Ageing processes and cultural differences

Presentation of a research project as part of the "Jeudis de la Maison Suger", a residents' research seminar.

Isabelle Chariglione is Psychologist, Neuropsychologist and Professor. She is Specialist in Gerontology by the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology. She is currently a Professor at the Institute of Psychology, in the Graduate Program in Developmental and School Psychology (PGPDE) and one of the coordinators of the Laboratory of New Epistemologies and Human Development - LabNEDH at the University of Brasília.

Sonia Caldas Pessoa is a visiting researcher at the Institut Mines-Télécom Évry, France, (2023/2024), supported by a Capes-Print e CNPQ scholarship. Professor in the Department of Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG/Brazil). In 2018, she received the Erasmus+ Award, the European Union's program in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014 to 2020, for social justice. She is the creator of the blog Tudo Bem Ser Different. (https://tudobemserjante.wordpress.com), to share stories about inclusion based on the experiences of her son Pedro, who died of hydrocephalus at the age of 9 in 2016.

Presentation

"This presentation aims to discuss the aging process in Brazil and worldwide. The researchers understand the importance of contextualizing the aging process within heterogeneity, intersectionality and diversity. Population ageing is already a reality in some countries, with more elderly people than children. Are we all prepared for this "new" reality? And how do we manage this process on a day-to-day basis? How are discursive practices organized around this theme? Are we still a society prejudiced against those who grow old?

The World Report on Ageism, drawn up by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Population Fund, sheds light on the Global Campaign against Ageism, also known as "Against Ageism".

The document reveals that ageism refers to stereotyping (how we think), prejudice (how we feel) and discrimination (how we act) directed against people based on their age. Ageism can be institutional, interpersonal or self-inflicted. Everyday and mediatized discursive practices are important elements in both reinforcing prejudice and combating it. What is our role as researchers? And how can research, society and science contribute to reducing ageism or prejudice against the ageing population?"