Educação e práticas sociais: vivências e experiências de uma líder comunitária na Comunidade Terra do Sol e adjacências

Abstract

This research is based on the Education, School and Technologies Research Line of the Stricto Senso Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program in Education, Language and Technologies. The study focuses on the life story of community leader Francisca Barbosa da Silva, highlighting her actions and struggles to ensure the social and educational development of the residents of the Terra do Sol community and surrounding areas, in Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás. The research question is: to what extent does community leadership contribute to social and educational development in the construction of citizenship in a peripheral community? The general objective is to uncover the experiences of community leader Francisca Barbosa da Silva in social and educational development in the construction of citizenship in a peripheral community in the metropolitan region of Goiânia. The methodological corpus is close to the phenomenological method, with a qualitative, exploratory approach and used bibliographical and field research as procedures. To compose the methodological corpus, we relied on the works of Marconi and Lakatos (2003); Gil (2008); Bicudo (2011); Fazenda (2000); Jovchelovitch; Bauer (2010), for the concepts of leadership and community leadership: Bento; Ribeiro (2013); Kotler (1997); Chiavenato (1999); Ornelas et al (2013) and finally, to support the studies on Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, we relied on Lenza (2006); Morais (2011); Bobbio (2004); Marshal (1967) as well as the 1988 Federal Constitution. The data was collected by means of a narrative interview and the understanding/interpretation took place by means of hermeneutic interpretation, a path specific to the phenomenological method. It is understood that unveiling the journey experienced by this community leader shows the daily lives of people who struggle for better living conditions and dignity, with basic fundamental rights as the direction of their aspirations. It was found that the initiatives led by Francisca generate a sense of belonging to society and inspire significant achievements. Even in the absence of state intervention and specific public policies, these actions have ensured the dignity of local residents. Francisca's role in community leadership is thus revealed in the promotion of citizenship, the strengthening of social ties, the encouragement of active participation and the empowerment of communities to shape their own destiny. It is concluded that the role played by community leadership goes beyond the mere administration of local issues. Its actions are a true catalyst for promoting citizenship, strengthening civic participation and empowering individuals to claim their rights and shape their own destiny. That this study may contribute to widening the recognition and support of community leaders, whose hard work and commitment inspire hope and transformation in their communities and that it also serve as a means to unmask the ineffectiveness of the State.