Neighbourhood-Reminiscence

Integrating Generations and Cultures in the Netherlands

Bibliographic Data

ID6081069
AuthorsChristina Mercken (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume1
Issue1
Pages81-94
Publication date2003-02-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intergenerational Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1535-0770 • E-ISSN: 1535-0932
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j194v01n01_08
OpenAlexW2046209877
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Social cohesion is one of the key concepts of local social policy in the Netherlands, the basic assumption being that every neighbourhood needs a certain level of social cohesion in order to offer the residents a liveable community in which they feel comfortable and included. When working on social cohesion, special attention is paid to those groups who maintain little to no social contact or amongst whom tensions arise: different age groups and communities with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The Netherlands Institute of Care and Welfare (NIZW) has developed a new method for promoting the integration of generations and cultures: neighbourhood-reminiscence. This method uses memories and stories of neighbourhood residents in order to promote exchanges, mutual understanding and respect between different age- and cultural-groups. Neighbourhood-reminiscence is community development, based on the local neighbourhood level, because the neighbourhood is where people live, where they meet each other and where tensions between citizens with different lifestyles and interests may erupt

Cognitive psychology · Ethnic group · Political science · Public relations · Reminiscence · Sociology · Welfare · Anthropology · Dutch Social and Cultural Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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