Growing old in resource communities: Exploring the links among voluntarism, aging, and community development

被引:18
作者
Skinner, Mark W. [1 ]
Joseph, Alun E. [2 ]
Hanlon, Neil [3 ]
Halseth, Greg [3 ]
Ryser, Laura [4 ]
机构
[1] Trent Univ, Dept Geog, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
[2] Univ Guelph, Dept Geog, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
[3] Univ No British Columbia, Geog Program, Prince George, BC V2L 5P2, Canada
[4] Univ No British Columbia, Community Dev Inst, Prince George, BC V2L 5P2, Canada
来源
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHER-GEOGRAPHE CANADIEN | 2014年 / 58卷 / 04期
关键词
rural aging; aging in place; community development; voluntary sector; media analysis; vieillissement rural; vieillissement sur place; developpement communautaire; secteur benevole; analyse des medias; BRITISH-COLUMBIA; SOCIAL CARE; ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH-CARE; CANADA; ORGANIZATIONS; GEOGRAPHY; SPACES; WORK;
D O I
10.1111/cag.12087
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This article addresses the implications of resource frontier aging with a particular emphasis on understanding the role of the voluntary sector in supporting older people living in resource hinterland regions, and in sustaining economic and social development in their communities. Informed by recent calls for greater attention to the diverse experiences of rural aging, individually and collectively, and drawing on previous research on voluntarism in aging rural communities and on community development in Canada's resource hinterland, we conceptualize voluntarism as a multifaceted process that both shapes and is shaped by the interactions between older people and aging places. We articulate an approach for interrogating initiatives that link voluntarism, aging, and community development together, and present findings from an exploratory analysis of local media from two resource towns in northern British Columbia to identify and describe the interrelationship between voluntary sector activities in support of community development and those in support of aging in place. The findings provide evidence of the multiple, nuanced, and reciprocal ways in which voluntarism creates and reinforces the connections between aging and community development, often via the leadership and participation of older residents. Avenues for further research aimed at developing an in-depth understanding of voluntarism as a potentially transformative process in resource frontier communities are discussed. Resume Cet article a pour objet d'etudier les consequences du << vieillissement dans les regions ressources eloignees >> et s'interesse tout particulierement au role du benevolat a la fois dans le soutien aux personnes agees vivant dans des regions ressources de l'arriere pays et dans l'essor du developpement economique et social au sein de leurs communautes. S'inspirant des appels recents visant a porter davantage attention a la diversite des experiences du vieillissement rural autant sur les plans individuels que collectifs et tirant parti des travaux de recherche sur le benevolat dans les communautes rurales vieillissantes et sur le developpement communautaire dans les regions ressources de l'arriere pays du Canada, le concept du benevolat que nous avons elabore renvoie a un processus aux multiples dimensions qui faconne et est faconne par les interactions entre les personnes agees et les lieux vieillissants. Notre demarche est definie dans le but de sonder des initiatives qui integrent le benevolat, le vieillissement et le developpement communautaire. Les constats que nous degageons d'une etude exploratoire menee sur les medias locaux dans deux villes ressources du nord de la Colombie-Britannique permettent d'identifier et de decrire les relations entre les activites du secteur benevole qui soutiennent le developpement communautaire et celles qui soutiennent le vieillissement sur place. Ces constats revelent que le benevolat participe de multiples facons et de maniere nuancee et reciproque a la creation et au renforcement des liens etablis entre le vieillissement et le developpement communautaire qui resultent souvent de la prise en charge par des residents plus ages eux-memes. L'article se termine par des elements de reflexion pour orienter les nouvelles recherches en vue de contribuer a l'approfondissement de nos connaissances sur le benevolat en tant que processus de transformation possible dans les communautes ressources eloignees.
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页码:418 / 428
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