Occupy is resist: a study of high school students occupations in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

Abstract

In the first quarter of 2016, students in Rio de Janeiro occupied more than 70 state schools. By means of audiovisual production, generated by the project Ocupa Educação realized through PIBID (a governmental program of teacher formation), this study is centered on field experiences in Niterói public schools, in more than 10 hours of recording generated audiovisual material about day-by-day of occupations, the conflicts, the pedagogical relationships and also perceptions reported by students. The objectives of this article are thinking about some liberal policies, which oppose this resistance, the particularities of these actions in its relations with traditional social movements and still, the fertility of the reflection on this theme to the understanding of the power relations currently established and possible repertoire of open resistance from these uprisings.