a social context and a reason for getting out of the house. The follow-up interviews revealed that declining health changes the preconditions for mobility. Daily walks had to be made shorter, and the car had to be used for most errands to where they previously could walk or cycle. However, mobility can also be maintained despite a serious illness and a long period of rehabilitation.
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