Researching with older people

An experience in participative mapping and world café techniques

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.38848

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age-friendly cities, older people, participative mapping, world café, urban spaces

Abstract

The multidimensionality of the aging process involves changes in different capacities. The age-friendly cities strategy addressed the need for adaptations in urban spaces that meets the demands of older people’s wellbeing. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore how Participative Mapping and World Café techniques could assist in identifying challenges to the delivery of services and resources to create communities that promote active aging, from the perspectives of older people and stakeholders. The techniques generated co-constructed discussion and shared understandings about the barriers residents face in negotiating and accessing services. Demands associated with the precariousness of local infrastructure, the absence of leisure activities, and a generalized feeling of insecurity in their neighborhoods were recurring themes. The demands led to the conclusion that for healthy aging, the interrelation of objective and subjective factors that take into 

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Author Biographies

Dayse da Silva Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brasil.

Doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB), em Brasília, DF, Brasil; mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), em Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Professora da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), em Manaus, AM, Brasil.

Natália de David Klavdianos, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brasil.

Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB), em Brasília, DF, Brasil. Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB), em Brasília, DF, Brasil. 

Fernanda de Moraes Goulart, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Doutoranda em Tecnologia da Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade de São Paulo (FAU-UsP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil; mestre em Psicologia, arquiteta e urbanista pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB), em Brasília, DF, Brasil.

Isolda de Araújo Günther, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brasil.

Doutora em Psicologia pela Michigan State University, em Michigan, Estados Unidos; mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. Pesquisadora colaboradora sênior do Laboratório de Psicologia Ambiental da Universidade de Brasília (LPA-UnB), em Brasília, DF, Brasil.

Adriana Araújo Portella, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em Desenho Urbano pela Oxford Brookes University, em Oxford, Reino Unido; mestre em Planejamento Urbano e Regional pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Professora da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), em Pelotas, RS, Brasil. 

Ryan Woolrych, Heriot-Watt University, Edimburgo, Escócia.

Doutor em Filosofia pela Manchester Metropolitan University, em Manchester, Reino Unido. Professor da School of the Built Environment da Heriot-Watt University e Diretor do Urban Institute, em Edimburgo, Escócia.

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2022-11-07

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Albuquerque, D. da S., Klavdianos, N. de D., Goulart, F. de M., Günther, I. de A., Portella, A. A., & Woolrych, R. (2022). Researching with older people: An experience in participative mapping and world café techniques. Psico, 53(1), e38848. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.38848

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