REFLECTIONS ON THE INTERCULTURAL DEBATE: CONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENSION AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION IN NEABI (IFPR)

Abstract

This article uses three theoretical axes (public communication, university extension and interculturality) to understand perceptions of social actors in two extension projects of the Nucleus of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies (NEABI), of the Instituto Federal do Paraná (IFPR). The question “how can public communication contribute to the development of extension related to the intercultural actions of the analyzed projects?” motivates this exploratory study, with a qualitative approach. The methodological procedures adopted are: bibliographic review, documentary research, systematic observation, survey with project participants, interviews and content analysis. Possibilities of building communication were observed as a dialogical process as a way of enriching the exchange of knowledge between the public involved. The results are part of the research carried out in the master’s degree in Communication at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR).