Thomas A Lowe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1725466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A Lowe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Lowe |
| SIGNATURE | LOWE T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2707-4272 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bring back the culture!”
Chinatown is a novel context where cultural heritage and older adults intersect. • Tangible and intangible cultural heritage felt to have progressively become worse. • The past was considered mostly gone, but some elements were felt to be restorable. • Changes were felt to have a negative effect on older adult’s subjective wellbeing. • Solutions are symbiotic and could benefit both older adults and cultural heritage. Continued population ageing i…
Special Issue on Ageing in Place
Ageing in place has been loosely defined as ageing in one’s familiar home and community (Boyle et al. 2015; Pani-Harreman et al. 2021). Ageing in place is both an approach and policy developed in response to population ageing as well as a theme subject to academic debate (Lewis & Buffel 2020). Ageing in place has been a prevalent policy in many countries, especially in Global North countries like the UK (Peace 2022). As a policy, ageing in place …
Caring with
Informal caring is often framed as an individualised activity, with support networks positioned as peripheral rather than integral to sustaining care. This paper challenges such framings by theorising social support as a structuring force within landscapes of care, shaping how informal dementia caring is organised, negotiated, and experienced. Drawing on qualitative interviews and graphic elicitation with carers, the study foregrounds ‘caring wit…
Challenges and opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging implications on the academic community and there have been numerous commentaries on the effects of the pandemic on qualitative health research. However, the vulnerabilities faced by participants and researchers during the pandemic have remained underexplored. Addressing this gap, this reflective article discusses the intersecting challenges and opportunities arising for participants and researchers in qu…
Older adults' adaptations to life events
Mobility research tends to focus on physical movement and experiences in later life; however, changes in older adult mobility over time remains underexplored. Furthermore, older adults typically experience many life events, some of which result from cognitive and physical decline, and many of which impact mobility. This article aims to explore how life events affect the mobility of older adults over time. We conducted in-depth interviews with 22 …
Reflections on a healthy discipline
This article introduces a special section comprising papers examining the evolution, current state and potential futures of the subdiscipline of health geography. Geographers’ engagement with ‘health’ has transformed from a strict rooting in the ‘(bio)medical’, coinciding with, and contributing to, a paradigm shift emphasising a recognition of health as multifaceted and shaped by everyday experiential spatial practices, rhythms and identities. Th…
The past, present and future of health geography
This article traces the past, present and future of health geography through the career journeys of three notable academics, Sarah Curtis (SC), Julia Jones (JJ) and Graham Moon (GM). All three of these scholars have had entanglements with the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) (RGS‐IBG) throughout their careers, enabling them to shape health geog…
Remote graphic elicitation
Graphic elicitation, an arts‐based method that focuses on participant‐led drawing activities, is often conducted with the researcher in situ and discussed in an interview setting, either during or after drawing. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns have meant that using graphic elicitation in its current form required a re‐evaluation. Reflecting on a research project that undertook graphic elicitation remotely, this paper c…
Care and rhythmanalysis
An increasing number of people living with dementia worldwide receive informal care from their family members. A key element of dementia care is maintaining a daily routine and familiarity, making caring an extremely rhythmic practice. To explore the rhythmic nature of informal care, we apply and advance Lefebvre's unfinished rhythmanalysis by developing an original typology of eurhythmia as a metastable equilibrium. Metastability, although appea…
The role of performativity in informal dementia carers' capability to be mobile
Informal carers are and will remain a vital part of dementia care. Given the nature of their caring tasks, which focus on enabling the care recipient to engage in meaningful activities, informal dementia carers are affected in their everyday mobility. Expectations manifested by society, loved ones and the carers themselves play a critical role in how carers perform their caring role and how they perceive their opportunity, or capability, to be mo…
Older adults' adaptations to life events
Mobility research tends to focus on physical movement and experiences in later life; however, changes in older adult mobility over time remains underexplored. Furthermore, older adults typically experience many life events, some of which result from cognitive and physical decline, and many of which impact mobility. This article aims to explore how life events affect the mobility of older adults over time. We conducted in-depth interviews with 22 …
Remote graphic elicitation
Graphic elicitation, an arts‐based method that focuses on participant‐led drawing activities, is often conducted with the researcher in situ and discussed in an interview setting, either during or after drawing. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns have meant that using graphic elicitation in its current form required a re‐evaluation. Reflecting on a research project that undertook graphic elicitation remotely, this paper c…
Reflections on a healthy discipline
This article introduces a special section comprising papers examining the evolution, current state and potential futures of the subdiscipline of health geography. Geographers’ engagement with ‘health’ has transformed from a strict rooting in the ‘(bio)medical’, coinciding with, and contributing to, a paradigm shift emphasising a recognition of health as multifaceted and shaped by everyday experiential spatial practices, rhythms and identities. Th…
