TY - JOUR AU - Gillespie, Brian PY - 2015/05/13 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Intersectional Perspectives on Aging JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/intersectional-perspectives-on-aging SP - AB - Using a unique set of "social status" characteristics, we will discuss the negative and positive impact of aging-specific issues and social policies based on an intersectional analysis of weekly discussion topics. Your job is to learn what you can about the weekly topic through the eyes of an individual with these social status characteristics. Feel free to use lecture notes, class readings, Internet research, scholarly journals, popular press, conversations with professionals, and conversations with older adults—so long as you tell us where it came from! Think of how the intersectionality of these characteristics might influence individuals’ perspective on the weekly topic (e.g., don’t focus only on how individuals may view aging from one category such as "working class"—instead, think about how the combination of factors might influence one’s outlook—being a working class African American female). A 250 word topic discussion will be due each week. You may choose to take a general approach to your interpretation of facts for discussion—as an alternative, your paper can be written in first-person narrative or diary format (e.g., a "week in the life" of an individual facing particular challenges) providing support, with research, for any statements you make. There will be a weekly discussion where we explore issues related to the topic and how these experiences differ for persons of different social status characteristics. Toward the end of the semester, you will turn in your five favorite topics/write-ups, adding any new terms of research you’ve come across, as part of the semester-long assignment. ER -