Comunidades de prática e articulação de saberes na relação entre universidade e sociedade
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2005-10-24
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Farah, Marta Ferreira Santos
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This work aims to identify if programmes based on the relationship between universities and the society, oriented to the valorisation of knowledge interaction are privileged spaces of organizational learning. One studied eight programmes based on the relationship between university and the society, created between 1992 and 2001, which are still running in Brazil. It was explored characteristics of learning process in the context of activities of these programmes, as well as mechanisms through which different forms of knowledge are linked, both in segments of universities themselves and in their relation with society. The Programa de Desenvolvimento e Gestão Social (PDGS), from the Universidade Federal da Bahia, was deeply studied using participant observation, between August 2003 and February 2005. The focus of this analysis was an experience called residência social (social internship) – a methodology developed by PDGS to form social managers, rooted on the interaction and sharing of multidisciplinary scientific knowledge and non-scientific knowledge. The other programmes were studied using multiple case study approach and sought to extend the comprehension of the phenomena under analysis: learning and articulation of knowledge between universities and society. The study was grounded in the social learning approach, which implies the emphasis of social interactions to create opportunities of individual and organizational learning, particularly in the context of communities of practice, replacing the emphasis on individual’s minds, as the cognitive learning approach emphasizes. It was also discussed the relationships among scientific knowledge and other types of knowledge found in society, seeking to identify the possibility of constituency of a more horizontal pattern of interaction between them, instead of focusing on the rupture between science and common sense that launched modern science. This study allows concluding that the programmes analysed can be considered privileged spaces of organizational learning, despite the limitation of different sorts posed on the development of this potential. Ones also conclude that learning and interaction of different knowledge can be mutually reinforced and that both occur in situations that involve people with different backgrounds and histories around practices and shared initiatives.