CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OUTREACH TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2017.28064Keywords:
Food and Nutrition Security. Higher Education. University Outreach.Abstract
Reflection on food and nutrition security from the perspective of university outreach contributes to the understanding about the construction of knowledge in this area, in the relation between university and society. The objective of this study was to identify elements of different paradigms of science in the construction of knowledge in the outreach in food and nutrition security. Proposals financed by the Brazilian National Outreach Program of the Ministry of Education of Brazil were identified. Content analysis was carried out, considering the following empirical categories: principles of outreach, focus of outreach projects, relationship with society, instruments/ strategies used. Most of the proposals analyzed intend to promote dialogue between scientific and popular knowledge, in an interdisciplinary way, with social commitment, in interaction with multiple actors and with public policies, promoting the sustainability and development of social technologies. However, it can be seen that different paradigms coexist in this outreach area. Some proposals express a more linear vision in the relation of science and technology with society, as initiatives that aim at the transmission of knowledge and technology. Outreach can foster science in food and nutrition security committed to dialogue and reduction of inequalities, but it is still necessary for universities to deepen their reflections on the principles that guide their practices, regarding the approach of science and technology used, the type of technological development expected and the relationship with society.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2017.28064
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