Extensão universitária: caminhos para o desenvolvimento de ações emancipadoras nas comunidades em vulnerabilidade social

Abstract

One of the main discussions in the social dimension permeates social emancipation on the subject, In the definition of Santos (2007, p.17) "is an absolutely central concept in modernity." Studies which reveals emancipatory evidences practices through social projects are socially relevant and represent a social alternative intervention. The central thesis is that the projects of social intervention in areas of social vulnerability foster the empowerment of local actors. This study is justified by the need to understand how these networks are built for social intervention that operate in poor communities. The study objectives were: i) to verify the possibilities of emancipation which are related to policies and practices of university extension , ii) identify representations of women over time designed to expect the children to participate in activities in an Olympic Village , iii) analyze the goals and actions that mobilized the Central Unica das Favelas (CUFA), with attention to the foundation and its trajectory, the Street Basket Slums in 2005, the Slums Cup competition in 2011, iv) identify the content of the socials representations (RS) on the participation of young adolescents in the Slums Cup. For such studies, we adopted a qualitative approach. In the first study we used the methodology of document analysis for the selection of documents and content analysis of Bardin (2009) for identifying the categories to be analyzed. We define a basic reference point from the reflections of Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Paulo Freire to conceptualize the extent and social emancipation. The topics covered in the analysis unfolded in three questions: what conception of university extension is present in institutional documents, how the university promotes the articulation with the territory, how is the practice of university extension in UNISUAM . The analysis results showed emancipatory processes in extension practices. The second study is an ethnographic nature, with contributions of ethnomethodology and collaborative action research. The group studied is characterized by women attending the Olympic Village of the Complexo do Alemão . The results concerning the representation of women over time expecting the children revealed that it is a time for learning. The third study is on the role of CUFA in hip hop culture in basketball, in Rio de Janeiro and in the Slums Cup , a soccer field competition with 80 teams of young slum dwellers . The following study is about social representations concerning the participation of young adolescents in the Slums Cup. The data comes from semistructured interviews with 11 players Slums Cup.