Objects of Loss:: Resilience, Continuity and Learning in Material Culture Relationships in

Helen Manchester

Objects of Loss: Resilience, Continuity and Learning in Material Culture Relationships in

Helen Manchester

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This chapter argues that two important variables affecting resilience in older adults include a sense of attachment to place and investment in a personal material culture. “Investment” here does not refer to monetary value or material worth, but instead to the degree to which the objects that matter in an individual’s life are imbued with meanings over time, as expressed in part in complex, private choices about care and display.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Creative Practice in the Resilience of Older People
Editors	Andrew NEwman, Bruce Davenport, Anna Goulding
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Policy Bress
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2018

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Name	Connected Communities
Publisher	Policy Press

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Ageing Futures

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Professor Helen Manchester
- Helen.Manchesterbristol.acuk
- School of Education - Professor of Participatory Sociodigital Futures
- Educational Futures Network
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
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