University Journey in Defense of Agrarian Reform: contributions from Community Social Psychology

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This Report of Experience aims to present the organization process of the 2nd University Journey in Defense of Agrarian Reform (JURA), held at the Federal University of Mato Grosso in Brazil, which was built following the principles of Popular Education and Community Social Psychology, and aimed to constitute a space for discussion of issues related to the agrarian issue and social transformation, enable the insertion of traditional populations and social movements in the university and provide an approach between traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge. CASUISTIC: The theoretical-methodological approach adopted for the organization and realization of JURA allowed the construction of a space that fostered the participation in equal and dialogical conditions between members of the academic community and participants of social movements, which composed the committee organizing the event. FINAL REMARKS: It is concluded by the validity of applying the principles and methodologies of Popular Education and Community Social Psychology to the processes of construction of activities in the academy, considering that these enabled the enhancement of dialogue and collective strengthening around the objectives of the event, in a process that was configured as educational and emancipatory.