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Call for Papers. Special Number "100 Years of Social Work: Discussions and Perspectives on the Discipline's Past, Present and Future". Submissions in Spanish or English until the 30th October 2024 for publication in April 2025 (Issue 9). For more information please see the following link.
The recognition of old age: critical perspectives from vocational training
Abstract
In this issue dedicated to the Struggles for Redistribution and Recognition, we have sought to debate an issue of great relevance to our societies: old age. debate a topic of great relevance for our societies: old age as a field of research and teaching in Social Work. The conversation presented here The conversation presented here is nourished by the reflections that emerged from the experience of academic training at the Universidad Nacional at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) in Peru, developed by the teaching team formed by social workers Haydee Chamorro García and Natalí Sánchez. Chamorro García and Natalí Sánchez Chauca during the year 2021. The report reflects some of their concerns about the way in which the population is aging in the context of deepening inequality gaps in Peru the way the population is aging in the context of deepening inequality gaps in Peru, which we also see across Latin America. They also share with us their lessons learned and proposals for thinking about the inclusion of a critical gerontological perspective in the a critical gerontological perspective in the training of future generations of social workers. We would like to thank Haydee and Natalí for sharing these discussions in our journal.
