Respite, renewal, retirement and tensions : Australian Men's Sheds and the impact on significant others
- Authors: Foley, Annette , Golding, Barry , Weadon, Helen
- Date: 2023
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Ageing and Society Vol. , no. (2023), p. 1-22
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- Description: The health and wellbeing benefits of Men's Sheds to the men who participate have had significant research attention for over a decade. However, there has been little research into the broader impacts of Men's Sheds, particularly in relation to the impacts on significant others in the lives of the men who participate. Our paper aims to redress this lack of research by focusing on the interrelated perceptions and experiences of men and those closest to them in four Men's Sheds in regional Victoria, Australia. The research shows that the partners and carers of 'shedders' reported that the men's participation not only benefited the men but also had benefits for their significant others. The study also showed that the partners of shedders in the study found that their individual and joint adjustment to retirement was in some cases assisted by the men enjoying the social and structured environment of the Men's Shed, while in other cases it was seen by partners as an over-commitment and impacting negatively on the marriage. The findings also shed some important light on some tensions experienced by the partners associated with carer burden and adjustments to retirement. Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Why some homogeneous adult learning groups may be nessesary for encouraging diversity : a theory of conditional social equality
- Authors: Ahl, Helene , Hedegaard, Joel , Golding, Barry
- Date: 2023
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Journal of Adult Learning Vol. 63, no. 2 (2023), p. 119-139
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- Description: This paper proposes a new theory of Conditional Social Equality (CSE) which in some ways challenges the theory of cumulative advantage/ disadvantage (CAD), which postulates that inequalities and social divisions necessarily increase over time. Using evidence from informal learning groups in Men’s Sheds in three countries, we conclude that some social divisions between homosocial groups, in this case groups of older men, may actually decrease – but only under certain conditions. Male-gendered learning groups that were relatively homogeneous by age helped erase class divisions and softened gender stereotypes. Our theory of conditional social equality (CSE) predicts the following: i) in-group homogeneity can enable the acceptance of some aspects of heterogeneity, ii) some other aspects of in-group heterogeneity may not be tolerated, thus maintaining in-group cohesion, and iii), in-group homogeneity and boundary setting towards out-groups may be prerequisites for the acceptance of (some) aspects of in-group heterogeneity. All of this has important implications for adult learning in both heterogeneous and homogenous groups. © 2023, Adult Learning Australia. All rights reserved.
First Nations Australians in the nineteenth-century Italian imaginary
- Authors: Pascoe, Robert , McPherson, Roy , Golding, Barry
- Date: 2022
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Historical Studies Vol. 53, no. 4 (2022), p. 531-543
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- Description: In this article, a migration historian, a Dja Dja Wurrung storyteller, and a long-time local combine their insights to analyse an encounter on the colonial frontier between a Clan of the Dja Dja Wurrung, on their Country, and the Italian Raffaello Carboni, the summer before he took a leading part in the Eureka uprising. Gilburnia, the long-lost pantomime Carboni published back in Rome two decades later, is hitherto unrecognised evidence of the cultural exchange that took place on the banks of the Loddon in central Victoria during the warmer months of 1853–54. In Gilburnia, Carboni attempted to share for an Italian audience what he had learned from his Dja Dja Wurrung hosts; the Dja Dja Wurrung appear to have welcomed this stranger into their Country and enveloped him in their storytelling. © Editorial Board, Australian Historical Studies 2022.
Koalas – agents for change : a case study from regional Victoria
- Authors: Schlagloth, Rolf , Golding, Barry , Kentish, Barry , McGinnis, Gabrielle , Clark, Ian , Cadman, Tim , Cahir, David (Fred) , Santamaria, Flavia
- Date: 2022
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Sustainability Education Vol. 26, no. (2022), p.
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- Description: We investigated the success of the Koala Conservation and Education Program conducted in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia from 2000-2009 by interviewing 28 individuals, from various stakeholder groups involved in the project. Transcripts were analysed using grounded theory to identify common themes, keywords and phrases. We conclude that the chosen ‘flagship’ species, the koala, was crucial for the success of the project which culminated in the adoption of the Koala Plan of Management and habitat overlays into the City of Ballarat’s planning scheme. Local people were concerned about the koala based on its conservation status nationally and globally rather than because of its local or Victorian status. We conclude that the concept of 'flagship' species in the case of the koala, is more a global than a local construct.
