Juventude e escola no cenário discursivo e midiático: uma aposta no grêmio estudantil e no recurso à palavra

Abstract

Emerging from an intertwining of psychoanalysis and discourse analysis, the present study seeks to weave considerations about the young subject and the school. Expanding the notion of education beyond normative and curricular practices, a reflection on the school institution is advocated from the perspective of subject constitution for the social, political, and subjective realms, where the young person is highlighted as the main character in this plot. The dynamics of mediatization will also be elucidated, seeking dialogues between the various discourses about youth and schooling. To address the symptoms manifested by young people in school, stemming from situations of discomfort, the student council will be advocated as a crucial device to give voice to the subjects and enable addressing and disidentification. To this end, we will elucidate some statements from young people in the student council and educators at a state school in Juiz de Fora, which was the target of an intervention in 2017 and another in 2023. Overall, the utterances reveal discomfort among young people with patterns of silencing in the school, as well as evidence of a school emptiness in vogue after the pandemic, prompting us to reflect on the symptoms of subjects of history and desire.