People, Space and Culture – Dimensions of Intergenerational Relationships. Introduction

• Published in: Slovenský národopis Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 122 - 143
• Main Authors: Voľanská, Ľubica, Káčerová, Marcela, Majo, Juraj
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bratislava Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Age groups; Aging; Demography; Families & family life; Fertility; Generations; Intergenerational relationships; Older people; Population; Social change; Society; Sociology
• ISSN: 1339-9357; 1335-1303; 1339-9357
• DOI: 10.2478/se-2019-0007

In the Mannheimian tradition (Mannheim, 1952) generations can be understood as large social groups that as subjects were formed both by a significant social event and by a combination of changed social conditions that create a specific generational social climate. According to Sarah Lamb: "The concept of generation has been used by anthropologists to explain social change over time, to examine the ways people organize and envision intergenerational ties within the family, to explore principles of social organization beyond the family, and to identify differences among members of a society" (Lamb, 2015: 853). The project in the context of the changing age structure of cities focuses on the aspects of the growth of this population and its living conditions. The theoretical foundations of population ageing, the regional analysis of Slovakia and several types of perspective on ageing in Europe from a demographic perspective have a central position in the work of human geographers such as Marcela Káčerová and her co-authors (Káčerová, Bleha, 2007; Káčerová, Ondačková, Mládek, 2014; Káčerová, Ondačková 2015a; Káčerová, Nováková, 2016), and others (Potančoková, 2003, 2005), and new methods have been developed for analysing age structure (Káčerová, Mládek, 2011; Káčerová, Ondačková, 2013; Šprocha, Ďurček, 2018) and the effect of generational change on the social economy (Bleha, Ďurček, 2017 ).