Luciana Lang
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 93601 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Luciana Lang |
| NOMBRES | Luciana |
| APELLIDO | Lang |
| FIRMA | LANG L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7598-6949 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Exploring the role of faith spaces as social infrastructure in creating age-friendly communities
Faith spaces are vital but overlooked forms of social infrastructure that support older adults. They are especially important for marginalized and minoritized groups who may face barriers to mainstream services. While Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) initiatives aim to develop supportive environments for ageing populations, they have rarely engaged with faith spaces, despite their role in facilitating community support and informal care…
The (im)mobilities of Covid-19 in later life
The COVID-19 pandemic foregrounded a numerical conception of age. Many of the targets of proposals to introduce age-specific restrictions are members of the ‘baby boomer’ generation, a generation that is widely recognised as having a youthful approach to ageing. Attending to arguments that baby boomers are a ‘bridging’ generation – i.e. they share cultural orientations with both preceding and succeeding generations – we argue that ‘bridging’ is a…
Doing community in social distancing times
This article looks at the role faith communities and faith-related practices played in older people's lives during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 through the lenses of adapted techniques of the body. By drawing on interviews conducted with 75 older people across three different ethnic groups in Greater Manchester, the article explores the impact of the closure of religious spaces, dramatically altering faith-related activities that had until then …
Living with other women's lives
This article reflects on the ways researchers are affected by their engagement with the stories they encounter in research. It proposes the notion of ‘research resonance’ to capture the experience of living with research participants’ stories, and by extension, their lives. The article draws on data collected for the ‘Girlhood and Later Life’ project, which investigated youth experiences and transitions to adulthood of women born between 1939 and…
Finding a home for the Ritxoko
By tracing the biography of a collection of Ritxoko, the name given to ceramic dolls made by the Iny Karajá people in the interior of Brazil, this paper reflects on the potential ramifications of repatriation. Changes in the making of the Ritxoko are inseparable from a broader history of contact, the political-ecological entanglements surrounding the resources that enable that making, and the effects of its heritagisation process. The relations i…
Locked down by inequality
This paper develops the argument that post-COVID-19 recovery strategies need to focus on building back fairer cities and communities, and that this requires a strong embedding of ‘ age-friendly’ principles to support marginalised groups of older people, especially those living in deprived urban neighbourhoods, trapped in poor quality housing. It shows that older people living in such areas are likely to experience a ‘double lockdown’ as a result …
Covid-19, Inequality and Older People
This paper considers the basis for a 'community-centred' response to COVID-19. It highlights the pressures on communities weakened by austerity, growing inequalities, and cuts to social infrastructure. This paper examines the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on low-income communities, whilst highlighting the extent to which they have been excluded from debates about policies to limit the spread of COVID-19. This paper examines four approac…
I stick to this side of the park
This paper presents the results of the 'Beyond the Peace Walls' pilot project, which examined the role of urban parks in Belfast, a city marked by a history of sectarianism. It explores the interface of culture, inclusivity and belonging through the concept of 'shared spaces' following the rationale that has guided policy-making in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. By examining the alternative narratives of …
That's What Fishers Do Now, We Collect Rubbish
This paper explores the productive potential of waste and the emergence of environmental subjects in an urban fishing community, which I call The Colony, in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The shift to an environmental form of governance in the 1990s transformed its surrounding mangrove swamp into a product of policies and changed people's perception of material waste. If on the one hand discarded materials made it almost impossible for …
Political ethics and social movement
In the 1980s, local mobilization to turn a mangrove swamp, the Manguezal do Jequiá, into an environmentally protected area in the urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, brought distinct motivations together under one vision: that of regenerating what was once a resource-rich commons for local fishers. However, conflicts emerged when framings ceased to coincide, thereby curtailing the network, and compromising the co-existence of humans, fish …
"Sometimes you don't know how to move" cultural savviness and learning the ropes of bureaucracy
Purpose Recent works by organisational anthropologists have identified bureaucracy as a major challenge for unskilled workers in the global economy. Daily encounters with bureaucratic processes only enhance general feelings of inadequacy, frustration and insecurity experienced by social groups who have to rely on precarious work. However, a focus on people's homespun strategies and on the role of the non-profit sector in helping them to navigate …
Simulating fisherfolk and performing heritage through ritual, history, and nostalgia
Drawing on its reputation as the first official fishing colony in Brazil, a community in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro hosts some unique rituals, such as the annual Catholic procession on St. Peter’s day and the anniversary of the colony’s foundation with the presence of the Navy band. After a big fire destroyed most of the mangrove surrounding the colony in 1975, people strived to create spaces of order to offset what was perceived as a loss o…
Locked down by inequality
This paper develops the argument that post-COVID-19 recovery strategies need to focus on building back fairer cities and communities, and that this requires a strong embedding of ‘ age-friendly’ principles to support marginalised groups of older people, especially those living in deprived urban neighbourhoods, trapped in poor quality housing. It shows that older people living in such areas are likely to experience a ‘double lockdown’ as a result …
I stick to this side of the park
This paper presents the results of the 'Beyond the Peace Walls' pilot project, which examined the role of urban parks in Belfast, a city marked by a history of sectarianism. It explores the interface of culture, inclusivity and belonging through the concept of 'shared spaces' following the rationale that has guided policy-making in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. By examining the alternative narratives of …
Simulating fisherfolk and performing heritage through ritual, history, and nostalgia
Drawing on its reputation as the first official fishing colony in Brazil, a community in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro hosts some unique rituals, such as the annual Catholic procession on St. Peter’s day and the anniversary of the colony’s foundation with the presence of the Navy band. After a big fire destroyed most of the mangrove surrounding the colony in 1975, people strived to create spaces of order to offset what was perceived as a loss o…
