` Proyecto

836-B9-148 Writing and dance movement as a potential scenario for autobiographical construction in elderly people

Objetivo:

To execute two spaces of artistic construction (dance and literature), to analyze the contributions of creative expression related to movement and the written word, in subjective reflection and the reconstruction of the life history of older adults in the canton of San Ramón.

Descripción:

An investigation is proposed on the contribution of art in self-reflection and in the reconstruction of history itself through autobiographical narration, in older adults in the canton of San Ramón. The possibilities that dance and literature offer to the reconstruction of subjectivity will be investigated, as well as the importance that artistic production would have for a group of older adults, who represent a community marked by the characteristics of a town close to literature and art in general.

The opening of two artistic workshops is planned, a dancing one and a literature one, aimed at the elderly population of the canton of San Ramón (who have lived in the area since childhood), with the aim of building collective works that are seen crossed by the autobiographical, which will be analyzed later through a psychoanalytic reading and using methodologies linked to art, writing, and movement. It is clarified that the character of these workshops and their activities do not respond to the recreational or the therapeutic itself, despite the fact that these autobiographical narrative techniques bring benefits in emotional health and understanding of themselves; The ultimate goal is to be able to understand more about this process that occurs in the reconstruction of oneself and the value of art as a means to achieve it, with personal and community benefits being a rebound effect that will not be left out of the analysis.

Vigencia:

From 03/04/2019 to 12/31/2020

Áreas de investigación relacionadas:

Regional Cultural and Linguistic Studies

Investigador principal:

Andrea Molina Ovares

Investigadores colaboradores:

Damián Herrera González

Resultados obtenidos:

Material that summarizes the project’s contributions:
 

Audio interviews:

https://vinv.ucr.ac.cr/es/multimedia/danza-y-escritura-para-la-construc…

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86873

 

Returning of research results:

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/87637

 

Products:

1- Anthology. Autobiographic writing workshop. This book contains the main narrations written by the elderly participants in the project.

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86474

2- Photograph memory. Traces of lives. This book shows a series of photographs about the experience in the workshops and the showing of the choreographies performed by the elderly participants. Este libro muestra una serie de fotografías sobre la experiencia de los talleres y puesta en escena de las coreografías realizadas por las personas adultas mayores participantes.

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86478

3- Declamation of writings. In this video, the main narrations written by the authors that participated in the project are presented. 

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86515

4- Autobiographic writing interviews. Traces of lives. In this video, the opinions and experiences of the literature workshop participants are shown.

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86597

5- Interviews and showing of autobiographic dancing. In this video, parts of the choreography are shown, as well as the opinions and experiences of the dance workshop participants.

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86477

 

Published article

Molina Ovares, A., y Herrera González, D. (2022). Danza, escritura y autobiografía en personas adultas mayores. Reflexiones desde el desarrollo regional: VI Coloquio Internacional sobre Diversidad Cultural y Estudios Regionales, 287–301.

Kérwá repository https://hdl.handle.net/10669/87209