Intergenerational Contact Zones

Place-based Strategies for Promoting Social Inclusion and Belonging

By: Matthew Kaplan (Editor), Leng Leng Thang (Editor), Mariano Sánchez (Editor), Jaco Hoffman (Editor)

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Paperback | 5 March 2020 | Edition Number 1

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Intergenerational Contact Zones is the first book to explore the foundations and applications of intergenerational contact zones (ICZs) from an international perspective. Filled with poignant examples of how ICZs breathe new life into communities and social practices, this important volume focuses on practical descriptions and developments to nurture practitioners' and researchers' capacity to translate and infuse the notion of ICZs into their work.

Kalplan, Thang, Sanchez and Hoffman aim to introduce new ways of thinking, planning, and practice regarding the design of intergenerationally enriched environments. The ICZs concepts explored embrace generation and regeneration of community life, parks and recreational locations, educational environments, residential settings and family life, and national and international contexts for social development. With its focus on creating effective and meaningful intergenerational settings, it offers a rich how-to toolkit to help professionals and user groups as they begin to consider ways to develop, activate, and nurture engaging intergenerational spaces.

Intergenerational Contact Zones will be essential reading for academics and researchers interested in aging and society, as well as practitioners, educators and policy makers interested in intergenerational design and communities.

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"The case studies of ICZs provoke much needed information-sharing and mutual learning for practitioners, community-builders, policymakers, planners, designers, and researchers across boundaries and borders. It is a timely and generative read, offering tangible insights for various audiences currently imagining and building those intergenerational communities and societies many of us desperately want and need...I urge practitioners and academics from these disciplines to read this book and contribute to core learnings on the physical, political, and institutional components of the ICZ framework." - Book Review by Meghan Joy, Concordia University, in Anthropology and Aging, Journal of the Association for Aging and Gerontology, Vol 41, No 1 (2021)

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