Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword: Passion for Living
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Loose Ends
- Chapter 3 Promises
- Chapter 4 Opening New Routes
- Chapter 5 Methodology
- Chapter 6 Sociogenesis
- Chapter 7 Microgenesis
- Chapter 8 Ontogenesis
- Chapter 9 A Dialogic Understanding of Social and Psychological Change
- Chapter 10 An Integrative Approach to Human Development
- Chapter 11 Contributing to Environmental Gerontology
- Chapter 12 Fostering Ageing in Place
- Chapter 13 On Dialogical Case Studies
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - Ontogenesis
Housing Histories, Life Trajectories – Engagements and Dynamic Patterns
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2026
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword: Passion for Living
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Loose Ends
- Chapter 3 Promises
- Chapter 4 Opening New Routes
- Chapter 5 Methodology
- Chapter 6 Sociogenesis
- Chapter 7 Microgenesis
- Chapter 8 Ontogenesis
- Chapter 9 A Dialogic Understanding of Social and Psychological Change
- Chapter 10 An Integrative Approach to Human Development
- Chapter 11 Contributing to Environmental Gerontology
- Chapter 12 Fostering Ageing in Place
- Chapter 13 On Dialogical Case Studies
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, the lives of a few older persons living in the Vineyard region are presented. After explaining how interviews were carried out and the life stories collected and analysed, and sketching the sociocultural environment of the Vineyard region, the chapter presents six short case studies, that of three women, two men and a married couple, that is, seven persons. For each person, I present their current situations and living arrangements and the transformation of their convoy of care during two and a half years. On this basis, I characterise their unique developmental trajectory: where do they come from, what did they live through? What ruptures and transitions did they experience, what resources did they find and what did they learn from them? What are their interest and engagements and how did they evolve with time? How much do they remember and imagine? What can we say about their domains of conduct and their reconfiguration over time? How, from there, can we see a unique life trajectory, a singular melody emerging from each of these lives, unfolding in the same region?
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