Ageing with a captive society in London: Audrey, Ron and Smokey at the Zoo
Abstract
This paper considers the spatio-temporal capacity of a set of relationships as they are identified by a group of older people who are regular visitors to London Zoo. It explores the intersections between the time of retirement and the scales and directionality of time commonly invoked by zoological forms of knowledge about species and biodiversity. This includes a look at how both positive and negative theories of futures, including the future of the zoo itself, become a prism through which individuals examine their relationships to time towards the end of life. In addition, the paper focuses on those visitors who seek, in a hopeful manner, to reorient themselves in the city through engagements with individual captive animals.
Citation
Reed , A 2017 , ' Ageing with a captive society in London: Audrey, Ron and Smokey at the Zoo ' , Ethnos , vol. 82 , no. 3 , pp. 421-436 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2016.1168466
Publication
Ethnos
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0014-1844Type
Journal article
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© 2016 Taylor & Francis. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2016.1168466
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