The urban periphery and social recognition: an analysis departing from the school

• Autor(a) principal: Jesus, Likem Edson Silva de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/41855
• topic: Periphery; Social recognition; Unequality; Education; Periferia; Reconocimiento social; Desigualdad; Educación; Periferia; Reconhecimento social; Desigualdade; Educação

The aim of this article is to analyze the role of the school in the face of demands for social recognition of suburban students and in overcoming the existing challenges in the subordinate relationship of this group with the State, anchoring itself, notably, in the critical-normative theory of Axel Honneth. The empirical basis of the research was the application of questionnaires and focus groups with peripheral high school students from a public state school. It was observed that living on the periphery is a marker of difference in cities that favors the association with poverty and crime and that the individuality of students is tainted, as they are unable to perceive themselves with abilities considered relevant to social life. To promote recognition, the peripheral experience must be problematized at school, betting that “reading the world” can undo the stigmas and marginalization.