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Contemporary societies are aging – but what does that mean? Is this something bad? And can societies age as a whole? By bringing together psychological, gerontological, and sociological findings, this open access book opens up a hitherto unique, multifaceted, and realistic view of the phenomenon of old age and the process of aging. The volume is based on the results of the project "Ageing as Future", a long-term project network (2007-2021) involving a total of more than 30 scientists worldwide. The focus of the project was threefold: A first issue was concerned with how views on aging influence development in old age; secondly, the project analyzed determinants and consequences of provision for old age; and thirdly, it investigated the different ways in which aging is shaped by managing time in old age. For more than a decade, the authors conducted quantitative and qualitative studies, involving large samples from three different continents. The results show that one-sided views of old age – whether negative stereotypes or positive exaggerations – do not do justice to the complexity of the experience of aging. Based on these results, the authors plead for individual and societal acceptance of the social fact of aging – and for the right to live an autonomous and dignified life in old age just as in other phases of life. Ageing as Future: A study by the Volkswagen Foundation presents findings from a unique large international study that are of interest to aging researchers around the world: academically, socio-politically, practically, and personally. Whether old or young, the book encourages one to question one's own views of aging. When reading this book, it becomes obvious that old age is a highly diverse experience, depending on a host of societal and individual factors.

El presente trabajo plantea una reflexión teórica sobre el aporte del dispositivo de intervención grupal de mediación artística, en prácticas de intervención en la vejez como herramienta posibilitadora de la construcción de narrativas identitarias alternativas. Para ello se toman los resultados de la intervención realizada en la Diplomatura de Psicogerontología de la UdelaR en el año 2017.Partiendo de representaciones subjetivas cristalizadas sobre el envejecimiento, mediante el dispositivo propuesto, los sujetos accedieron a posicionamientos críticos en torno a representaciones hegemónicas sobre la vejez.Se aborda una aproximación a las narrativas prevalentes en el modelo tradicional de vejez, para luego aproximarnos a otras perspectivas para problematizar la discusión sobre envejecimiento e identidad enfatizando en el análisis narrativo.Posteriormente se trabaja en torno al concepto de dispositivo grupal y la dimensión política del mismo, así como una aproximación al concepto y aporte de la mediación artística, como herramienta habilitadora de la reflexión y la producción colectiva de nuevos sentidos en la vejez. Abstract This work proposes a theoretical reflection on the contribution of the group intervention device of artistic mediation in intervention practices in old age, as an enabling tool for the construction of alternative identity narratives. For this, the results of the intervention made in the Degree of Psychogerontology of UdelaR[1] in 2017 are taken into consideration.Based on rigidified subjective representations of aging, through the device proposed, subjects had access to critical positioning around hegemonic representations of old age.An approach to the narratives prevailing in the traditional model of old age is developed, and then other perspectives are approached to problematize the discussion about aging and identity, emphasizing the narrative analysis.Subsequently, we work on the concept of group device and its political aspect, as well as on an approach to the concept and contribution of artistic mediation, as an enabling tool for reflection and for the collective production of new meanings in old age.[1]University of the Republic, Uruguay.