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Abstract
This article engages Italian migrant experiences and enactments of futurity to problematize neoliberal anticipatory approaches to ageing and care. Stepping beyond the focus on atomized and agentic individuals and a singular imagined future defined by notions of advancement and progress, sistemazione (home, future, and security) offers ways of building alternative and relational futures within times and spaces of shared precarity. We draw on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with Italian migrant families living in Adelaide, and a critical analysis of objects as “orienting devices,” to consider how a family heirloom, a 26-face handmade Italian clock made from the physical remnants of World War II, offers new ways of imagining care within spaces of ruin.
Keywords
ageing, care, future, Italian migrants, temporalities
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Volume
61
Issue
1
Publication Title
Journal of Sociology
Publisher
Sage
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
71183
Funding Information
This work was supported by the Hospital Research Foundation, a National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Project (APP1133407), and the Modbury Hospital Foundation.
Funding received from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
APP1133407
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
First Page
140
Last Page
158
Recommended Citation
Zivkovic, T., & Marino, S. (2025). The clock is ticking:(Dis) orientations to ageing and end-of-life care in advanced capitalism and care directives. Journal of Sociology, 61(1), 140-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241249510
Comments
Zivkovic, T., & Marino, S. (2025). “The clock is ticking”:(Dis) orientations to ageing and end-of-life care in advanced capitalism and care directives. Journal of Sociology, 61(1), 140-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241249510