Sobre ruedas, rondas y círculos: el acceso a la universidad como garantía del Buen Vivir

Abstract

In the present work we aim to systematize the problems and potentialities that emerge from the articulation between the Tecnicatura de Música Popular (Universidad Nacional de La Plata) imparted in the Espacio Memoria ex ESMA, and different community organizations located in working-class neighborhoods of the metropolitan area, which operate as territorial centers of this career. We mainly show the difficulty in accessing higher education for young people from these territories, who despite their extensive experience in socio-musical work do not manage to professionalize this knowledge. We highlight the need to reactivate that circle through which, through updating and training, communities appropriate the tools provided by the State to put them at the service of practices that build their Buen Vivir (Good Living). erefore, we propose lines of action that allow us to retain these educational trajectories and think of university as a political actor with a great responsibility in defining new roles. We base this research on the collection of data obtained during the year 2019, before the interruption of presenciality due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the analysis of testimonies from members of the FM Reconquista youth group – Asociación de Mujeres La Colmena who started and abandoned their studies at the Tecnicatura.