Biblioteca comunitária: formação leitora, inclusão e transformação sociocultural na periferia de Fortaleza

Abstract

For centuries, establishments providing service and access to literate and/or literary culture have sought to preserve and share the knowledge and information of their people, in an accessible and free manner. Access to this specialized service is considered one of the main tools for sociocultural integration and transformation, as it has a significant impact on the lives of people who wish to obtain knowledge. Reading, among its endless functions, can give the individual autonomy to perform their simplest tasks, avoiding socio-spatial segregation, increasing their self-esteem and promoting a better quality of life. the Community Library Literary Field Project, object of this study, is one of these tools to promote and encourage reading, located in a vulnerable area of the outskirts of Fortaleza. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects caused by reading incentive practices, carried out in a community library, on children from the Vila Velha II neighborhood. The research has a qualitative nature, being exploratory in its objectives and being organized in its execution as a research-action. The theoretical foundation for data analysis was based on authors such as Michellé Petit (2010), Garcia (2015), Gohn (2006), Libâneo (2010), Laraia (2001), Castillón (2011), Abramovick (1997), Freire (1989), Bourdieu (1983; 2007), Santos (2012), Busatto (2003), Milanesi (1983; 2002), among others, who contributed to add knowledge in relation to the theme and its context. It is concluded that the practices developed by the Community Library Literary Field Project, through the loan of literary books, storytelling, reading mediation and availability of a space for conducting studies and pedagogical work are able to awaken the taste for reading in children and young people in the community, stimulating their presence and participation in the activities developed by the project.