Young people from the field, professional activity and political protagonism: a study on the graduates of the School Farm Family Dom Fragoso – Independence/EC

Abstract

This paper aims to present the main results of the Master's research, developed in the Graduate Program (Professional Master's Degree) in Field Education - UFRB. The present research sought to analyze the vocational training of young people from the fields of the Dom Fragoso EFA and its consequences on productive and political insertion in their rural communities, in the region of Inhamuns/Crateús. It is a qualitative research, the collection of data by applying an online questionnaire with 37 young people who have come back and carrying out 08 semi-structured interviews. The results of the research indicate that they are young people from the countryside, sons and daughters of rural workers, the first of their families to have concluded high school and to have gone into higher education. The majority of them migrated to the medium and large urban centers of the state, in search of work or for continuity of studies in higher education, however, it is evident the strong feeling of belonging of young people returning to their territories of origin. Finally, the importance of the political training obtained by the young people who have returned to the Dom Fragoso TASK, expressed in their active participation in social organizations and movements and in the struggle to conquer the right to remain in the field, is highlighted.