Listen to the Voice of Youth:

podcasts, educommunication and agroecology

Abstract

This article describes how the relationship between education and communication has generated new repertoires of action in the agroecological movement in the city of Rio de Janeiro, especially in the Agroecological Youth of the Rio de Janeiro Urban Agriculture Network (Rede CAU). Methodologically, it is a systematization of experiences from a participatory research project developed between 2019 and 2020 and part of a larger study. We start from the question: how can educommunication raise awareness among young people and break the silence about other ways of experiencing the city? We defend the hypothesis that educommunication methodologies are based on local demands, foster community ties, express themselves critically with the media, and point to a horizon of social transformation with a strong citizenship component.