A university with and for waste pickers

Expand Access To Knowledge And Promote Transformative Impacts Based On Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy

About UNICATA

UNICATA is an inclusive, accessible and appropriate educational space created between waste pickers and academics.

Vision and Aims

Educational model based on popular education pedagogy, innovative and appropriate curriculum content (social, economic and environmental sustainability), contextualized training, participatory action research experience.

our partners

International Universities, Brazilian Universities, The Brazilian Movement of Waste Pickers and other Social Movements, International Organizations, Other Organizations

University

Classes

University

Students

Courses

course Modules

Participatory solid waste management and governance with the inclusion of waste pickers for a sustainable and just society

The course comprises six modules with 52 class hours per module (13 weeks) and a field visit in
each module. The contents of all modules are built collaboratively with representatives of the
waste pickers. The first module has been successfully conducted twice up to this point.

Module 01

Introduction

All themes raised during the research and two workshops by the waste pickers. Module 1 is an introduction to the full course.

Module 02

Waste Picking

History of the waste pickers movement, waste pickers as social subjects, political education, social exclusion, gender issues, social movements, etc.