Encuentros intergeneracionales: Intercambio de saberes y aprendizajes para la construcción de una nueva imagen del envejecimiento y la vejez
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2014-09
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León Fernández, Maribel
Sánchez Acuña, Nancy
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Universidad de Rosario, Argentina
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Desde hace varios años, considerando el rol que juegan las personas adultas mayores en sus familias, comunidades y sociedades, la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA) por medio del Programa de Atención Integral de la Persona Adulta Mayor (PAIPAM), viene ejecutando una serie de acciones tendientes a promocionar, informar y sensibilizar sobre una nueva cultura del envejecimiento y vejez, dentro de las que destaca varios encuentros intergeneracionales realizados en la provincia de Heredia. Esta ponencia presenta lo ejecutado en un proyecto en el 2013, gracias a un equipo multidisciplinario e interinstitucional compuesto por la Vicerrectoría de Extensión-UNA, la Municipalidad de Heredia, la Dirección Regional de Educación de Heredia, el PAIPAM-UNA, el Programa Heredia Ciudad Cultural-UNA, con la colaboración de la ONG española Poessible. El proyecto intergeneracional titulado “Banco de la Sabiduría Popular” buscó propiciar espacios de confluencia donde niños, niñas, jóvenes y personas adultas y adultas mayores, pudieran compartir sus experiencias sobre los mitos y estereotipos que existen alrededor del envejecimiento y la vejez. Para conseguir este objetivo, se implementaron previamente a los encuentros intergeneracionales una serie de talleres con profesores del Ministerio de Educación Pública, estudiantes de primaria y secundaria, personas adultas mayores de la provincia de Heredia y estudiantes del PAIPAM, así como con estudiantes universitarios del Centro de Estudios Generales de la UNA, para generar una reflexión grupal e individualizada, sobre como conciben la vejez y el envejecimiento y la serie de mitos y estereotipos que se manejan en el tema. Para finalizar este proceso de sensibilización, los encuentros intergeneracionales constituyeron el medio para compartir, dialogar y plantear: en el caso de los niños y niñas, a clarificar sus mitos sobre la vejez, a las personas jóvenes, a conocer y apreciar el conocimiento popular de las personas adultas mayores y a no tener temor por la vejez, sino más bien a valorarla y apreciarla y a las personas adultas mayores, a sentirse respetadas y estimadas por las más jóvenes. A través de estas experiencias, el PAIPAM y el Programa Heredia Ciudad Cultural de la UNA, aportan en la construcción de nuevos vínculos significativos al poner en contacto a las personas de distintas edades y proporcionarles un medio para su aprendizaje, una vía para transmitir las creencia y las tradiciones, un medio para sensibilizar y cambiar la percepción sobre la vejez y el envejecimiento.
For several years, considering the role that older adults play in their families, communities and societies, the National University of Costa Rica (UNA) through the Comprehensive Care Program for Older Adults (PAIPAM), has been executing a series of actions aimed at promoting, informing and raising awareness about a new culture of aging and old age, among which several intergenerational meetings held in the province of Heredia stand out. This paper presents what was executed in a project in 2013, thanks to a multidisciplinary and inter-institutional team made up of the Office of the Extension Vice-Rector, the Municipality of Heredia, the Regional Directorate of Education of Heredia, PAIPAM-UNA, the Heredia City Program Cultural-UNA, with the collaboration of the Spanish NGO Poessible. The intergenerational project entitled "Bank of Popular Wisdom" sought to promote spaces of confluence where boys, girls, young people, and adults and older adults could share their experiences about the myths and stereotypes that exist around aging and old age. To achieve this objective, prior to the intergenerational meetings, a series of workshops were implemented with teachers from the Ministry of Public Education, primary and secondary students, older adults from the province of Heredia and PAIPAM students, as well as university students from the Centro of General Studies of the UNA, to generate a group and individualized reflection, on how they conceive old age and aging and the series of myths and stereotypes that are handled on the subject. To finalize this awareness process, the intergenerational meetings constituted the means to share, dialogue and raise: in the case of boys and girls, to clarify their myths about old age, to young people, to know and appreciate the popular knowledge of older adults and not to be afraid of old age, but rather to value and appreciate it and older adults, to feel respected and esteemed by the younger ones. Through these experiences, PAIPAM and UNA's Heredia Ciudad Cultural Program contribute to the construction of new significant links by connecting people of different ages and providing them with a means of learning, a way to transmit beliefs and traditions, a means to raise awareness and change the perception of old age and aging.
For several years, considering the role that older adults play in their families, communities and societies, the National University of Costa Rica (UNA) through the Comprehensive Care Program for Older Adults (PAIPAM), has been executing a series of actions aimed at promoting, informing and raising awareness about a new culture of aging and old age, among which several intergenerational meetings held in the province of Heredia stand out. This paper presents what was executed in a project in 2013, thanks to a multidisciplinary and inter-institutional team made up of the Office of the Extension Vice-Rector, the Municipality of Heredia, the Regional Directorate of Education of Heredia, PAIPAM-UNA, the Heredia City Program Cultural-UNA, with the collaboration of the Spanish NGO Poessible. The intergenerational project entitled "Bank of Popular Wisdom" sought to promote spaces of confluence where boys, girls, young people, and adults and older adults could share their experiences about the myths and stereotypes that exist around aging and old age. To achieve this objective, prior to the intergenerational meetings, a series of workshops were implemented with teachers from the Ministry of Public Education, primary and secondary students, older adults from the province of Heredia and PAIPAM students, as well as university students from the Centro of General Studies of the UNA, to generate a group and individualized reflection, on how they conceive old age and aging and the series of myths and stereotypes that are handled on the subject. To finalize this awareness process, the intergenerational meetings constituted the means to share, dialogue and raise: in the case of boys and girls, to clarify their myths about old age, to young people, to know and appreciate the popular knowledge of older adults and not to be afraid of old age, but rather to value and appreciate it and older adults, to feel respected and esteemed by the younger ones. Through these experiences, PAIPAM and UNA's Heredia Ciudad Cultural Program contribute to the construction of new significant links by connecting people of different ages and providing them with a means of learning, a way to transmit beliefs and traditions, a means to raise awareness and change the perception of old age and aging.
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INTERGENERACIONAL, SABERES, APRENDIZAJE, ENVEJECIMIENTO, VEJEZ, INTERGENERATIONAL, AGEING, KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, OLD AGE