Project information
Institutions of Ageing Men

Information

This project doesn't include Faculty of Arts. It includes Faculty of Social Studies. Official project website can be found on muni.cz.

Project Identification

GA23-05047S

Project Period

1/2023 - 12/2025

Investor / Pogramme / Project type

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.

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