THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE: AREA RECREATION AND SOCIABILITY

Abstract

The great challenge the one that this work proposed left the one of unmask the leisure in the institutional space of Universities of the Third Age. For such, we search for to verify which the leisure concept that sustains your proposals, the cultural contents of leisure predominant, the objectives of your proposals in relation to the leisure, the leisure activities developed and what is denominating leisure in your proposals. While methodology, the study was accomplished by the combination of bibliographical research with the documental researches and of field. In the search of understanding as the leisure is configured in the institutional space of Universities of the Third Age, it tried to juxtapose the data of the bibliographical research with the one of the documental research, of the observation and of the interview. With the accomplishment of this study, it was possible to affirm that the leisure is the essence of investigated Universities of the Third Age and it is configured in this institutional space through your contents social, physical-sporting, manuals, intellectuals, artistic and tourist. The study also revealed that Universities of the Third Age represents new manners of living the leisure in the age