Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Italy : : care and community in Milan and beyond / / Shireen Marion Walton.

• VerfasserIn: Walton, Shireen Marion,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : UCL Press,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)

Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Italy explores ageing and technology amidst a backdrop of rapid global technological innovation, including mHealth (mobile health) and smart cities.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter summaries -- List of figures -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction Movement and mobilities Introduction to Milan Introduction to the fieldsite NoLo: what's in a name? Methodology: urban digital ethnography The approach The people Notes -- 2 Experiences of ageing: policies, perceptions and practices Introduction: (how) does age matter? Ageing actively in focus Ageing and care Care responsibilities Badanti (care workers) Case di riposo, case di cura (retirement and care homes) Midlife and retirement: time, desire, freedom and money Time and freedom Money, time and financial precarity The bridge generation Conclusion: ageing at present Notes -- 3 Everyday life, activities and activisms Introduction Seasonal rhythms Individual rituals and routines Space and place Activities Being together online and offline Conclusion Notes -- 4 Social relations: social availability Introduction Kinships and social practices: traditional and contemporary perspectives La famiglia (the family) Casa (house/home) Nonna (grandmother) Vivere da sola/o (living alone) Privacy and autonomy Public and private lives Conclusion Notes -- 5 Smartphones: constant companions Introduction Introductory portraits Local infrastructure and information Smartphone discourses Disinformation and misinformation Apps WhatsApp Talking without talking (parlare senza parlare) Audio messages Visual communication: memes and stickers Talking and expressing care Objects of everyday life Conclusion Notes -- 6 Health and care in digital times Introduction The national healthcare system in Italy and in Lombardy The development of digital health in Italy Health apps Self-sufficiency and digital technologies Care and communication Googling for health Conclusion Notes -- 7 Coming of age with smartphones Introduction Mahmood's victory Dina Dina and Noor Seconde generazioni and '2G' youth in Milan Digital connections and identities across borders Conclusion Notes -- 8 Life purpose: narratives of ageing Introduction Awareness and awakenings Ugo Augustina Umberta Transnational mobilities and well-being Crises and contradiction Conclusion: the moving self and the smartphone The existential object Notes -- 9 Conclusion: threading together Introduction Being and becoming together Age(ing) and beyond Ageing with smartphones: a 'constant companion' for the contemporary world -- Conclusion: ageing together, differently -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.