Abstract
The article explores aspects of the academic and activist life of the teacher and popular educator Victor Valla, particularly his repeated critiques, in writings and debates, about how some researchers and some social workers, educators, medical providers, and others working with the popular classes failed to understand these groups and their discourse. Valla embraced the idea that knowledge can be produced outside the traditional walls of universities and research centers, especially by the popular classes, who embed knowledge production in their very practices. In this regard, he advocated a new theoretical and methodological posture in social, cultural, educational, and health projects among the poor, in total consonance with the presuppositions of a democratic, equitable healthcare system, as supported by those involved in the health sector.
Highlights
The article explores aspects of the academic and activist life of the teacher and popular educator Victor Valla, his repeated critiques, in writings and debates, about how some researchers and some social workers, educators, medical providers, and others working with the popular classes failed to understand these groups and their discourse
Valla ressaltava a existência de produção de conhecimento para além do circuito tradicional das universidades e centros de pesquisa, especialmente no âmbito das classes populares, que, para ele, estaria imbricada em suas práticas
Operando como teórico e militante da Educação popular, como pesquisador das classes populares ou como pesquisador e militante do tema participação em saúde, Valla reconhecia a existência de produção de conhecimentos para além do circuito tradicional das universidades e centros de pesquisa que, para ele, nas classes populares estaria imbricado em suas práticas, evidenciando regularmente uma forte influência do pensamento de Paulo Freire
Summary
The article explores aspects of the academic and activist life of the teacher and popular educator Victor Valla, his repeated critiques, in writings and debates, about how some researchers and some social workers, educators, medical providers, and others working with the popular classes failed to understand these groups and their discourse. Operando como teórico e militante da Educação popular, como pesquisador das classes populares ou como pesquisador e militante do tema participação em saúde, Valla reconhecia a existência de produção de conhecimentos para além do circuito tradicional das universidades e centros de pesquisa que, para ele, nas classes populares estaria imbricado em suas práticas, evidenciando regularmente uma forte influência do pensamento de Paulo Freire.
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