Prácticas educativas y pedagógicas en la construcción de tejido social desde la agricultura urbana agroecológica : la experiencia comunitaria de los adultos mayores en la Corporación Casitas Bíblicas

Abstract

This research be oriented to analyze the pedagogical and educational mediations that make possible the construction of a social network and community organizations, of the elderly and their families through the agroecological urban agriculture in Casitas Bíblicas, located in the Rafael Uribe Uribe locality of Bogotá. In this sense a case study was developed, with a qualitative approach, in which five (5) urban farmers belonging to that community participated. The observation was used as data collection technique, and as an instrument the semi-structured interview. The data were analyzed following the principles of the Grounded Theory, which allowed configuring two emerging categories: Category 1: educational and pedagogical practices: and its dimensions: they were identified and analyzed in the garden, combined in two scenarios; one called itinerant encounter and another ecological walk. In addition, the role of the elderly was exalted. Category 2: Spirituality in the construction of social fabric, with its dimensions: narratives of sense, and proposed life sap that transcends the local context. On the basis of these categories the outcomes were presented, that show the identity constructions, the involvement of the elderly and their families, the transmission of knowledge from the practice of agroecological gardens and the production of collaborative processes that affect training of communities