E-Migrageing — Anna Pechurina

E-MigrAgeing: Sustainable Ageing of Migrant Populations in Sweden and Japan and their Transnational families in the Framework of Digital Technologies

January-November, 2022

Project description: The project aims to investigate the relation between ageing, migration and digital technologies, in the comparative context of Sweden and Japan. The project’s main output is a two-day online conference, which took place on May 11-12, 2022 with an aim to discuss the experiences and technological knowledge of the two countries, specifically focusing on solutions for sustainable ageing of migrants and their livelihood. The first day of the conference focused on challenges in relation to implementing communication and translation technologies for older people and the role of digital technologies in the elder care sector. The second day brought together academic speakers to discuss broader topics in relation to digitisation of ageing and issues of integration and digital care among migrant populations. The conference featured keynote speakers were Prof Yuko Takeda, Dr Anne Stefanie Aronsson, Prof Jackie J. Kim-Wachutka, and Dr Sofi Fristedt.
In addition, the conference collaborated with literally and visual artists whose work comes across and explores the key themes of the project. On Day 1 Mariia Ermilova, a Russian-born multidisciplinary researcher and artist, currently living and working in Japan, presented a method of sketching as a way of collaborating with ageing urban community. Mariia also created a sketch-record of the conference. Day 2 started with a poetry reading by Susan Cohen, an American-born writer living in Stockholm, who reflected on digital communications, migration, and identity through her work.
More information on the conference and recordings of the keynote lectures can be found on the conference website.
Role: PI
Funding: This project is funded by the Intsam, a collaboration of Swedish research funding agencies, through Vinnova – Sweden’s Innovation Agency, in collaboration with MIRAI2.0.
Project members:
Dr. Satu Heikkinen, Karlstad University
Dr Tara Mehrabi, Karlstad University
Ksenia Golovina, Toyo University
Project website: E-Migrageing Conference Twitter: @migrageing
Project related Publications:
Toyo University, https://www.toyo.ac.jp/news/academics/faculty/soc/dgds/dgdsnews_20220527/