Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Journal of Sociology
Volume
61
Issue
1
First Page
140
Last Page
158
Publisher
Sage
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
71183
Funders
Hospital Research Foundation
National Health and Medical Research Council
Modbury Hospital l Foundation
Grant Number
NHMRC Number : APP1133407
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.
DOI
10.1177/14407833241249510
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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