Description du projet
La communication spatiale dans une société vieillissante
Avec l’âge, la capacité à communiquer sur l’espace et la localisation est susceptible de changer. Les termes spatiaux sont essentiels dans notre langage quotidien, car ils nous aident à nous orienter dans notre environnement. Cependant, nous savons peu de choses sur la façon dont ces compétences de communication se développent ou déclinent chez les personnes âgées. Or, ce manque de connaissances peut avoir un impact sur les interactions et la qualité de vie de ces dernières. Financé par le programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie, le projet SCALA vise à répondre à cette question en étudiant comment la communication spatiale varie avec l’âge. Il se concentrera sur le vieillissement typique et atypique, en explorant la manière dont la technologie est en mesure de contribuer à une meilleure compréhension dans ce domaine. En formant une nouvelle génération de chercheurs à diverses méthodes, SCALA cherchera à améliorer les outils de communication pour une population de plus en plus vieillissante.
Objectif
Spatial communication is fundamental to our species. Spatial terms, including spatial adpositions and demonstratives, are among the most frequent terms in languages and form the key connection between language and objects/locations in the world. Yet little is known regarding how spatial communication changes as one ages in later life and across different spatial scales and media. The focus of SCALA is to understand fundamentally how spatial communication changes in typical and atypical ageing across spatial scales, and how technology may be harnessed to afford enhanced understanding of spatial communication and support for spatial communication when needed in the context of an increasingly ageing European population. This DN will train the next generation of scientists in the full range of multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial methods necessary to make significant progress in understanding human-human and human-technology spatial communication across time and scales, with direct synergies between basic research and application. Training is structured around two interdisciplinary research themes - Spatial Communication in Typical and Atypical ageing, and Spatial Communication, Technology and Ageing - both involving systematic co-supervision and collaboration across sites, with extensive interplay between academic and non-academic beneficiaries and associated partners. In turn we expect that a range of applications will be enhanced with increased usability, and with associated societal and economic benefit. The training of the cohort of Doctoral Candidate Fellows follows innovative PhD training approaches and will provide comprehensive interdisciplinary training, embracing leading peer assisted learning methods that have been successively employed in previous DNs. This will produce a cohort of unique and highly skilled researchers ideally equipped to add significant value to both the public and private sectors.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinateur
48149 MUENSTER
Allemagne