WORKSHOP AGENET/ CEHA (Center for Healthy Aging), University of Copenhagen, 18 September, 2019
How to make impact and influence people: Taking the anthropology of ageing beyond the academy
Organizers: Amy Clotworthy (CEHA), Nete Schwennesen (CEHA) and Matthew Lariviere (University of Sheffield)
AGENET members Matthew Lariviere, Amy Clotworthy and Nete Schwennesen had a successful bid for launching an inaugural workshop of the network on “How to make impact and influence people: Taking the anthropology of ageing beyond the academy”, co-sponsored by Copenhagen University Center for Healthy Aging. The workshop was held on 18 September 2019. From the agenda:
The workshop’s objective is to create an opportunity for AGENET members to discuss issues and share experiences related to fostering real-world impact through our engagement with non-academic stakeholders and multidisciplinary researchers. The workshop will provide anthropologists who are involved in research and teaching related to ageing and the life course with the knowledge and skills necessary to better engage non-academic stakeholders as partners in their research and knowledge-exchange processes. An improved partnership with these stakeholders allows us to more effectively translate the insights from our research into real-world applications that can benefit industry, policy, and practice.
Keynote speakers included Professors Janelle Taylor and Daniel López Gómez. The organizers felt it was a success but would like to find ways to include more AGENET members in future workshops by addressing any issues of cost and timing of events.
One result of the workshop was a suggestion that AGENET members could compile their experiences of engaging with non-academic stakeholders and communities of practice in order to create a resource of good practice for students, emerging scholars and other anthropologists new to doing work on aging. While this would be mostly aimed at those interested in partnering with organizations outside academia, we don’t want this to be the only focus of the network and will try to also be inclusive of other academic, intellectual and creative pursuits of our members.
PROGRAMME
EASA AGENET – CEHA Joint Workshop
How to make impact and influence people: Taking the anthropology of ageing beyond the academy
Date: Wednesday 18 September 2019
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Location: Center for Healthy Aging (CEHA) – University of Copenhagen
Faculty Lounge, 15th floor of the Maersk Tower (Building 7)
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences / Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
MAP: https://healthsciences.ku.dk/contact/find-us/panum/
As anthropologists conducting research in the field of ageing and the life course, we often collaborate with researchers from other disciplines and/or non-academic stakeholders from local communities and organisations that have national and international influence on industry, policy, and practice. In this inaugural event for the European Association of Social Anthropologists’ Age and Generations Network (EASA AGENET), we consider how our engagement with different stakeholders and materials/knowledge from other disciplines can create ‘real-world’ impact for our anthropological research. This workshop draws on the experiences of both academics and non-academic stakeholders interested in ageing and life-course research; e.g., care providers, service users, local authorities, professional organisations, and NGOs/charities.
The workshop represents the first collaborative meeting between AGENET and the interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Aging (CEHA) at the University of Copenhagen. The workshop’s objective is to create an opportunity for AGENET members to discuss issues and share experiences related to fostering real-world impact through our engagement with non-academic stakeholders and multidisciplinary researchers. The workshop will provide anthropologists who are involved in research and teaching related to ageing and the life course with the knowledge and skills necessary to better engage non-academic stakeholders as partners in their research and knowledge-exchange processes. An improved partnership with these stakeholders allows us to more effectively translate the insights from our research into real-world applications that can benefit industry, policy, and practice.
Agenda:
§ 9.00-9.15: Welcome
§ 9.15-10.00: Keynote 1: Janelle Taylor, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington (USA), and President of the Association of Anthropology, Gerontology and Ageing (AAGE)
§ 10.00-10.15: Coffee break
§ 10.15-11.45: Panel discussion and Q&A with stakeholders who will share their experiences of developing knowledge-exchange activities and impactful research with anthropologists
- Steffen Jöhncke: guest professor at the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus; senior advisor to Anthropological Analysis, a research group that aims to increase exchange and interaction between anthropology and the outside world
- Tenna Jensen: historian and associate professor, University of Copenhagen, and principal investigator, Ageing in the Arctic (AgeArc): Well-Being, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Among Older People in Greenland
- Marie Haulund Otto: head of section, Unit for Elderly and Dementia, Danish National Board of Health (Sundhedsstyrelsen)
§ 11.45-12.45: Lunch break
§ 12.45-14.15: Parallel breakout sessions (4 groups) to discuss the challenges/opportunities for engaging with both multidisciplinary and non-academic stakeholders
§ 14.15-14.30: Coffee break
§ 14.30-15.45: Plenary session to present and discuss insights from the breakout sessions
§ 15.45-16.30: Keynote 2: Daniel López Gómez, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education / researcher with the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), both at Estudios de Psicologia y Ciencias de la Educacion (UOC – Spain), and member of the CareNet research group
§ 16.30-17.00: Wrap-up: Reflections on the day and discussion of future pathways
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