O idoso e a criança: o significado da relação ao contar histórias

• Ano de defesa: 2004
• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Maria de Fatima de Jesus Agostinho
• Orientador(a): Medeiros, Suzana Apparecida da Rocha
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia
• Departamento: Gerontologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: envelhecimento; velhice; relacionamento intergeracional; contar histórias; sociabilidade; Crianças e os idosos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: aging; old age; intergenerational relationship; telling stories; sociability
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::SOCIOLOGIA::OUTRAS SOCIOLOGIAS ESPECIFICAS
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12533

This Master s thesis approaches the meaning of telling stories and the relationship that is established between elderly people and children participating in this activity, in public and private spaces. The study focuses on questions inherent in the aging process in our contemporary society, understanding that old age is not the final close of human existence, but a phase of discoveries and possibilities of participation and life enrichment. It also shows that intergenerational relationship is a pathway to culture preservation, considering culture as exchange of meanings and preservation of symbols, necessary for human survival. To carry out the qualitative research, eight accounts given by elderly storytellers were used. These storytellers act in day-care centers, schools, hospitals, libraries and communities. The storytellers oral accounts were analyzed, interpreted and compared with the four categories of analysis: aging and old age, intergenerational relationship, telling stories, and sociability. Based on this experience between elderly people and children, it is possible to understand that the meaning of the relationship is established through individual and collective memories, mediated by sociability, constituting a mutual education process, in a broad sense. It is concluded that in our western culture, values related to contact between old people and children point to crucial matters, such as: the pertinence of respect for wisdom preserved by the elderly and the construction of their dialogue with the new generations.