AgeingHood's impact creation and knowledge exchange: Building new partnerships

这项建议得到了AHRC资助的老龄化研究结果的支持，该研究题为“保护泰国曼谷Klong Toey弱势居民的生计”（AHRC参考：AH/T011599/1）。AgeingHood是一个为期12个月的研究项目，由谢菲尔德大学（UoS）建筑学院和泰国曼谷Kasetsart大学（KU）建筑系合作开展。AgeingHood项目于2021年6月30日结束。AgeingHood项目探索了人类生活的三个关键领域之间的交集：老龄化、住房和Klong Toey （KT）低收入居民的生计。该项目的目的是支持一项由低收入者主导的倡议，因为他们面临着不稳定的住房状况，这也威胁到他们的福利，因为KT的大多数居民，特别是老年人，依靠住房维持生计。在AgeingHood研究的背景下，生计是一种生存手段，人们利用自己的生活空间从事一系列以家庭为基础的企业，以支持自己和家人。住房和生计是人的基本需要；人类生活这些方面功能失调的累积效应对低收入和中等收入国家的弱势群体有更大的影响。通过解决KT非正式定居点低收入居民的住房不安全和生计问题，该项目回应了KT社区根深蒂固的结构性不平等。这些结构性不平等往往表现为生活和卫生条件差，公共基础设施缺乏或功能失调，以及无法获得绿色户外空间。AgeingHood支持一种研究方法，该方法认识到住房挑战往往是多维的，涉及不同的利益相关者，他们的利益多样，而且往往是相互冲突的。我们共同制定了可持续和公平的解决方案，包括所有利益攸关方，从而制作和出版了“老龄化工具包”。“老年化”工具包提供的解决方案现在需要得到进一步支持，以便为这些弱势社区带来现实生活中的积极影响，并提供知识交流的机会。这一后续资助项目将通过创造影响、知识交流和能力建设来实施“老龄化工具包”。老龄化工具包提出了包容性的解决方案，以解决龙湾低收入老年居民在城市重新安置的意外后果。这包括住房类型和对低收入人群的建议，以及驱逐的替代方案。通过参与式方法，如空间观察、入住后评估和共同设计研讨会，AgeingHood工具包根据人们的职业需求、家庭规模和个人情况，为KT的人们创建了三种住房类型。为实现项目目标，将开展三项不同的活动。这包括两个焦点小组、一个国际知识交流研讨会和一个沙坑讲习班。所有这些活动都将在曼谷举行。

This proposal is underpinned by the findings of the AHRC-funded AgeingHood research, entitled "Protecting the livelihood of vulnerable residents in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand" (AHRC reference: AH/T011599/1). AgeingHood was a 12-month research project undertaken in collaboration between University of Sheffield's (UoS) School of Architecture and Department of Architecture, Kasetsart University (KU), Bangkok, Thailand. AgeingHood project ended on 30 June 2021. AgeingHood explored the intersection between three key domains of human life: ageing, housing and livelihood for the low-income residents of Klong Toey (KT). The aim of the project was to support a low-income people-led initiative as a result of a precarious housing situation they were facing, which was also threatening their welfare, given that most residents in KT, and particularly older people, depended on their housing for their livelihood. In the context of the AgeingHood research, livelihood is a means of subsistence, in which people use their living spaces for a range of home-based enterprises, to support themselves and their families. Housing and livelihood constitute fundamental human needs; the cumulative effect of the dysfunction of these aspects of human lives have greater consequences for vulnerable groups in low- and middle-income countries. By addressing housing insecurity and livelihood problems of low-income residents of informal settlement of KT, this project responded to structural inequalities entrenched in the KT communities. These structural inequalities often manifest as poor living and poor health conditions, a lack of or dysfunctional public infrastructure and inaccessible green outdoor spaces. AgeingHood espoused a research approach that recognised that housing challenges are often multi-dimensional, involving various stakeholders, with diverse and, often, conflicting interests. Sustainable and equitable solutions were co-created which has been inclusive of all stakeholders, leading to the production and publication of the AgeingHood toolkit. The solutions proffered by AgeingHood toolkit now need to be further supported in order to achieve real-life positive impacts for these vulnerable communities, and offer opportunities for knowledge exchange.This follow-on funding project will implement the AgeingHood toolkit, through impact creation, knowledge exchange and capacity building. The AgeingHood toolkit proposes inclusive solutions to address unintended consequences of urban resettlement of low-income older residents in Klong Toey. This includes housing typologies and recommendations for advocacy for low-income people, and alternatives to eviction. Through participatory methods, such as spatial observation, post-occupancy evaluation and co-design workshops, the AgeingHood toolkit created three housing typologies for the people of KT, based on their occupational needs, household size and personal circumstances.Three distinct activities will be undertaken to achieve the project objectives. This include two focus groups, an international knowledge exchange symposium, and a sandpit workshop. All these activities will take place in Bangkok.