Gerantropology from the experience of key informants in the José María Cruxent learning community

Abstract

Gerontology is the science that studies the human being biologically, psychologically and socially, for this reason it delves into anthropological reasons justifying it. That said, the purpose of the study is to generate the theory of geranthropology from the experience of key informants in the José María Cruxent learning community. Methodologically, I assume the interpretive paradigm with a qualitative approach, the current of thought is Blumer's symbolic interactionism, and the method is the grounded theory of Strauss and Corbin with its open, axial and selective coding, the method of constant comparison and theorization. I used data collection and qualitative analysis techniques and the interview and observation guide as an instrument. The key informants were six older adults from this learning community. As a result, the theory of geranthropology was generated as a humanized science in the study of the elderly, argued in its dimensions a) anthropology as a human science, b) dimension anthropology and gerontology as joint sciences and c) geranthropological training. The reading of this theory is suggested for the understanding of human beings in their aging and their anthropohistorical journey.