O(s) nós entre elas: identidades de estudantes universitárias mulheres no projeto de extensão Travessias

Abstract

This work aims to discuss the role of the Extension Project Travessias, from UTFPR-CT, as a space in which the identities of the students who worked in the project met and were composed during their performance in 2022. Travessias proposes conversation circles with migrant women who live in Curitiba and the metropolitan area. The theoretical framework is organized into three axes of discussion: the dialogic conception of language, language as a kaleidoscope and Portuguese as an additional language (BAKHTIN, 1997 [1979]; CÉSAR; CAVALCANTI, 2007; SCHOFFEN; MARTINS, 2016; HARTMANN, 2020); the conception of identity in the context of narrative disputes (HALL, 2006 [1992]; DAVIS, 2016 [1981]; ADICHIE, 2019; GONZALEZ, 2020 [1979]; FREIRE, 2018 [1974]); and women’s social issues from an intersectional perspective (SAFFIOTI, 2015; COLLINS, 2015 [1989]; hooks, 2019 [1982]; LORDE, 2019 [1984]). It is configured as qualitative ethnographic research in applied linguistics with a participant observation approach, whose data were generated in a semi-structured interview. Through data analysis, the results identify the transformative potential of the extension project in the academic and personal trajectory of the students, who pointed out the importance of welcoming migrant women in the current Brazilian social context and exposed how the relationships established with the women who participated in the project transformed the way they see themselves and interact in the world.