Weaving Flexible Aging-friendly Communities Across Generations While Living with COVID-19

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  • Nanami Suzuki National Museum of Ethnology National Institute for the Humanities Graduate School of Advanced Studies

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https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.311

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Nanami Suzuki, National Museum of Ethnology National Institute for the Humanities Graduate School of Advanced Studies

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----. 2013b. “A Reflection on Time and Space for Crossing Over in Life: Weaving A Story that Reverberates in the World and Outer Space.” In The Anthropology of Aging and Well-being: Searching for the Space and Time to Cultivate Life Together. Edited by Nanami Suzuki. Senri Ethnological Studies 80: 143-160. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. http://doi.org/10.15021/00002497.

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2020-12-14

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COVID-19 and Aging Bodies