Events:
British Society of Gerontology 54th Annual Conference
25th-27th June 2025, University of Surrey
Special Interest Group on Ageing in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Panels 5 and 6: Date and Time to be confirmed
Panel 5: Integrating Critical Disability Studies With Ageing Research: Insights from South Asia
Chair: Tannistha Samanta - FLAME University, Pune, India, tannistha.samanta@flame.edu.in
Symposium Abstract*
This symposium is premised on the contention that for the most part, critical disability studies and gerontology have followed parallel paths. This non-dialogue becomes acute, especially in the Global South where due to disciplinary and structural barriers, the understanding of ageing with and into disability remains outside the scope of scientific inquiry. The symposium will explore the possibility of “greying” disability studies by critically questioning the ontological burden of the Western gerontological tradition that has long shaped the field and associated neglect of embodied subjectivities of (dis)abled bodies. This symposium includes 4 papers that undergird new modes of thinking in disability studies while forging a South-South dialogue that has escaped much of decolonial scholarship.
Papers
Cripping Ageing Studies: What can gerontology learn from disability studies
Dr Vinay Suhalka, FLAME University, Pune, India, vinay.suhalka@flame.edu.in
Ageing With Disabilities And Ageing Into Disabilities: An Intersectional Analysis
Prof Renu Addlakha, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi, India, addlakhar@gmail.com
Collaborative Care: On Ageing and Caregiving for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in India
DR MEGHANA RAO, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, meghana.rao@apu.edu.in
Urban heat stress and the mental health of older adults in Dhaka: Adaptation pathways in the context of climate change
Dr Md Shanawez Hossain1, Dr Selim Jahangir2, Dr Tanita Noor3
1Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies & Governance, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh, shanawez@iub.edu.bd
Panel 6: Gender and Caregiving for Older People in Brazil
Chairs: Peter Lloyd Sherlock/Penny Vera-Sanso – Northumbria University/Birkbeck, University of London, p.vera-sanso@bbk.ac.uk
Symposium Abstract*
These papers are derived from a connected set of research studies funded by the Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute, the Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo and the Brazilian Ministry of Health. These studies share a focus on family caregiving for highly dependent older people in poor urban neighbourhoods.
Papers
The Pros And Cons Of Framing Care For Older People As A Primarily Feminist Issue. Brazilian Policy Experiences.
Karla Giacomin, Brazil Care Association (Cuidadosa) kcgiacomin@hotmail.com
"I Don't Want Her To See My Thing". Gender Dynamics Of Bathing Older People In Poor Brazilian Neighbourhoods".
Roberta Goés, Federal University of Salvador robertapg@ufba.br and Renan Amaral Oliveira, University of São Paulo renan_aceber@hotmail.com
Gender Norms And Caregiving For Older People. The Views Of Paid Caregivers In Brazil.
Wanderson Bonfim, Federal University of Minas Gerais. wandersoncb10@gmail.com
The effects of Programa Maior Cuidado on the experiences of male and female family caregivers in poor Brazilian urban neighbourhoods.
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Northumbria University peter.lloyd-sherlock@northumbria.ac.uk