Aging in Place Changing Socio-ecology and the Power of Kinship on Smith Island, Maryland ...
This article examines how the people known as Smith Islanders interact with their environment over the life-course. The purpose of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of aging in a small, rural, coastal community which changes are environmentally driven. To address the aging process...
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ftdatacite:10.13016/m2izmm-hzdk 2023-08-27T04:11:58+02:00 Aging in Place Changing Socio-ecology and the Power of Kinship on Smith Island, Maryland ... Rehak, Jana Kopelent 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m2izmm-hzdk http://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/12999 unknown University of Pittsburgh Press Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 aging and changing socioecology kinship lifecours heritage CreativeWork article 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.13016/m2izmm-hzdk 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z This article examines how the people known as Smith Islanders interact with their environment over the life-course. The purpose of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of aging in a small, rural, coastal community which changes are environmentally driven. To address the aging process in changing environments in this essay, I explore the relationship between the place, sense of self, and knowledge. Because the majority of people on the island today are in late life, the main threads in the fabric of this ethnographic narrative weave themselves into stories about aging experiences. I focus on males’ experiences, their traditional knowledge, and the role of kinship over their life-courses. The life history narratives of a Smith Island waterman known as Eddie Boy, discusses two elements present in both his childhood narratives and his late adulthood: work and kinship. I show how changing socio-ecology has altered the potential for intergenerational relations, which older islanders cherish, and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Smith Island DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Smith Island ENVELOPE(-62.520,-62.520,-62.981,-62.981) Waterman ENVELOPE(175.417,175.417,-84.450,-84.450) |
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This article examines how the people known as Smith Islanders interact with their environment over the life-course. The purpose of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of aging in a small, rural, coastal community which changes are environmentally driven. To address the aging process in changing environments in this essay, I explore the relationship between the place, sense of self, and knowledge. Because the majority of people on the island today are in late life, the main threads in the fabric of this ethnographic narrative weave themselves into stories about aging experiences. I focus on males’ experiences, their traditional knowledge, and the role of kinship over their life-courses. The life history narratives of a Smith Island waterman known as Eddie Boy, discusses two elements present in both his childhood narratives and his late adulthood: work and kinship. I show how changing socio-ecology has altered the potential for intergenerational relations, which older islanders cherish, and ... |
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Aging in Place Changing Socio-ecology and the Power of Kinship on Smith Island, Maryland ... |
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Aging in Place Changing Socio-ecology and the Power of Kinship on Smith Island, Maryland ... |
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