The (im)mobilities of Covid-19 in later life
The COVID-19 pandemic foregrounded a numerical conception of age. Many of the targets of proposals to introduce age-specific restrictions are members of the ‘baby boomer’ generation, a generation that is widely recognised as having a youthful approach to ageing. Attending to arguments that baby boomers are a ‘bridging’ generation – i.e. they share cultural orientations with both preceding and succeeding generations – we argue that ‘bridging’ is a…
That's What Fishers Do Now, We Collect Rubbish
This paper explores the productive potential of waste and the emergence of environmental subjects in an urban fishing community, which I call The Colony, in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The shift to an environmental form of governance in the 1990s transformed its surrounding mangrove swamp into a product of policies and changed people's perception of material waste. If on the one hand discarded materials made it almost impossible for …
"Sometimes you don't know how to move" cultural savviness and learning the ropes of bureaucracy
Purpose Recent works by organisational anthropologists have identified bureaucracy as a major challenge for unskilled workers in the global economy. Daily encounters with bureaucratic processes only enhance general feelings of inadequacy, frustration and insecurity experienced by social groups who have to rely on precarious work. However, a focus on people's homespun strategies and on the role of the non-profit sector in helping them to navigate …
Simulating fisherfolk and performing heritage through ritual, history, and nostalgia
Drawing on its reputation as the first official fishing colony in Brazil, a community in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro hosts some unique rituals, such as the annual Catholic procession on St. Peter’s day and the anniversary of the colony’s foundation with the presence of the Navy band. After a big fire destroyed most of the mangrove surrounding the colony in 1975, people strived to create spaces of order to offset what was perceived as a loss o…
Political ethics and social movement
In the 1980s, local mobilization to turn a mangrove swamp, the Manguezal do Jequiá, into an environmentally protected area in the urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, brought distinct motivations together under one vision: that of regenerating what was once a resource-rich commons for local fishers. However, conflicts emerged when framings ceased to coincide, thereby curtailing the network, and compromising the co-existence of humans, fish …
"Sometimes you don't know how to move" cultural savviness and learning the ropes of bureaucracy
Purpose Recent works by organisational anthropologists have identified bureaucracy as a major challenge for unskilled workers in the global economy. Daily encounters with bureaucratic processes only enhance general feelings of inadequacy, frustration and insecurity experienced by social groups who have to rely on precarious work. However, a focus on people's homespun strategies and on the role of the non-profit sector in helping them to navigate …
I stick to this side of the park
This paper presents the results of the 'Beyond the Peace Walls' pilot project, which examined the role of urban parks in Belfast, a city marked by a history of sectarianism. It explores the interface of culture, inclusivity and belonging through the concept of 'shared spaces' following the rationale that has guided policy-making in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. By examining the alternative narratives of …
That's What Fishers Do Now, We Collect Rubbish
This paper explores the productive potential of waste and the emergence of environmental subjects in an urban fishing community, which I call The Colony, in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The shift to an environmental form of governance in the 1990s transformed its surrounding mangrove swamp into a product of policies and changed people's perception of material waste. If on the one hand discarded materials made it almost impossible for …
Covid-19, Inequality and Older People
This paper considers the basis for a 'community-centred' response to COVID-19. It highlights the pressures on communities weakened by austerity, growing inequalities, and cuts to social infrastructure. This paper examines the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on low-income communities, whilst highlighting the extent to which they have been excluded from debates about policies to limit the spread of COVID-19. This paper examines four approac…
Finding a home for the Ritxoko
By tracing the biography of a collection of Ritxoko, the name given to ceramic dolls made by the Iny Karajá people in the interior of Brazil, this paper reflects on the potential ramifications of repatriation. Changes in the making of the Ritxoko are inseparable from a broader history of contact, the political-ecological entanglements surrounding the resources that enable that making, and the effects of its heritagisation process. The relations i…
Locked down by inequality
This paper develops the argument that post-COVID-19 recovery strategies need to focus on building back fairer cities and communities, and that this requires a strong embedding of ‘ age-friendly’ principles to support marginalised groups of older people, especially those living in deprived urban neighbourhoods, trapped in poor quality housing. It shows that older people living in such areas are likely to experience a ‘double lockdown’ as a result …
Living with other women's lives
This article reflects on the ways researchers are affected by their engagement with the stories they encounter in research. It proposes the notion of ‘research resonance’ to capture the experience of living with research participants’ stories, and by extension, their lives. The article draws on data collected for the ‘Girlhood and Later Life’ project, which investigated youth experiences and transitions to adulthood of women born between 1939 and…
The (im)mobilities of Covid-19 in later life
The COVID-19 pandemic foregrounded a numerical conception of age. Many of the targets of proposals to introduce age-specific restrictions are members of the ‘baby boomer’ generation, a generation that is widely recognised as having a youthful approach to ageing. Attending to arguments that baby boomers are a ‘bridging’ generation – i.e. they share cultural orientations with both preceding and succeeding generations – we argue that ‘bridging’ is a…
Doing community in social distancing times
This article looks at the role faith communities and faith-related practices played in older people's lives during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 through the lenses of adapted techniques of the body. By drawing on interviews conducted with 75 older people across three different ethnic groups in Greater Manchester, the article explores the impact of the closure of religious spaces, dramatically altering faith-related activities that had until then …
Exploring the role of faith spaces as social infrastructure in creating age-friendly communities
Faith spaces are vital but overlooked forms of social infrastructure that support older adults. They are especially important for marginalized and minoritized groups who may face barriers to mainstream services. While Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) initiatives aim to develop supportive environments for ageing populations, they have rarely engaged with faith spaces, despite their role in facilitating community support and informal care…
Sociology (8 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (3 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 obras) · Environmental ethics (3 obras) · Ethnography (3 obras)