CULTURA NOS INSTITUOS FEDERAIS BRASILEIROS: IMPLICAÇÕES E POSSIBILIDADES PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL

Abstract

This thesis is part of the Cultural Studies stream of research, within the scope of public higher education, with the main aim of finding out how culture is (or isn’t) articulated in the Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (FIs), which are part of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. It is important to understand, based on this (non-)articulation, the role that culture can play in sustainable community development in the context of the FIs. In this sense, we sought to understand the place that culture occupies in the organizational structure of the FIs, as well as the institutional culture policies, their interfaces and relationships with the local cultural sector and the communities where these institutions are located. To this purpose, the attempt to understand the relationship between higher education and the fulfillment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda seemed pertinent. The general aim of the research was to find out about the political and institutional organization of culture in the FIs, as well as to identify the main cultural actions carried out by these institutions to promote sustainable community development, based on the 2030 Agenda and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Culture Indicators for Development. To carry out this study, an initial diagnosis was made through documental analysis of data on cultural policies and verification of the existence of art and culture centers and/or departments, publicly available on the websites of the FIs. Furthermore, a survey of the courses most aligned with the theme of culture offered by the FIs was carried out based on the information contained in the Nilo Peçanha Platform. An online questionnaire was then sent to the people institutionally responsible for culture or who work in the cultural area of the institutions investigated. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were carried out with these agents of the institutions that have a formalized cultural policy and/or one that is under construction. It is expected, therefore, that the work carried out here could help to find possible ways of linking the academic environment and society in general, providing opportunities for cultural, scientific and social exchanges, which are so important in building a community. In addition, the study may contribute to a broader understanding of the concept of culture in the educational context of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education, reinforcing and recognizing its importance in human and citizen education.