The Transformation of Popular Housing through the Action of Integrated Workshops on Participatory Research

Authors

  • Beatriz Garzón Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
  • Ana Auad Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
  • María Laura Abella Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
  • Noemí Brañes Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

Abstract

This work contains a systematization, description and reflection about the methodology developed on the FAU-CIUNT UNT Research-Action Project "Inserting Technology in Community Social Development". The workshop as a socio-pedagogical proposal is faced within the Research-Action Participative methodology, during the different stages of diagnosis, planning, carrying out and evaluation. All this is done in order to achieve the following aims: to promote managed-ityourself, active participation and people organization, searching that the people can identify their problems, design and implement solutions for their habitat. Starting on their needs and interests of the participating people, workshops were developed on an integrated way, which allowed convergence between "habitat", "organization" and "learning process". Thus, as a result of the proposal methodology, people could recover their own identity through collective work and knowledge and products generation. These workshops contain the following interrelated thematic areas: 1- Communitarian organization (participative diagnosis, strategic planning, etc.). 2 - Environment (associated management project "Green Project", participative design, etc.). 3 - Constructive technology (alternative systems for: food production - UICHE - , adequate resolution of the external wall and roof, etc.).