Significaciones Sobre el Ocio en Profesores Universitarios Colombianos: una Perspectiva desde los Imaginarios Sociales
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En sociedades cada vez más centradas en la productividad laboral, reflexionar sobre el papel del ocio adquiere una relevancia creciente para comprender la vida contemporánea. Uno de los contextos laborales que ha cambiado sustancialmente en los últimos años es el universitario, lo que ha transformado el rol de los profesores. Aunque las investigaciones suelen enfocarse en aspectos profesionales de los profesores, explorar sus percepciones sobre el ocio revela facetas de su vida personal y cómo se adaptan a entornos laborales en constante cambio, así como los efectos de estas adaptaciones en su bienestar, especialmente en el equilibrio entre trabajo y ocio. Este artículo se basa en una investigación1 que buscó identificar los imaginarios de ocio en un grupo de profesores de una institución de educación superior en Colombia. Para ello, se profundizó en tres planos propuestos por Baeza (2003) para el análisis de fenómenos sociales desde la perspectiva de los imaginarios, en este caso de los imaginarios de ocio: el plano aparente (prácticas), el plano subyacente (emociones) y el plano ideacional (pensamientos). La metodología de recolección de datos incluyó una estrategia de recolección de datos mixta, mediante un cuestionario aplicado a 160 profesores (55% mujeres, 45% hombres) y entrevistas semiestructuradas con 12 de ellos, utilizando un enfoque de historia de vida temática. La triangulación de resultados permitió elaborar una propuesta interpretativa de los imaginarios sociales de ocio, tanto instituidos como instituyentes. Este documento profundiza en los hallazgos sobre los pensamientos y las significaciones de ocio de los profesores y presenta los resultados de la propuesta interpretativa de sus imaginarios de ocio.
In societies increasingly focused on labor productivity, reflecting on the role of leisure is becoming increasingly relevant to understanding contemporary life. One of the work contexts that has changed substantially in recent years is the university, which has transformed the role of teachers. Although research tends to focus on professional aspects of professors, exploring their perceptions of leisure reveals facets of their personal lives and how they adapt to constantly changing work environments, as well as the effects of these adaptations on their well-being, especially their work-leisure balance. This article is based on research that sought to identify the leisure imaginaries of a group of professors at a higher education institution in Colombia. To this end, we delved into three levels proposed by Baeza (2003) for the analysis of social phenomena from the perspective of imaginaries, in this case leisure imaginaries: the apparent level (practices), the underlying level (emotions) and the ideational level (thoughts). The data collection methodology included a mixed data collection strategy, through a questionnaire applied to 160 teachers (55% female, 45% male) and semi-structured interviews with 12 of them, using a thematic life history approach. The triangulation of results allowed the elaboration of an interpretative proposal of the social imaginaries of leisure, both instituted and instituting. This paper delves into the findings on teachers' thoughts and meanings of leisure and presents the results of the interpretative proposal of their leisure imaginaries.
In societies increasingly focused on labor productivity, reflecting on the role of leisure is becoming increasingly relevant to understanding contemporary life. One of the work contexts that has changed substantially in recent years is the university, which has transformed the role of teachers. Although research tends to focus on professional aspects of professors, exploring their perceptions of leisure reveals facets of their personal lives and how they adapt to constantly changing work environments, as well as the effects of these adaptations on their well-being, especially their work-leisure balance. This article is based on research that sought to identify the leisure imaginaries of a group of professors at a higher education institution in Colombia. To this end, we delved into three levels proposed by Baeza (2003) for the analysis of social phenomena from the perspective of imaginaries, in this case leisure imaginaries: the apparent level (practices), the underlying level (emotions) and the ideational level (thoughts). The data collection methodology included a mixed data collection strategy, through a questionnaire applied to 160 teachers (55% female, 45% male) and semi-structured interviews with 12 of them, using a thematic life history approach. The triangulation of results allowed the elaboration of an interpretative proposal of the social imaginaries of leisure, both instituted and instituting. This paper delves into the findings on teachers' thoughts and meanings of leisure and presents the results of the interpretative proposal of their leisure imaginaries.
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