Shedding light : a qualitative study of women's view on Men's Sheds in Ireland and Australia
- Authors: Carragher, Lucia , Golding, Barry , Foley, Annette
- Date: 2022
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health and Social Care in the Community Vol. 30, no. 6 (2022), p. e4355-e4362
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- Description: Older men are less likely than women to meet in social groups and have greater difficulty developing social relationships beyond paid work. Yet they are joining Men's Sheds in ever greater numbers, often with the support of women, as wives, partners and daughters. Little is known about women's perspectives of Men's Sheds and what women get from men's participation in Sheds. Informed by social role theory, the present study explored narratives from 26 significant women of male Shedders in Ireland and Australia. The narratives reveal how gender roles and unspoken rules shape people's lives, with three overarching themes emerging. These include (1) older men being vulnerable, with subthemes men's masculine persona, and women's vigilance, (2) gendered spaces for older men, with subthemes companionship: men mending men and healing in the Shed and (3) the spill over effects of Men's Sheds. Retirement, whether planned or prompted by ill-health, ushers in a new stage of life, requiring new routines and social contacts. For men who lived their life according to gender social roles, which perceive men as masculine, independent and assertive and not inclined to open display of emotion and affection, adjusting to certain aspects of retirement may be difficult, particularly the lack of purposeful activity. Conversely, for women social role identity may be a source of strength for recognising and accepting vulnerability, and for seeking help. Our findings suggest women are central in encouraging older men to join Men's Sheds. In turn, women may experience an alleviation of stress when men participate in Sheds because they are not under the same pressure of their traditional social roles as carers and nurturers. © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Broadening the men's shed movement
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement, Chapter 12, p. 395-418
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Men's shed research evidence since 2014
- Authors: Foley, Annette , Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 11 p. 355-394
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Men's sheds (Mænds Modesteder) in Denmark
- Authors: Hedegaard, Joel , Golding, Barry , Nielson, Mie
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 8 p. 293-308
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Men's sheds elsewhere
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 9 p. 309-318
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Men's sheds in Australia
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 2 p. 17-118
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Men's sheds in Canada
- Authors: Golding, Barry , Mackenzie, Corey
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 7 p. 271-292
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Men's Sheds in Ireland
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 4 p. 187-218
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Men's sheds in New Zealand/Aotearoa
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 5 p. 219-246
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Men's sheds in the UK
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 3 p. 119-186
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Men's sheds in the US
- Authors: Golding, Barry , Mackenzie, Corey
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 6 p. 247-270
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Setting the Scene
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 1 p. 1-16
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Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2021
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- Description: "Men's - and now Women's and Community - Sheds are meeting many people's acute, unmet needs arising, largely, out of a lack of paid work and retirement, and the void of meaninglessness that can arise as a result. Offering its readers an informative and insightful view of a growing grassroots movement, this timely book shows how the Shed movement, far from contracting, is nimbly and rapidly responding to the needs of communities during the global crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. From the humblest of beginnings in Australia, the movement today has evolved to total almost 3,000 Sheds worldwide"
The mothership : exploring the anatomy of one New Zealand Men’s Shed
- Authors: Golding, Barry , Foley, Annette
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Reflections on adult education and learning: The adult education legacy of Sabina Jelenc Kra Chapter 4 p. 67-79
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The women’s shed movement : scoping the field internationally
- Authors: Golding, Barry , Carragher, Lucia , Foley, Annette
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Journal of Adult Learning Vol. 61, no. 2 (2021), p. 150-174
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- Description: Our paper focuses on delineating and scoping international Women’s Sheds, a movement that has emerged within the past decade, mainly in Australia, Ireland and the UK. It addresses two main research questions. Firstly, what is the origin, distribution, nature and intent of Women’s Sheds internationally to March 2021? Secondly, how might Women’s Sheds be located within a typology inclusive of Men’s Sheds and a range of community development models? We employed a systematic search via the internet in 2020-21, followed up by attempted email or phone contact to publicly reported Women’s Sheds and like organisations internationally. In the process, we created a publicly shareable blog including a database of 122 existing, previously active, developing or planned Women’s Sheds and like organisations to 13 March 2021. We identify four nations where self-identified Women’s Sheds have operated or commenced within the past decade: Australia (61), the UK (30), Ireland (28) and New Zealand (3), particularly during the five years between 2014 and 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic seriously curtailed this previous momentum and development after March 2020. We identify some similarities but also important differences between Women’s and Men’s Sheds. We propose a typology that accounts not only for the different ways in which Women’s Sheds operate and women participate within their communities but also the different ways in which they locally collaborate (or not) with Men’s Sheds in different countries. We conclude that Women’s Sheds have largely been created by women in order to claim the shed as a positive female gendered space, in order to create an alternative community of women’s hands-on practice. © 2021, Adult Learning Australia. All rights reserved.
Women's sheds worldwide
- Authors: Golding, Barry , Carragher, Lucia
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Shoulder to shoulder : broadening the men's shed movement Chapter 10 p. 319-354
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