Los imaginarios de sí mismo en la infancia: una mirada desde la enfermedad crónica

Abstract

This paper is a qualitative investigative study from an interpretive approach on social imaginaries about themselves that builds a group of boys and a girls in chronic diseases of cancer and asthma, between ages of 9 and 12. The study population belongs to different towns from Bogotá: Suba, Engativá and Kennedy. Information collection techniques and instruments were developed, such as: participatory observation, semi-structured interviews and iconographic workshops; seeking to understand through the voice of children the imaginary meanings about the concept to promote suggestions of accompaniment in the social field, which will enable this population to improve the quality of life, from different environments where each of them unfolds.