Longevity and extreme poverty in Huancavelica, Perú

• Autores: Sandoval, Úrsula, Sandoval, Tatiana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/21306
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/anthropia/article/view/21306
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Longevidad; centenarios; salud; extrema pobreza; Andes; Longevity; centenarians; health; extreme poverty

This article analyzes the case of local Andean long-lived population that paradoxically are located in extreme poverty areas in Peru. The term “longevity” is used to refer to any individual who is over ninety years of age and who is actively functional. There are only a few anthropological studies on longevity in the Peruvian Andes. This study focuses on people that reach an age of one hundred years or more living in extreme poverty conditions and who we could visit during fieldwork. The interviewees explain their ways of life and what it meant to reach such an old age and how they perceived their own longevity. For this matter, many diverse factors were taken into account, such as feeding, social relationships and personal beliefs.