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The politics and poetics of aging: Ethnography of a club for older women
Autor
Ortiz-Ruiz, Francisca José
Institución
Resumen
Recently, Latin America has experienced profound political, economic and cultural transformations
such as the feminisation of the ageing population. In this presentation, it will show how this and the
changes in Chile have had a substantial impact on social relationships. It will present an ethnographic
study of ageing, gender and social organisation of care in a women’s ceramics course from a community
centre of Santiago Centro (Chile). First, It will be starting by situating the framework on gender, ageing
and care in the social sciences. Secondly, the author will characterise the demographic, social, economic
aspects and the public policy programs linked to ageing in Santiago. Next, this researcher will narrate
the stories, the modes of organisation and the dynamics that are articulated in the women’s Club. Also,
It will be describing the ceramic classes with their spatial dispositions and how these women
appropriate their classroom with a particular relational dynamic. Afterwards, the author analyses the
themes of dialogue, the forms of community care in the interactions, and the scenes of political
interpellation lived by them. Finally, the researcher proposes an articulation between poetics and
politics in the experience of female ageing.
This presentation is part of the research Fondecyt 1160683: "Being a Senior Woman in Santiago de
Chile: Social Organization of Care, Feminization of Aging and Accumulated Inequalities", directed by
Herminia Gonzálvez Torralbo and Menara Guizardi. It was funded by the National Commission of
Scientific and Technological Research of Chile (CONICYT). FONDECYT FONDECYT