"The exhibition is based on the nine-month participatory project ‘Stories of Ageing – Exploring Living and Life Together’. Through workshops, storytelling cafés, discussions and lectures, a wide range of perspectives on the themes of ageing, life and housing were developed in collaboration with partners. The exhibition highlights how people live, feel and are perceived in the context of demographic change, and offers insights into the needs, challenges and everyday practices of an increasingly ageing society.
The focus is not only on the different forms of housing, but also on the stories of the people involved in the project. Objects, texts and contributions also address movement and mobility, communication, emotional aspects and various forms of age discrimination, thereby making individual experiences tangible.
Taken as a whole, the exhibition is conceived as an open space for thought and experience that highlights the complexity of the theme of ageing and encourages dialogue about the diverse forms of housing and living in old age."
CIRAC has supported the participatory exhibition project from which the exhibition itself has now emerged.
Further information: https://www.museum-joanneum.at/volkskunde/unser-programm/ausstellungen/event/altersgeschichten-3