Affirmative actions for people inserted in the socio-territorial space of the countryside in the Bachelor's Degree in Agroecology at UFRPE

Abstract

Affirmative action policies for access to higher education in Brazil has been, in recent decades, a theme widely discussed by the agendas of social movements, because the struggle for the democratization of access to Higher Education, linked to the perspective of social justice, demands actions and policies aimed at minorities historically excluded from society and, as a result, higher education levels. Therefore, this article aims to describe and analyze the affirmative action policy - which guarantees the access and permanence of people inserted in the socioterritorial space of the field - directed to the Bachelor's Degree in Agroecology at UFRPE. For this, we developed a case study anchored in the historical-organizational perspective, based empirically on documentary research. The results reveal that, of the 40 annual vacancies offered by the Course, most of it is reserved for rural students and that, as much as it is a recent affirmative action, starting in 2019, this is promising in the inclusion of peasant subjects in higher education, in a context beyond insertion, but for interdisciplinary, joint and participatory construction from theory and practice, respecting the knowledge-making of the rural environment and committed to peasant experiences.