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Digital Dependency as a Burden: Impact of Active Aging for Tech Adoption in Brazil and Chile 数字依赖是一种负担:巴西和智利积极老龄化对技术采用的影响

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.422

Marília Duque, Alfonso Otaegui

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Grandparenting and Retirement: Re-thinking Roles, Reciprocity, and Responsibility in Milan and Yaoundé 祖父母与退休:重新思考角色、互惠和责任在米兰和雅温德格

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.419

Shireen Walton, Patrick Awondo

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Ageing and the Transportal Home 老龄化与居家交通

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.420

Pauline Garvey, Xinyuan Wang

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Realizing Possibilities: A Conversation with Akaninyene A. Otu 实现可能性:与Akaninyene A. Otu的对话

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.472

Tiina Maripuu

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Life Purpose in the Age of the Smartphone: Reflections from Comparative Anthropology 智能手机时代的人生目标:来自比较人类学的思考

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.423

Laila Abed Rabho, Maya De Vries, Daniel Miller

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Book Review: Fragile Resonance: Caring for Older Family Members in Japan and England 书评:《脆弱的共鸣:照顾日本和英国的老年家庭成员》

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.489

Shvat Eilat

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Film Review: Ben Jij Bij Mij/Are You With Me 影评:Ben Jij Bij Mij/Are You With Me

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.471

Aagje Swinnen

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Book Review: Robots Won't Save Japan: An Ethnography of Eldercare Automation 书评:机器人不会拯救日本:老年护理自动化的人种志

Anthropology & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.5195/aa.2023.488

Robert C. Marshall