Project information
Institutions of Ageing Men
- Project Identification
- GA23-05047S
- Project Period
- 1/2023 - 12/2025
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Social Studies
- Keywords
- men; masculinities; gender; age; soc. institutions; inequalities; power; care; qualitative research
Czech society is ageing and this process is gendered. Yet, we know very little about the ageing of Czech men. Men are often not named as a gendered category. The study aims to challenge this approach by addressing the topic critically, providing an intersectional analysis situated in a context of a post-socialist country. The design is based on mixed methods sequential research approach, combining qualitative fieldwork with supplementary quantitative secondary analyses. It addresses processes of ageing as a reflected gendered practice by a chosen analytical logic of intersecting power and care relationships. Answers to the research question “how do Czech men do gender, age and ageing in selected social contexts?” will provide an understanding of the dynamics of relations in later lives. Powerful as well as marginalising relations of men as they age will be scrutinised together with caring and being cared for. The study fills gaps beyond fieldwork from a specific context. It will conceptually enrich current international knowledge by adopting a critical perspective.
Student research assistants Karolína Gregorová a Aneta Straková are in the team with us.
Professors Clary Krekula (Linnaeus University, Sweden) and Jeff Hearn (Örebro University, Sweden) have agreed to cooperate in our project as our international advisory board.
Sustainable Development Goals
Masaryk University is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.
Publications
Total number of publications: 17
2024
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Fragility in Resilience of Ageing Men
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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“I feel old. I'm sure it could be because I was taking care of someone”. Relational aspects of age, queerness, and disenfranchised grief regarding spousal loss
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Institutions of Ageing Men Relations of Power, Care, and Lack of Them
Year: 2024, type:
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Masculinities: care, privilege and trust explored with ageing Czech men
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Maskulinity péče a stárnutí
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Privileges, unbearable lightness of masculinity and middle age crisis of ageing men
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Researching Men as Men
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Stáří na startu a v cíli: sport a závodění v seniorském věku. Sportující muži 60+
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Successful ageing, well-being and age identity: the case of athletes
Year: 2024, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
2023
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Ageing men: intersections of health, age and gender
Year: 2023, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings