Freedom for mangas: youth, reading, and information

• Autor(a) principal: Bernardes, Jacira Gil
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Accorssi, Aline
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: INTERthesis
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/interthesis/article/view/1807-1384.2016v13n3p81

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2016v13n3p81The present paper is an attempt to reflect and discuss the meaning and significance that youngsters from an outskirt district attribute to information and reading. 8 semi-structured interviews were conducted with young adults between 18 and 24 years of age who took part on a social project called Casa das Juventudes (House of the Youth) in the Guajuviras suburb in Canoas, Brazil. Casa das Juventudes is a part of the ‘Territórios da Paz’ (Land of Peace) project and is a development and learning center as well as a leisure space. It houses PROTEJO, a social project that focus on youngsters who are subject to violence and other forms of social vulnerability. Our outcomes indicate that reading is part of their daily activities since the results of the interviews demonstrate that they express interest not only in literature but also in obtaining information both in and outside Casa das Juventudes. However, access to information is hindered for various reasons such as the absence of public libraries and cultural spaces suitable to their social reality. Access to information seems to be impeded not by lack of interest in reading but because of the inadequacy of books and by the high price of material acquisition.