This document discusses the role of geragogics and culture in biographical work. It begins by defining geragogics as coming from Greek words meaning "old" and "to lead/show the way", referring to the new field of guiding and educating older adults. It discusses using life experiences, memories, and cultural aspects like art in biographical work. Examples provided include researching grandparents' living rooms and using the work of artists like Paul Klee and Frida Kahlo in memory-based projects. The goal is to use resource-oriented methods that value peoples' life experiences and traditions.

1. THE ROLE OF GERAGOGICS AND CULTURE
FOR RESOURCE-ORIENTED
BIOGRAPHICAL WORK
SOPHIE VOETS-HAHNE / DUESSELDORF
DÜSSELDORF Capital of State NRW
R E M E M B E R I N G - F O R WA R D

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OTTO PANKOK AND THE SINTI IN DUESSELDORF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1930th YEARS
PAPELON
GIRLFRIENDS / Gaisa + Ringela
EHRA or child with ball

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„EIN VOLK, DAS SICH SEINER GESCHICHTE NICHT ERINNERT,
IST DAZU VERURTEILT, SIE ERNEUT
DURCHLEBEN ZU MÜSSEN“
George Santayana, Historiker
„A NATION WHO DOES NOT REMEMBER ITS HISTORY, IS
CONDEMNED TO RELIVE THOSE EVENTS”
George Santayana, historian

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IMPORTANT FACTOR IN GERMANY – DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES

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NO FEAR TO BECOME OLDER (CICERO) / THE NEW FIELD OF GERAGOGICS AND CULTURE

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COMES FROM THE GREEK LANGUAGE:
GERAIOS/GERAROS IN THE MEANING OF „OLD“
AND
AGO IN THE MEANING OF „I LEAD“ AND „I SHOW THE WAY“.
THE DEFINITION OF GERAGOGIC

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NO FEAR TO BECOME OLDER (CICERO) / THE NEW FIELD OF GERAGOGICS AND CULTURE

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REMEMBERING + LIFE'S WORK / RESOURCE-BASED BIOGRAPHICAL WORK
„Gedächtnis und Erinnerung sind geheimnisvolle Kräfte. Und die
Erinnerung ist die geheimnisvollere und rätselhaftere von beiden. …
Das gute Gedächtnis und das schlechte wohnen im Kopf. …. Die
Erinnerungen ... wohnen mitten in uns. Meistens schlummern sie, aber
sie leben und atmen, und zuweilen schlagen sie die Augen auf. Sie
wohnen, leben, atmen und schlummern überall. In den Handflächen,
in den Fußsohlen, in der Nase, im Herzen und im Hosenboden. Was wir
früher einmal erlebt haben, kehrt nach Jahren und Jahrzehnten
plötzlich zurück und blickt uns an.
Und wir fühlen: Es war ja gar nicht fort. Es hat nur geschlafen.“
E R I C H K Ä S T N E R in „Als ich ein kleiner Junge war“
„Mind and memory are mysterious forces. And
memory is the more mysterious and enigmatic of
them. … The good mind and the bad living in the
head. … Memories … live in the midst of
ourselves. Mostly they are slumbering, but they
live and breathe, and at times they open their
eyes. They reside, live, breathe and slumber
everywhere. In the palms, in the soles, in the
nose, at the heart and at the seat of the pants.
What we experienced in the past, suddenly
returns afters years and decades and looks at us.
And we feel: It was not gone at all. It only slept.“
E R I C H K Ä S T N E R in
„When I was a little boy“

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AMERICAN SOLDIERS
IN DÜSSELDORF
IN APRIL 1945
REMEMBERING + LIFE'S WORK / RESOURCE-BASED BIOGRAPHICAL WORK

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LIFE'S WORK, LIFE TRAILS AND COLLECTIVE CURRENT EVENTS – REMEMBRANCE WORK + METHODS

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LIFE'S WORK, LIFE TRAILS AND COLLECTIVE CURRENT EVENTS – REMEMBRANCE WORK + METHODS
RESEARCHING THE LIVINGROOM OF
THE GRANDPARENTS
A PROJECT IN COLOGNE / GERMANY
Geneviève Giraux, Grandmother of the Fotograph Nicolas Henry in her Livingroom in Rambouillet, France
Source „Kulturräume“

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CULTURAL GERAGOGICS + ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF
BIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY THE EXAMPLE OF ARTIST PAUL KLEE

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CULTURAL GERAGOGICS + ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF BIOGRAPHICAL WORK
BY THE EXAMPLE OF ARTIST YOLANDA VOM HAGEN / „LIFE IN MEMORY“

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THE SPIRIT OF FRIDA COMING TO REISHOLZ I / SELFPORTRAIT + IDENTITY
FRIDA KAHLO, SELFPORTRAIT AT THE BORDER BETWEEN
MEXICO AND THE USA, 1932

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THE SPIRIT OF FRIDA COMING TO REISHOLZ II / CASA AZUL + BLUE

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„ICH ERINNERE MICH AN JUGEND UND AN DAS GEFÜHL, DAS
NIEMALS WIEDERKEHREN WIRD – DAS GEFÜHL, DASS MEIN
LEBEN EWIG WÄHREN KÖNNTE, DAUERHAFTER ALS DAS MEER,
DIE ERDE UND ALLE MENSCHEN“
JOSEF CONRAD
„I REMEMBER YOUTH AND THE FEELING, THAT WILL NEVER
COME BACK – THE FEELING MY LIFE WOULD LAST FOREVER,
MORE PERMANENT THAN THE SEA, THE EARTH AND ALL
PEOPLE“
JOSEF CONRAD

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s o p h i e v o e t s - h a h n e
k u n s t Pädagogik + k u l t u r Geragogik
I thank you for your attention