Las personas de la tercera edad. Unos grandes olvidados por la divulgación científica

[EN] Although scientific dissemination programmes related to Archaeology seem prepared for all types of audiences, the reality is clearly different. Museums, archaeological parks, guided visits to archaeological sites usually have a “captive” or faithful audience, such as children and young people f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gibaja, Juan Francisco, Cubas, Miriam, Floro, Jesús, González-Vázquez, Araceli, Guzmán, Vanessa, Higuera, Santiago, Mazzucco, Niccolò, Mozota Holgueras, Millán, Nieto-Espinet, Ariadna, Oms, F. Xavier, Palma, Olga, Palomo, Antoni, Remolins, Gerard, Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/174162
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/174162
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Scientific dissemination
Archeology
Older adults
Divulgación
Arqueología
Personas de la Tercera Edad
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Sumario:[EN] Although scientific dissemination programmes related to Archaeology seem prepared for all types of audiences, the reality is clearly different. Museums, archaeological parks, guided visits to archaeological sites usually have a “captive” or faithful audience, such as children and young people from primary or high schools, and families with resources that usually participate in scientific events, such as Science Week or Museum’s Night. In this sense, other target groups are ignored by these programmes and even they are not considered in their design. Among them are included the elderly people, those who have some physical or intellectual disabilities, people in risk of social exclusion or newly immigrants without economic resources. In this paper, we present our experience with elderly people, some of whom are in a difficult economic situation due to the pension they receive or present physical and mental difficulties. This situation become even more critical when, being interested, they cannot afford the payment of a bus or they have difficulties to move alone. The model and methodology employed in our activities can be a reference for other research groups or educators who work or pretend to begin a scientific dissemination program with elderly people.