?Good Living? and the education of older adults

JOSÉ ALBERTO YUNI AND CLAUDIO ARIEL URBANO

International Journal on Ageing in Developing Countries

International Institute on Ageing. United Nations

Lugar: Malta; Año: 2017 vol. 2 p. 28 - 40

This article deals with the notion of Good Living - Living Well, deeply rooted in critical Latin American thinking. Its aim is to revise some theoretical conceptions inherited from the prevailing gerontological tradition having centre-European origin. First of all, an epistemic framework is established in order to consider how the cultural dimension influences ways of making up scientific knowledge on old age and ageing. Secondly, we discuss the concept of Good Living or Living Well as a theoretical and political contribution that may allow us to re-think meanings, policies, and gerontological practices located in the Latin American region and its various realities. Then, we describe some topics, generated by ancestral visions of the world that make up the social construction of old age in contemporary societies. Finally, on the basis of principles of critical intercultural gerontagogy we produce some guidelines on the concept of Good Living that may contribute for the education of older adults.