Juliana Mansvelt
Environment and Planning
Massey University
New Zealand
Biography
Dr. Juliana Mansvelt is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Planning , Massey univesity , Newzealand.Dr. Juliana Mansvelt is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Planning , Massey univesity , Newzealand.
Research Interest
Working at leisure – contribution, productivity and pleasure in daily activities for the recently retired Decisions to move- looking at decisions to move to retirement villages and experiences of living in these places Understanding the connections between living standards and the capability to achieve security, contribution, comfort, enjoyment, social integration and autonomy Exploring the connections between material objects and contexts, consuming practices, and experiences, meanings of aging well Examining the challenges and opportunities provided by organisations to enable older people to live mobile lives (to make bodies, knowledges and goods and services to move and flow) Explorations of expectations sourrounding older people in relation to gifting, passing on and legacy The role of mundane commodities, commodity practices and spaces surrounding acquisition, possession and disposal in framing experiences and meanings of ageing well in place
