Elders in the construction of the history of Dury, Trujillo estate. A community approach

Abstract

The historical knowledge of older adults in small community contexts has not been valued, raising the concern to interpret the vision of older adults about the history of the population of Durí, located in the Urdaneta municipality of Trujillo state. The research was carried out within the interpretative paradigm, qualitative approach and ethnographic method, with five key informants, through observation and in- depth interview, making use of a notebook, interview guide and mechanical devices. An analysis of the content of extracts from the discourses of the informants was carried out, keeping in mind two a priori categories and four emerging ones. The validity was through the triangulation of the discourses of the informants, the perspective of the researcher and the theoretical referents. The results obtained indicate that older adults have assumed active roles in the reconstruction of the story, the characterization of the community is related to the belief in La Vírgen del Rosario de Durí; the traditions, the presence of relevant people and the cultivation of grains.