Tom caderno de ensaios da Universidade Federal do Paraná (2015-2019): projeto de extensão permeado por arte, cultura, encontros, práticas e significados

Abstract

This qualitative case study aims to understand how the practices carried out in the extension project TOM – Laboratory of Communication Practices and Diffusion for Culture, contributed to the constitution and sharing of meanings between the social actors involved in the stages of creation, production and dissemination of the TOM Portfolio of Essays of the Federal University of Paraná (2015-2019). TOM is a semi-annual publication, in digital format, indexed in the National Library (ISSN: 2448-136X) and idealized by the Cultural Coordination of the Pro-Rectory of Extension and Culture of UFPR with the purpose of encouraging and disseminating criticism and reflection on artistic and cultural productions, with emphasis on respect for cultural diversity. Thus, I proposed to verify which public policies for culture and which university extension norms guided the creation of the publication; identify the network of social actors (curators and students) involved in the stages of creation, production and dissemination of Portfolios, published from 2015 to 2019; to map the practices carried out by the curators and students during the stages of development of the editions and to analyze how these practices contributed to the constitution and sharing of meanings between them. As a strategy for data survey, I relied on documentary research and on the phenomenological interview technique, whose analysis was based on Content Analysis and Cultural Studies, as a theoretical framework. Therefore, I conclude the research by answering how the practices carried out in university extension projects contribute to the constitution and sharing of meanings between the social actors involved from the testimonies of the interviewees in this investigation.