Some technology contributions to music as a serious leisure activity for mature and older adults
E. Kohlrausch, J. Doll
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AbstractMusic as leisure has different ways of improving the lives of the mature and older adults. During the COVID pandemic, digital technology use was an option to continue developing this kind of activity. According to the Serious Leisure Perspective (Stebbins, 1992), for the amateur musician a serious involvement in music means a significant personal effort developing knowledge, skills, and experience. Practicing a serious leisure leads to durable benefits as self-actualization, self-enrichment, and self-gratification. A concept of lifelong learning, centered on serious leisure, might improve the enjoyment of life in old age, when a sense of loss tied to personal job and family identity can be significant (Mantie et al., 2021). The older population in Brazil represent circa 18% of the population and are the ones who grow the most. Music as a serious leisure activity persisted, despite the isolation caused by pandemic. This research aims to present music as leisure to mature and older adults and some ways that older adults used digital technology to continue practicing their leisure activity even in the period of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Music is both an individual and a social activity that can be used to confront changes while still creating something meaningful to the individual.Keywords: music, serious leisure, mature and older adults, technology, COVID-19
E. Kohlrausch, J. Doll (2022). Some technology contributions to music as a serious leisure activity for mature and older adults. Gerontechnology, 21(s),4-4
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.560.4.sp4