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A 5 page analysis of a book that concerns research which was performed over a ten year period as part of a collaborative study that addresses the meaning and experience of aging from a cross-cultural perspective. The writer contrasts the aging process in the !Kung villages of Botswana with aging in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, using this research. No additional sources cited.
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"to discover the mechanisms through which attributes of different settings" shape "pathways to well-being in old age" (Keith, et al xi). In order to assess this, research was conducted
in two cultures located in Botswana, two towns in Ireland, two cities in the US, and also in Hong Kong. The diversity that the researchers encountered can be demonstrated by
comparing two of these settings?!Kung villages in Botswana and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Older people are very visible in !Kung society, doing the same tasks and activities as younger !Kung (11). The
elderly do less physical labor, bur they are otherwise represented in all types of social and work activities. Because the age groups mix so indiscriminately, everyone is familiar with several
old people and is very aware of the physical limitations that accompany aging (11). When the researchers asked !Kung if they knew of anyone having a difficult time with old
age, everyone questioned could readily think of several names (11). This is because the physical decline that accompanies aging is universally perceived as bad. Older people in !Kung society have
a difficult time because they do not have the physical strength and vigor that is an essential factor in !Kung daily life. In !Kung villages, there are no social
customs that would bring old people together. Their most frequent interactions are with individuals who are dissimilar in age (12). Older citizens uniformly live with relatives, even if they never
married. The researchers state that it is fair to say that "no older person lived alone in any meaningful sense" (12). While a single elderly adult may live in a
separate grass hut, this dwelling would be placed only a few feet from the huts of various kin. The elderly ate with their younger kin and often shared blankets with
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