LIFE PROJECTS OF YOUNG RURAL IFRN STUDENTS
Youth; Rural Youth; Life projects;
This work deals with the life projects of young people from rural communities who study at the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) and the possible determinants that influence the construction of these projects. For this purpose, we used the concepts of youth and rural youth, from five different points like age group; generation; current period of life, culture and social representation, and the concept of life projects, considered a set of idealizations of what they want to accomplish in the future. They were asked to take photographs according to some guidelines such as “self-portrait”, “where I live”, “life projects” and “IFRN” so further be debated in virtual discussion groups. The data were analyzed from the perspective of discursive practices and indicated that the young participants position themselves as multifaceted, with stimulating and limiting characteristics that cross all areas of their lives, such as the construction of their life projects. The rural environment presents itself as a place that does not meet the academic requirements for carrying out personal plans, but which, by developing a relationship of belonging, it’s now considered as part of their life projects. The IFRN is understood as a life changing opportunity, because of the range of factors that it presents as possible activities and reflections, stimulating the subjectivities of each student.