TEACHING ARTISANSHIP FOR INCLUSION: PROJECTS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

The article discusses the potential of projects that articulate universities and civil society organizations to develop an inclusive attitude. It starts from a teaching experience of an extensionist project conducted for three years in an academic activity about inclusion and accessibility from a community university in the South of Brazil. Students from different undergraduate courses worked on projects that sought to contribute to the Associação de Cegos do Rio Grande do Sul - ACERGS, an entity dedicated to assisting people with visual impairments. The methodology used is the experience report. Once systematized, data analysis is based on the inclusion and contemporary teaching. This university’s experience with ACERGS evidences the capacity of (trans)formation of the subjects involved, who come to re-signify the processes of in/exclusion and see themselves as protagonists in the construction of an inclusive society, building other ways of inhabiting the city. Likewise, it highlights the importance of teaching Humanities for different bachelor’s degrees, providing students with an education committed to differences.