ADESE: uma experiência de educação complexa no Seridó norte-rio-grandense

Abstract

The thesis presents the Agência de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Seridó (ADESE) as an ethical-political-pedagogical experience, born from the process of reflection, awareness and struggles in search of sustainable development for this micro-region of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The research was developed from face-to-face visits, analysis of documents, minutes, photographic collections, interviews, testimonies and bibliographic consultations. The composition of the ideas is based on Complex Thought and its interlocutors, among them Edgar Morin, Isabelle Stengers, Ilya Prigogine, Maria da Conceição de Almeida, Ailton Krenak, Serge Latouche and Papa Francisco. The time frame (1997 to 2005) considers the democratic dynamism of the ADESE's foundations and the first years of the peak of the collective's effervescence. Constituted from the dialogue between religious, academic, intellectual, political social sectors and mainly from collective popular mobilizations, ADESE goes beyond the traditional characteristics of an agency (elaborate, manage and execute projects) and shines as a political education entity focused on reduction of social inequalities, the promotion of the population's well-being and the preservation of the natural resources of the place. It is also characterized by the openness to permanent learning from contradictions, encounters and disagreements, continuities and discontinuities. This dynamic was reflected in the ability to reference the potential of that semiarid region and encourage the development of projects to build water mains, encourage the modernization and professionalization of the production of milk, cheese and dried meat, and investment in policies to combat pollution of soil and air. Far from the developmental fascination that is based on the imposition of political projects without a social basis, ADESE was guided by a complexbased pedagogy, in which listening, action and reception are guided by the principles of citizenship and respect for the ecosystem.