Collective and Networked Learning Developed in Enterprises Formed by Women in the Solidarity Economy

A Post-Colonialist Analysis of a Feminist Self-Management Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID5800507
AuthorsMaria De Nazaré Moraes Soares (0000-0002-1784-1944, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Sílvia Maria Dias Pedro Rebouça (0000-0002-8475-9748, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes), José Carlos Lázaro (0000-0002-8227-5491, Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Year2023
Volume30
Issue106
Pages496-523
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganizações & Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-585X • E-ISSN: 1984-9230
PublisherUniversidade Federal da Bahia (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.1590/1984-92302023v30n0018en
OpenAlexW4385815176
SCIELO_PIDS1984-92302023000300496
LanguageEN
References cited13

This research arises from studies of women's management practices from the place of self-management within the scope of the Feminist Solidarity Economy Network (Resf) and, therefore, the term feminist practices of self-management was developed throughout the research, considering the practices that are performed in the Solidarity Economy (ES). The objective of this research is to identify and analyze one of the feminist practices of self-management observed in the field: the development of collective and networked learning. The main theoretical contributions used to mediate the discussion are based on studies of feminist management practices, on the perspective of substantive rationality, on studies on organizational learning and the post-colonialist view that adheres to the context of women in the SE. The data collection was implemented based on thematic oral history in semi-structured interviews with women from Resf and direct and indirect field observation between the years 2018 and 2021, recorded in field diaries. The perspective adopted for data analysis is critical discourse analysis. The results point to the following findings: (I) no hierarchization of the organization of learning practices; (II) intense exchange of information inside and outside the network based on reciprocal ties; (III) a form of learning that prioritizes experiences with a system of activities in which knowing is not separated from doing. For the women, knowledge is integrated and distributed in the life of the community, which necessarily requires the involvement that comes from the sense of belonging and mutual care that unites them

Reciprocity · Thematic analysis · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · International Relations and Autism · Social and Economic Solidarity

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