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Artistic Living for the Elderly of Shanghai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2024

Yong Fei
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Abstract

Over-60 seniors in Shanghai have at their disposal arts courses, community activities, and arts education, all geared toward their physical and mental well-being, according to the traditional Chinese theory of “artistic living.” If current university programs for the elderly accurately identify the artistic needs of the elderly, further individualizing curricula and holding more varied events at community centers, it would help to solve elderly people’s anxieties around loneliness and social marginalization, while allowing them to live in harmony with nature.

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TDR , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , September 2024 , pp. 165 - 177
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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