Awakening Autonomy as Decolonial Praxis: Socio-Historical and Insurgent Struggles Against Neoliberalism

Abstract

We begin by identifying the lived reality within a context marked by the persistence of modern-colonial logics that produce inequalities and silence peripheral youth voices, constituting a limit-situation. Thus, aiming to discuss the development of subjects through collaborative and decolonial construction, in contrast to the protagonistic and individualistic orientation proposed by the BNCC, this article presents and discusses the actions of young people and researchers from Brincada Jovem in planning and carrying out thematic livestreams. The studies are grounded in Socio-Historical Activity Theory intertwined with the concept of the viable unheard-of (inédito viável). The research methodology was organized through Critical-Collaborative Research, in which participants and researchers acted together in critical reflection with a view toward constructing new possibilities for reality. The discussion of the results points to the consolidation of collective, intentionally decolonial, and collaborative actions by the participants, as well as the execution of activities committed to overcoming the limit-situation.