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• Aging—Social aspects [Browse]
• Italy [Browse]

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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.

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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.

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Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Italy

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