O território vivo: Serviço social em diálogo com a perspectiva do Bairro Educador na Favela de Heliópólis

Abstract

This Final Course Project is built upon the guiding question: what is the relationship between Social Work and the Educating Neighborhood? This study investigates the meaning of the concept of Favela (slum), exploring the sense of Territory – beyond what traditional geography reveals – in order to understand it as a place of identity formation and struggle. In this sense, this research portrays the history of Heliópolis, which today stands as an Educating Neighborhood, a Living Territory built by the hands of its residents in the face of the violence present there. Based on existing bibliographies about one of the largest Brazilian favelas, the aim was to provoke new reflections that would provide support directly linked to Social Work, since little exploration of the concept – Educating City and Educating Neighborhood – linked to this area of knowledge was observed. The social worker who works from the perspective of the Educating Neighborhood acts towards their Ethical-Political Project in conjunction with the user population served, the Territory that guides their professional practice