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Being elderly in Vietnam: research in Vietnam, Day 1.
Doing anthropological research is starting with thinking on what to do and how to do it. Anthropologists are most of all explorers in the unknown. […]
Festival of Older People: October 2017!
We are facing a worldwide demographic shift that has never occurred before. Slowly but surely a substantial part of the global population is growing older […]
Alexis’ pick: An ode to Jean
Last week Sunday I had the pleasure of finally meeting the infamous Jean. A few weeks prior Sabya had called me, sounding slightly worried. […]
Martijn’s pick: Sophia
This is Sophia. For her full story click the link below I love the portrait and story of Sophia, a grand […]
Staff’s picks: Why and a call for participation
When I started working for the Faketory and looked at the “elderly of the world” website, I was amazed and quite overwhelmed by how much […]
When the children move for work, their parents take care for their children
Elderly in the rural area in Cambodia have given a new shape to reciprocity during the last decade. In the rural area, where people live […]
Policy on elderly: trends in Cambodia 2
As we do in other countries, we also research the current demographic trends and policy to find important developments and key issues. In a serie […]
I will miss you for ever daughter…
Another day in our research into elderly in Cambodia found us in Battambang province, in the house of a woman of 85 years old, Ean […]
Poverty: total insecurity
This is Chamso, who we met during one of the Buddhist days at the pagoda. She showed us the small room where she lives, at […]