Difficult Art of Staying in Motion

• Authors: Picheń Agata

Title variants

PL

Trudna sztuka pozostania w ruchu

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The main aim of this article is to discuss the obstacles that limits the activity of people in the elderly. The author analyzes the urban space, the home space, contrast the problems found in to the solutions offered by modern technology. The author also makes a diagnosis that the cessation of seniors' activity is not the result of aging, but the effect of preventing movement through external factors. Analyzing examples (literature, architectural manifestos, advertising), she states that the desire to move and overcome barriers is a natural need of every human being.

Keywords

EN

motion; elderly people; activity; urban space

• Publisher: Wydział Filologiczny, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
• Journal: Anthropos?
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 27 W ruchu
• Pages: 217-229

Contributors

author

Picheń Agata