Based on action-research experiences in favelas and poor neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, the article discusses the paths of popular education as a principle of action, reflecting on the relationship between territory and daily life. It presents the method of the Extended Community of Action-Research developed as an artisanal path of mediation with the territory. The artisanal, dialogical and spiral dimension of the method allows us to respond to the problems presented in the field of research and in the daily life of the territory where it is developed. The principle of action of the method contributes to the discussion on the ways of doing research in the field of popular education, as well as on the possibilities of popular surveillance, where the center of the movement lies in local social agents.
Keywords
Extended communities for action-research; Popular education; Territory; Slums