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Affective Lives of Rural Ageing
Author(s) -
Maclaren Andrew S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sociologia ruralis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.005
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-9523
pISSN - 0038-0199
DOI - 10.1111/soru.12196
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , perspective (graphical) , ethnography , sociology , rural area , gender studies , psychology , epistemology , political science , anthropology , art , visual arts , philosophy , law
Affective and embodied knowledges have come to exert an influence on both rural studies and ageing studies. Drawing together these two contexts and considering the accelerated demographic ageing experienced in rural areas in contrast to urban areas, this article aims to explore the affective and emotional lives of older people living in rural Scotland. This article uses non‐representational theories as a mode of thought to attend to this aim, whilst considering the application of this theoretical perspective methodologically. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this article first explores the more‐than‐human nature of rural spaces that older people experience. This leads into a consideration of socialities as a contour of rural ageing and the notion of atmosphere as part of an affective and emotional element of rural living. By linking non‐representational theories with rural ageing, this article ultimately contributes to ongoing debates within rural studies on affective rural lives.