Santos Filho, Humberto Nascimento Dias; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6149-7469; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4526755330763873
Resumo:
This study investigates capoeira as an ancestral game and a social technology
applied to the inclusion of neurodivergent people within the context of civil society
organizations in Salvador, Bahia. The general objective of the study is to promote
the development of autonomy, independence, and social inclusion of
neurodivergent people through the practice of capoeira in Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs) in the municipality of Salvador, Bahia. As specific
objectives, the study seeks to identify Civil Society Organizations in Salvador that
use capoeira as an inclusive practice, mapping the methodologies adopted and
the social impacts generated in their territories of action; to examine the
construction of community relationships among neurodivergent people through
capoeira practices; and to analyze the development of capoeira as an inclusive
social management practice within Civil Society Organizations. In light of the
limitations of public policies and the persistence of structural and attitudinal
barriers, the research adopts an interdisciplinary and qualitative approach to
understand how capoeira has been used as an inclusive practice in the daily
activities of these organizations. The study employed a qualitative methodology,
combining a literature review, documentary analysis, participant observation, and
semi-structured interviews with social actors involved in the initiatives analyzed.
Data analysis was guided by previously defined thematic categories, enabling a
critical reading of institutional practices articulated with current public policies.
The results indicate that capoeira promotes not only the strengthening of selfesteem, motor coordination, and sociability among neurodivergent people, but
also fosters pedagogical practices sensitive to diversity, strengthens solidarity
networks, and expands civic participation in the peripheral territories of Salvador.
It was also evidenced that capoeira can be understood as a form of ancestral
social management, integrating traditional knowledge, community protagonism,
and inclusion. The research offers theoretical and practical contributions to more
equitable policies and to educational actions aimed at the universalization of the
rights of neurodivergent people.