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| Researching age and multiple discrimination | | Author(s) | Richard Ward, Bill Bytheway |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS), Open University |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 100 pp (The representation of older people in ageing research series, no 8) |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Ethnic groups ; Older women ; Sexual activity ; Physical disabilities ; Methodology ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | These papers originate from a seminar in March 2006 with the title 'Age-old prejudices: research with older people in a discriminatory world', held at the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA), and organised jointly by CPA and the Open University's Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS). The seminar's aim was to explore how older people encounter discrimination, and the processes involved in researching such experiences. Three of the four papers report on research undertaken in association with the OU's RoAD (Research on Age Discrimination) project. First, RoAD researchers examine the experiences of older members of three ethnic minority communities in Leeds and Bradford. In "The same hairdo", Anthea Symonds and Caroline Holland of the OU report on older women's experiences of hairdressers, and the sorts of salon where they "belong" or "fit in". Next, more RoAD project contributors present findings of a small-scale study on how age discrimination relates to and constrains sexuality in later life. Chi Hoon Sin, formerly of the Disability Rights Commission, anticipates the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR), by looking at constructions of age or ageing and disability or "disablism". In their conclusion, the editors comment that while the forms of discrimination that have been discussed are unlikely to be resolved by policy and legislation such as the Equality Act 2006, the four papers support the value of involving older people in research on discrimination and ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080109001 B |
| Classmark | B:TOB: TK: BD: BIU: BN: 3D: 6M |
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