Extensión universitaria y transformación social. Reflexiones sobre potencialidades y tensiones

Resumo

The purpose of this text is to present some general reflections on the relationship between university extension and the processes of social transformation of a popular and emancipatory nature, briefly addressing possible potentialities and seeking to debate certain tensions that could mark limitations between both dimensions. To begin, a brief consideration of the terms object of this analysis (university extension and social transformation) will be established. Subsequently, the types of extension actions will be described in order to begin to think about their link with the aspiration for social change. Then, their relationship will be addressed, focusing on their potential from the contributions that have been developed from the perspective of Critical Extension, and on the limitations that could hinder virtuosity in this relationship, with centrality in the contradiction between state and social change. Finally, some final ideas will be developed as a conclusion.