Objective Ageing

This is a blog post that explores ageing in material objects and in people. Norms of beauty are relevant here; beauty is persistently associated with youth and newness and this has affected our relationship with our own ageing (particularly in the West) and also with objects. These associations are important because aesthetic obsolescence of objects leads to dissatisfaction, detachment, and early disposal which has significant environmental and societal impacts. Whilst entrenched Western norms which perpetuate unattainable youthful perfection, reinforce ‘skin deep’ attitudes to ageing resulting in poor self-esteem and an increasingly ‘invisible’ older population.

In this post, we start to tease out and connect strands of thought, drawing on trans-disciplinary constructs of ageing within the contexts of people and objects.

• http://beautydemands.blogspot.com/2020/0...