tender, care-oriented. - housekeeping, cooking, baking grandfather, formal education. 2. Playfull grandfather. - involved in formal education. - caring for smaller ...
The Perception of Leisure by The Perception of Leisure by Grandparents in the Era of Active p Ageing: Conflicting or Complementary Roles? l l Lucie Galčanová, Marcela Petrová Kafková, Lucie Vidovićová Office for Population Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Research team Research team
Lucie Vidovićová
M ti K idl Martin Kreidl
Barbora Hubatková Marcela Petrová Kafková
Research project Research project Role overload: grandparents in the era of active ageing (Czech Grant Agency 2013 ‐ 2015) Qualitative research: 21 interviews with 23 participants aged from 57 to 21 interviews with 23 participants aged from 57 to 82 (ø 63) from various ci es Quantitative research: Quantitative research: secondary analysis of statistical data (e.g. SHARE), representative survey on the Czech population in representative survey on the Czech population in 2014
Leisure time Leisure time ‐ relative fuzziness of the concept in the context of retirement ‐ it helps to set up temporal and spatial boundaries of various activities and roles ‐ balancing work and non/work activities and care (g a dc d e ) (grandchildren) ‐ differentiates experience of parenting from grandparenting related to diff responsibilities (fear grandparenting related to diff. responsibilities (fear of unsufficient development x fear of insufficient care injuries etc ) care, injuries etc.)
Temporalities of grandparenting Rhytmicity – daycare, y weekends, seasonal care ((summer, winter) Performative void – grandparenting as a latent role due to e.g. eg physical distance, as a temporary experince, age dependent (grown up grandchildren)
Gendered grandparenting Grandmothers 1. Ideal image of „traditional grandmother“ d th “ - tender, care-oriented - housekeeping, cooking, baking - involved in formal education - caring for smaller children 2 Memory image 2. - urban grandmother (cultivation, good manners, formal education, arts) - rural grandmother (hardworking, lack of care, informal education, learning by doing doing, freedom)
Grandfathers 1. Rational, emotionally detached df th fformall education d ti grandfather, 2.
Playfull grandfather - informal education - craftmenship, skillfulness - sports and „active active“ leisure time - playing with older kids
Otto (66) 'traditional Otto (66) ‐ traditional grandpa grandpa' Grandparenting is mostly connected d l d with informal education and : ‐ he is happy to incorporate ppy p children into his DIY activities – crafts, gardening ‐ care connected with leisure care connected with leisure time – defined as everything, what he is not obliged to do, but d i do it voluntarily l il
„Leisure L i time, it i i is i almost l everything, there hi h are some duties, such as take care of the garden, well, to keep everything in order, at home as well, of , f course, but , more or less even my part‐time job for the municipality, I take it as my free time.“ „She can go crazy about kids, about the grandchildren. So, what is she doing, she is knitting, I don´t know, she is looking forward to visiting them, that to visiting them that she will be doing everything there, well, cooking for them, going for walks. When they are here, it is the same.“
Alžběta (59) ‐ (59) 'atypical atypical grandma grandma' ‐ health problems, flexible working time lh bl fl ibl ki i ‐ oriented on self‐development and leisure activities connected with creativity and art (mandala painting or writing) or writing) ‐ online computer games (The Farm) as potential conflict within the family between players and non‐ players, illegitimate free‐time activity p y g y Temporal and spatial management of grandmothering: ‐ formal education – remedial lessons via Skype ‐ creativity, incorporation of grandchildren into artistic activities ‐ care practicies delegated to her mother → actively negotiates the boundaries and actively prevent the role‐overload
‚I am not a typical l grandma“ „There was also a perion of time, when the family was devided to farmers and non devided to farmers and non farmers. In the family gatherings, the farmers have b been discussing together and di i h d the other half were gossiping about how awfull this activity is and how to stop us.“
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