Addressing participatory bioconstruction experiences

Abstract

Based on the study of three participatory bioconstruction experiences in the cities of Bauru and Campinas from 2009 to 2017, and characterized in three urban scales (lot, neighborhood and city), three types of social organization (association or active grouping, company or school and popular neighborhood or rural community) and different degrees of participation, the present article aims to obtain a reading of the landscape of these experiences by applying the Discourse of the Collective Subject method (DCS) to the interviews and data treatment. Participatory Action Research (PAR) was used as a methodology for conducting the experiences that approached contemporary processes of collective construction of knowledge in different areas, through the resolution of collective problems in a participatory manner, resulting in meetings, discussions and a collaborative action plan using permaculture and bioconstruction techniques, highlighting the importance of "parti.cipate+co.llaborate" for the reflection and awareness on the environmental and collective issues. The results were presented from the synthesis-tables, central ideas of the DCS revealed the reading of the landscape of the experiences through the perspective of the set of its participants (actors of the process) and indicated that the means of collecting and processing data as proposed by DCS is important not only for the evaluation but also the generation of data on participatory and collaborative actions.