Continuation of a dream: paths between the present and the future of adolescents in protected work

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the problem inserted in the coaching discourse aligned with neoliberal logic, the impact of this thought on the trajectory of young people undergoing training through the Protected Work Program in Adolescence (PTPA) and how this discourse reshapes aspects of the subjectivity of the developing subject. To this end, we used primary source material obtained in an action research activity called “Dream Workshop”, which included the presence and direct participation of teenagers from PTPA who had the task of thinking about the place where they live, how they live and the perspective of transformation in a playful and participatory way. Thhe workshop was carried out by the Observatory of Public Policies for Adolescence, a UERJ extension project, and became relevant to understand how the social and cultural vision of adolescents in different contexts can shape the reality of the subjects. This study proposes, therefore, to analyze the reality of adolescents inserted in the contradiction of the capitalist State, to understand limits, challenges and possibilities of access to their first job with dignified conditions and having their rights guaranteed, as well as the guarantee for the construction and continuation of life projects.