O que é ser jovem... aluno... e alagoano? estudo sobre referências culturais e identidades juvenis na escola média

Abstract

This study aimed to capture the representation of young people on aspects of culture in Alagoas, on their own youth identity and the school experience. The subjects are students, aged 15-29 years old, high school graduates, on day and night shifts, at a state school in the outskirts of Maceió-AL. The theoretical presuppositions are based on cultural studies, with Hall and his sense of identity and representation. Dubar references and his studies on the "identity crisis" were also used; References of Charlot, in his studies on the " knowledge to relationship" were also used. In "youth culture" and High School studies, I have relied on parents, Dayrell, Sposito, Abramo, Feixa and Carrano. The qualitative research methodology was used through three instruments: a questionnaire, inspired by Charlot’s "knowledge balance", conducting focus groups, and individual interviews. As a result, it is observed that the representations of young people about the culture in Alagoas suffers strong influence of mass media and the lack of space for cultural affairs in the school environment and the individual and collective consciousness of the youth condition is permeated and built by varied personal experiences, where the school is markedly present, making a reflection on its position face of multiple juvenile identities critical.