Não basta estar no ar, tem que ser comunitária : dinâmicas de (des)engajamento em uma organização militante

Abstract

This work aims to understand the process of construction and continuity of activism in social movements within the contemporary Brazilian context, understood as a set of organizations and individuals of whom have agreements on a specific agenda or of who is its adversary. The study considers the political and sociocultural conjuncture that allowed the rise of such movements and the means of admission of engaged individuals organizations, observing which social dynamics are the most significant to determine their position inside activist organization. The research area to follow these dynamics was a communitarian radio RadioCom, located in the city of Pelotas/RS. The methodology employed to the achievement of this research were participant observation and in-depth interviews, undertaking accompaniment of everyday life of the radio s producers through the year of 2011 and a selection of individuals who were then engaged in it. Taking in consideration the theoretical referential of the theory of political processes, the consolidation of social networks, and the Habitus regarding militant spaces, the work concludes that there are characteristics in the militancy type that are a result of the observed conjuncture, in which syndicalism and partisan affiliation of leadership were a significant element for the formation of a group of new militants. Participation in spaces is supported through the formation of social ties based on affectivity e acknowledgement of the experiences arisen from other social spheres. Also that the possibility that militant activity doesn t come to compete or impede somehow the financial maintenance is fundamental for the continuity of political participation. On the organization s egress, it occurs through perception of a limited structural space in terms of satisfaction and recurrence and, by having introjected the Habitus and by constituting a militant worldview, many of the individuals will seek to apply the expertise gained in the militancy on other social spaces.