Aprendizado em bairros populares: notas de pesquisa e teoria

Abstract

This work discusses some theoretical approaches to political learning, for use in situations of social exclusion, conflict and popular organization. The paper relates these approaches to the study of a group of low-income communities adjacent to downtown Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. One such situation is described in the first part. The second part discusses the approach to the study of political learning among the elites; the third part examines approaches to the research on political culture; and the fourth part outlines an alternative approach to political learning derived from Jürgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action. Therefore, these notes raise theoretical questions about political learning looking for solutions to the practical problems of popular organization. The aim of this project is to understand how this process has evolved until now and what should be done to improve and speed up its development.