Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
 

Anthropology of ageing

 Coordinator: Dr. J. Lindenberg

ECTS Credits 4
Course level 500
Coordinator Dr. J. Lindenberg
Number of classes (1.5 hrs) 12
Period 29 October 2012- 19 November 2012
Lectures Monday and Tuesday 09:00-13:00
Examination Interview report
Admission Open; completed bachelor degree
Costs 600 euro (with ECTS)
300 euro (with certificate)
Registered students at Leiden University: no fee
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Anthropology of ageing focuses on the human experience of ageing. During this course you will therefore be presented with various ways in which older people in different cultures deal with the ageing process. Social perspectives on this process of ageing are an important influence on this experience. As a result of the perspectives held by older people, and the wider social images that are shared by those around them, the approach towards the ageing process and the age-related diseases that are (as of yet still) intrinsic in this process is quite different. In this course we will touch upon different ways of seeing, experiencing and managing the ageing process. By taking the wider issues we touch upon in this course into account physicians, medical professionals, policy makers and others involved in the health behaviour of older people can increase their understanding of the treatment choices, retention and health perspectives of different older persons.

Themes
Anthropological theories of ageing
Explanatory models of disease and illness
Technology and ageing
Qualitative interviewing
 
Lecturers
There will be a wide variety of lecturers. The lecturers for 2012-2013 are not yet confirmed, to provide an idea, the 2011-2012 lecturers were:
Dr. M.C. Bomhoff
Nivel

Dr. M. von Faber
Leiden University Medical Center

Em. Prof. Dr. C.P.M. Knipscheer
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Dr. E. van der Sijpt
University of Amsterdam

Dr. L. Neven
University of Lancaster

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