Aging together-with: The growing older of humans, non-humans and more-than-humans. A commentary

Abstract

This Commentary discusses the key areas of thought brought together in this special issue on 'Aging Together-With: The Growing Older of Humans, Non-Humans and More-Than-Humans', edited by Michela Cozza and Anna Wanka. In particular, the articles in this issue present original and insightful discussions about the relational, material, embodied and interactive nature of 'aging together-with' environments, technologies, animals and pets, and more, across plural and hybrid temporalities and vital spaces of life. My writing both looks outward to where this issue critiques and advances current trends in aging studies and inward to reflect on my own contributions to these trends.

Keywords: Aging; Gerontology; Materialism; Posthumanism.