O Ar da cidade liberta? a relação entre a universidade e o entorno à luz do direito à cidade

Abstract

The Federal University of Pará is an autarchy under special functions that go beyond teaching, passing by research and extension. Within its institutional mission, this research deals with the relationship of the Federal University of Pará with their surrounding neighborhoods, from the point of view of the right to the city, analyzing the bias of democratic instruments to guarantee that right. Therefore, we used studies and concepts of Administrative Law and Urban Law, beyond the categories of autonomy and heteronomy of Castoriadis and the reflections on the right to the city of Lefebvre, which substantiate the conceptual framework of the research. Nevertheless, we worked the categories related to urban development and their relationship to social movements, and the role of the Federal University of Pará in this context. Through research in relevant legislation, direct observation, iconography and interviews with residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the university and also with members of the technical-administrative, especially those related to the Commission on Regularization of Land. After analyzing the results, it was concluded that the relationship of the University with its surroundings, from the point of view of the right to the city, occurs in a complex way. The Federal University of Pará, through extension has achieved good results with regard to the regularization of the surroundings, but as it relates to participation, given the legal context, there are contradictions that limit the participation of the surrounding neighborhoods