A educação como direito territorial: o caso da Comunidade São Rafael-João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

This paper weaves the connections between the struggle for education and the struggle for territory in the São Rafael community in João Pessoa (Paraíba). Under threat of community disintegration by the "Sustainable João Pessoa" mega-project (IDB), this and other communities on the banks of the River Jaguaribe face a systematic dismantling of basic rights, including education. A process of investigating and listening to the community's subjects was carried out, interweaving their school and work trajectories with their perceptions of São Rafael's current situation. In methodological terms, we carried out a literature review, consulted documentary sources, did fieldwork - including interviews with residents, community leaders and students from the community's Youth and Adult Education, organized and produced cartographic representations, and wrote the text. Through this work we aim to contribute to building resistance against the imposing actions of the city council and other bodies that want to expropriate the territory under the myth of "sustainable development". In addition, we seek to show how the education offered in the community has been disintegrated, especially with a focus on Youth and Adult Education, causing many residents to give up studying or to have to travel kilometers to access public schools.