ABSTRACT

Globally people are living longer and many older people have the inclination and opportunity to participate in informal and formal activities that are engaging, exciting, entertaining and fun: ‘particip-action’. Music-making in various manifestations promotes empowering and participatory engagement opportunities for seniors. Some may use such activity to improve the quality of life of people in increasingly large circles around them, thereby extending empowerment to previously disadvantaged groups in society and making more productive use of their new-found leisure. This research concerns artistic senior citizenship, a newly coined term describing a focused extension of the well-known, more general, artistic citizenship. Its manifestation and applicability in the context of (semi-)retirees’ activities, particularly musical activities, is explored and the conceptual framework provided for investigations of defined groups of seniors. It may also serve as an introductory guideline for those seeking to involve the seniors cadre in civic support.

摘要

在全球范围内，人们的寿命越来越长，而且许多老年人有意愿和机会参与引人入胜、令人兴奋、有趣和有趣的非正式和正式活动：“参与行动”。各种形式的音乐制作促进了老年人的赋权和参与机会。有些人可能会利用此类活动来改善周围越来越大的人的生活质量，从而增强社会中以前处于不利地位的群体的权能，并更有效地利用他们新发现的闲暇时光。这项研究涉及艺术高级公民身份，一个新创造的术语，描述了众所周知的、更普遍的艺术公民身份的集中延伸。探讨了它在（半）退休人员活动，特别是音乐活动的背景下的表现和适用性，并为调查确定的老年人群体提供了概念框架。它还可以作为那些寻求让高级干部参与公民支持的人的介绍性指南。