Portuguese
“A práxis revolucionária somente
pode opor-se à práxis das elites dominadoras.
E é natural que assim seja,
pois são que fazeres antagônicos.”
Paulo Freire
During the XI Social Sciences Week of USP (University of São Paulo), which theme has been “To Learn, Questioning, Transform: the ways of education”, a homage has been held to Paulo Freire.
A documentary has been shown called “Paulo Freire contemporary”, directed by Toni Ventury, to a public of almost 30 students, including secondary students. After the exhibition, a group of students started a talk around the generative theme: what does the pedagogical political project of Paulo Freire has to do with the University?
Many ideas have been shared, like the relation teacher-student that, following the students, happens in a very distant way and very hierarchical also. Many important questions have also been approached like the conception that knowledge must be connected to transformation of reality and the fundamental contribution of the ideas and actions of Paulo Freire, taken by the students as orientation to formulate popular extension projects in the University, looking towards dialogue between who is “inside” the University with who is “out”, considering this one as one of the principle tools capable to make the relationship between the University and the society.
Photo available in Paulo Freire Collection. Available in: http://acervo.paulofreire.org/xmlui/handle/7891/3438
At the end of the dialogue, it has been concluded that the Brazilian Public Universities are each time more elitists, as focused by the students who participated of the meeting they said “there’s a lot to learn and teach about the perspectives of education of Paulo Freire”. To dispute the University, with a more popular project for education, it means also a dispute of a more fair society project, more human, more democratic.
May the University be full of Popular People!
Paulo Freire present!
Text sent by Guilherme Akira Nishio. Member of CeUPES – Ísis Dias de Oliveira (Academic Center of Social Sciences of USP)
Contact: ceupes2015@gmail.com