O imaginário sobre lazer de idosos integrantes do projeto "Nossas Andanças"

Abstract

This study aims to clarify that work on the imaginary recreation at the speech of the elderly belonging to the Project Our Wanderings, thus realizing their leisure activities, relating well, leisure, tourism and aging. The research, qualitative, nature had a sample of six elderly women participating in the project Our Wanderings in the town of Ponte Nova-MG. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed in the light of the theoretical framework of discourse analysis from the perspective of Pulcinelli Eni Orlandi. In the speech of the elderly has been present relations of social structures, their networks and their symbols. These relationships to share common values and goals. There are horizontal and hierarchical relationships between the participants in the network, either in social networking in the professional networks, in Community networks. The public policies for the sector should include wishes, desires and expectations by the look of it, thinking temporality that everyday is necessary because the organization hours for elderly belonging to the study sample, is extremely active and integrated with the different spheres that it is part. The elderly belonging to the Project Our Andanças understand tourism as a possibility to (re) live, to reframe established experiences. The imagery of leisure establishes a direct connection with the question of the obligation and the universe of pleasure. Program activities end up becoming routine in the lives of older people, thus leaving within a discourse supported by the issue of quality of life, to be a mandatory activity