1° Círculo de Cultura Internacional do Pontal: 20 Anos de Inéditos Viáveis, Diálogo e Práxis Emancipatória

The I Circle of International Culture of Pontal is a a scientific and cultural event of worldwide scope, which celebrates the 20 years of the Pedagogy course, at the Pontal Campus, of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). Headquartered in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, since its creation in 2006, the course assumed an ethical, political and epistemological commitment to the pedagogical thoughts and practices of Paulo Freire, thus, possessing a Project Political-Pedagogical (PPP) based on training cycles, being inspired by Freire''''s thought.

The event is born from the consolidated trajectory of 19 uninterrupted editions of the Culture Circles, thus articulating teaching, research and extension through dialogical practices of action-research, (co)authorship and collective reflection. Now, in the face of the first international edition, the Circle expands its reach, inviting researchers, students, educators, artists, social movements and communities, from different regions of Brazil and from countless parts of the world in order to share knowledge, experiences and productions committed to social transformation and to the praxis of Paulo Freire.

Distancing itself from the traditional formats of academic congresses, the event it privileges dialogue, listening and the collective construction of knowledge. The activities are designed to recognize that academic production is manifested in multiple ways: in research, in art, in extension, in culture, in memory and in everyday educational practices. Thus, the program welcomes different languages and methodologies, all guided by the search for viable unprecedented, a concept Freirean who points to the overcoming of extreme situations through action critical and creative.