TY - JOUR
T1 - The firekeepers
T2 - Aging considered as a resource
AU - Carroll, John M.
AU - Convertino, Gregorio
AU - Farooq, Umer
AU - Rosson, Mary Beth
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a series of grants from the US National Science Foundation (0355212, 0353097, 0353075, 0113264, 0081102, 0080864). Gregorio Convertino is now at the Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1314 ([email protected]). Umer Farooq is now at Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 ([email protected]). Yu-Chu Lin, Bonnie J. F. Meyer, and Fengfeng Ke were collaborators and contributors in our study of intergenerational teams.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Technology can improve the quality of life for elderly persons by supporting and facilitating the unique leadership roles that elderly play in groups, communities, and other organizations. Elderly people are often organizational firekeepers. They maintain community memory, pass on organizational practices, and ensure social continuity. This paper reports studies of several essential community roles played by elderly community members-including the role of volunteer community webmaster-and describes two positive design projects that investigated how technology can support new kinds of social endeavors and contributions to society by elderly citizens. Finally, the paper speculates on the utility of intergenerational teams in strengthening society's workforce.
AB - Technology can improve the quality of life for elderly persons by supporting and facilitating the unique leadership roles that elderly play in groups, communities, and other organizations. Elderly people are often organizational firekeepers. They maintain community memory, pass on organizational practices, and ensure social continuity. This paper reports studies of several essential community roles played by elderly community members-including the role of volunteer community webmaster-and describes two positive design projects that investigated how technology can support new kinds of social endeavors and contributions to society by elderly citizens. Finally, the paper speculates on the utility of intergenerational teams in strengthening society's workforce.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84857685533
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84857685533#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1007/s10209-011-0229-9
DO - 10.1007/s10209-011-0229-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857685533
SN - 1615-5289
VL - 11
SP - 7
EP - 15
JO - Universal Access in the Information Society
JF - Universal Access in the Information Society
IS - 1
ER -