The past, present and future of health geography
This article traces the past, present and future of health geography through the career journeys of three notable academics, Sarah Curtis (SC), Julia Jones (JJ) and Graham Moon (GM). All three of these scholars have had entanglements with the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) (RGS‐IBG) throughout their careers, enabling them to shape health geog…
The role of performativity in informal dementia carers' capability to be mobile
Informal carers are and will remain a vital part of dementia care. Given the nature of their caring tasks, which focus on enabling the care recipient to engage in meaningful activities, informal dementia carers are affected in their everyday mobility. Expectations manifested by society, loved ones and the carers themselves play a critical role in how carers perform their caring role and how they perceive their opportunity, or capability, to be mo…
Care and rhythmanalysis
An increasing number of people living with dementia worldwide receive informal care from their family members. A key element of dementia care is maintaining a daily routine and familiarity, making caring an extremely rhythmic practice. To explore the rhythmic nature of informal care, we apply and advance Lefebvre's unfinished rhythmanalysis by developing an original typology of eurhythmia as a metastable equilibrium. Metastability, although appea…
Remote graphic elicitation
Graphic elicitation, an arts‐based method that focuses on participant‐led drawing activities, is often conducted with the researcher in situ and discussed in an interview setting, either during or after drawing. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns have meant that using graphic elicitation in its current form required a re‐evaluation. Reflecting on a research project that undertook graphic elicitation remotely, this paper c…
Care and rhythmanalysis
An increasing number of people living with dementia worldwide receive informal care from their family members. A key element of dementia care is maintaining a daily routine and familiarity, making caring an extremely rhythmic practice. To explore the rhythmic nature of informal care, we apply and advance Lefebvre's unfinished rhythmanalysis by developing an original typology of eurhythmia as a metastable equilibrium. Metastability, although appea…
The role of performativity in informal dementia carers' capability to be mobile
Informal carers are and will remain a vital part of dementia care. Given the nature of their caring tasks, which focus on enabling the care recipient to engage in meaningful activities, informal dementia carers are affected in their everyday mobility. Expectations manifested by society, loved ones and the carers themselves play a critical role in how carers perform their caring role and how they perceive their opportunity, or capability, to be mo…
Challenges and opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging implications on the academic community and there have been numerous commentaries on the effects of the pandemic on qualitative health research. However, the vulnerabilities faced by participants and researchers during the pandemic have remained underexplored. Addressing this gap, this reflective article discusses the intersecting challenges and opportunities arising for participants and researchers in qu…
Older adults' adaptations to life events
Mobility research tends to focus on physical movement and experiences in later life; however, changes in older adult mobility over time remains underexplored. Furthermore, older adults typically experience many life events, some of which result from cognitive and physical decline, and many of which impact mobility. This article aims to explore how life events affect the mobility of older adults over time. We conducted in-depth interviews with 22 …
Reflections on a healthy discipline
This article introduces a special section comprising papers examining the evolution, current state and potential futures of the subdiscipline of health geography. Geographers’ engagement with ‘health’ has transformed from a strict rooting in the ‘(bio)medical’, coinciding with, and contributing to, a paradigm shift emphasising a recognition of health as multifaceted and shaped by everyday experiential spatial practices, rhythms and identities. Th…
The past, present and future of health geography
This article traces the past, present and future of health geography through the career journeys of three notable academics, Sarah Curtis (SC), Julia Jones (JJ) and Graham Moon (GM). All three of these scholars have had entanglements with the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) (RGS‐IBG) throughout their careers, enabling them to shape health geog…
Caring with
Informal caring is often framed as an individualised activity, with support networks positioned as peripheral rather than integral to sustaining care. This paper challenges such framings by theorising social support as a structuring force within landscapes of care, shaping how informal dementia caring is organised, negotiated, and experienced. Drawing on qualitative interviews and graphic elicitation with carers, the study foregrounds ‘caring wit…
Bring back the culture!”
Chinatown is a novel context where cultural heritage and older adults intersect. • Tangible and intangible cultural heritage felt to have progressively become worse. • The past was considered mostly gone, but some elements were felt to be restorable. • Changes were felt to have a negative effect on older adult’s subjective wellbeing. • Solutions are symbiotic and could benefit both older adults and cultural heritage. Continued population ageing i…
Special Issue on Ageing in Place
Ageing in place has been loosely defined as ageing in one’s familiar home and community (Boyle et al. 2015; Pani-Harreman et al. 2021). Ageing in place is both an approach and policy developed in response to population ageing as well as a theme subject to academic debate (Lewis & Buffel 2020). Ageing in place has been a prevalent policy in many countries, especially in Global North countries like the UK (Peace 2022). As a policy, ageing in place …
Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (4 works) · Older people (3 works) · Population ageing (3 works) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)