Narrativas sobre experiencias de infancia: memorias del abuelo Jaime Aldana

Abstract

The research project “Narratives about Childhood Experiences: Memories of Grandfather Jaime Aldana” explores how autobiographical memory enables the reconstruction of identity and the meaning of childhood through the voice of a grandfather. Using in-depth interviews and a qualitative-narrative approach, it examines the memories, emotions, and lessons that Mr. Jaime reinterprets as he tells the story of his childhood. The findings highlight the decisive influence of the maternal figure, the formation of a creative and distinctive identity, the development of resilience and keen observation as keys to his success, and his intergenerational reflections on change, loss of trust, and family communication. Mr. Jaime’s narrative is understood as an act of resistance against forgetting and as an ethical and cultural legacy that connects past, present, and future. Within it, memory emerges as a space for reconciliation, learning, and human continuity.