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Final Copy 2021 03 23 Barrera Moreno D E Phd This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from Explore Bristol Research, http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk Author: Barrera Moreno, Diana E Title: Creating Opportunities for the Emergence of Intergenerational Communities of Practice Using Place-based Storytelling and Technologies General rights Access to the thesis is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Public License. A copy of this may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode This license sets out your rights and the restrictions that apply to your access to the thesis so it is important you read this before proceeding. Take down policy Some pages of this thesis may have been removed for copyright restrictions prior to having it been deposited in Explore Bristol Research. 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Creating Opportunities for the Emergence of Intergenerational Communities of Practice Using Place-based Storytelling and Technologies Diana Erandi Barrera Moreno A dissertation submitted to the University of Bristol in accordance with the requirements for award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Social Science and Law, School of Education, February 2020. Word Count: 79, 600 Abstract Considering rapid sociotechnical change and increasingly ageing societies we are seeing widening social divides between generations. In this context of demographic and sociotechnical advancements there is a need to explore whether, how and in what ways we might make the best use of technological resources to encourage intergenerational activities, relations, and understandings, which might in turn, generate more promising intergenerational futures and a more reflexive society. This study enquires into the processes of creating intergenerational spaces using place-based storytelling and technology with older and younger adults living in Bristol. Having carried out an exploratory pilot I saw the substantial potential of further investigating this topic. Based on the findings of this pilot I attempted to include participants’ voices as much as possible following an Action Research design. I then adapted the designed experience with intergenerational groups in two different settings: a secondary school and an extra care home. Initially I proposed to co-create with participants a digital version of their stories to sustain the archive of an existing interactive online mapping tool. After the school cycle, I incorporated different tools to digitize the place-based stories. I used the framework of Communities of Practice to study the possibilities of enabling intergenerational encounters, relations and understandings with a focus on intergenerational practice. The data collected through observations, focus groups, interviews and the creation of digital stories has been analysed using thematic analysis. I found that place-based storytelling is one way to design for intergenerational relationships to emerge. In addition to that, a more participative design better encouraged and engaged the older and younger adults. Institutional boundaries can be both an obstacle to overcome or a welcomed safeguarding measure. Finally, intergenerational relationships are not free from tensions, but it is through negotiation that more reciprocal relations between different generations can emerge. Acknowledgements and Dedication I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisors Dr. Helen Manchester and Dr. Julia Paulson for their patient and relentless support throughout my journey, because they believed in me and encouraged me to keep going. I wish to thank Prof. Sheila Trahar and Dr. Kate Hawkey whose feedback at my progression panel helped me steer my study in the right direction. I would like to pay my special regards to my participants and administrative staff who were ever so helpful in the different phases of this project. Also, I would like to thank Prof. Susan Robertson, Prof. Roger Dale and Dr. Matt K for their support with developing my academic self in the early stages of my degree. I wish to thank all the people whose assistance was a milestone. Running the risk of leaving names out of this list, I will venture to assert that people missing from this record should be interpreted as an ephemeral lapse of memory. Thank you: Dra. QueenBea and Madam Tanya who lit the way with their bling. María Lucía, Jingwen and Miguel, who shared their wisdom with me. Dulce, for feeding my soul and providing a space for culinary explorations. Nam and Evelyn, who made sure I was well kept and focused. Ale, Maraki, Claudia P, Nathalie, Eleannita, Georgia, Ori, Rabanita Nancy, and Carmi for their loving care in spite of the physical distance between us. MaJita for walking alongside me when I was at my worst: I couldn’t have done this without you. To the wonderful women in my life who otherwise held me in times of need in their different capacities: practitioners, fellows, and friends: May, Katy, Chloe, Tesni, Raquel, Debbie, Jo, Lauren, Ruth, Pauline, Tara, Jane, OnHee, Urim, Margarita, Ali, Janja, Claire, Leanne, Lynn, Lynne, Beryl, Hazel, Merve, Jeongeun, Duygu, Caro G, Caro V, Dani, Jill, Talisha, Ary, Rosy, Petri, Doña Beatriz, and other women I fail to name from the different women groups I’ve joined. To the other PhD candidates in the doctoral rooms at SoE, and friends in general. Special thanks to my mother Celina and father Onésimo Sebastián for their lifetime commitment to see me thrive. Yendi, Doris, Darián, and Cyp for hosting me and cheering me up. General thanks to my family. Financial support was provided by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología- CONACyT (The Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) through the scholarship (409089). Additional funds were received from the International Hardship Fund at the University of Bristol. iii Authors’ Declaration I declare that the work in this dissertation was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the University's Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Degree Programmes and that it has not been submitted for any other academic award. Except where indicated by specific reference in the text, the work is the candidate's own work. Work done in collaboration with, or with the assistance of, others, is indicated as such. Any views expressed in the dissertation are those of the author. SIGNED: …………………… DATE: ……………………. iv Table of Contents Abstract................................................................................................................................ ii Acknowledgements and Dedication ..................................................................................iii Authors’ Declaration ...........................................................................................................iv Table of Contents ................................................................................................................ v List of Figures.................................................................................................................... viii List of Tables .......................................................................................................................ix List of abbreviations ........................................................................................................... x Chapter 1. Introduction: Demographic and sociotechnical changes: making a case for a qualitative research in Bristol ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Demographic and social changes in today’s world and the UK ........................ 1 1.1.1 Ageing societies: impending doom or a call to action? .............................. 2 1.1.2 Age and social division ................................................................................. 3 1.1.3 Sociology of generation................................................................................. 4 1.1.4 Identities and their relationship with social division ................................... 6 1.2 Personal rationale ................................................................................................. 6 1.3 Technological development and society, mutually shaping each other ........... 9 1.3.1 Technological divide and Social divides .....................................................10 1.4 Communities as a fertile ground for change ......................................................11 1.5 Research Aims and research Questions ............................................................13 1.5.1 Research questions ......................................................................................13 1.6 Research design overview ..................................................................................13 1.7 Outline of the dissertation ...................................................................................14
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