New Publication by Anita Wohlmann & Ulla Kriebernegg

Within the context of our project, a new publication by Anita Wohlmann and Ulla Kriebernegg, titled “Gesundes Alter. Age Studies und Public Health Humanities,” has been published in the edited volume Kunst – Kultur – Gesundheit, edited by Solveig Lena Hansen and Henning Schmidt-Semisch.

The chapter addresses questions of healthy ageing from the perspective of Age Studies and the Public Health Humanities, highlighting the importance of cultural, social, and artistic approaches to health in later life. By bringing together insights from humanities-based ageing research and public health debates, the authors argue for a broader, more inclusive understanding of “healthy ageing” that goes beyond biomedical models.

Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, the contribution situates ageing within cultural narratives, artistic practices, and societal frameworks, and reflects on how these dimensions shape experiences of health, care, and vulnerability in older age. In doing so, the chapter explicitly engages with and advances the aims of our project, demonstrating how humanities perspectives can meaningfully contribute to public health research and practice.

The full text is available here.