ABSTRACT
The purpose of the article is to analyze the World Social Forum, born in the context of the great anti-globalization movements of the late 20th century, as an educating space. This text describes the forum’s history, from its foundation, in Porto Alegre, in the year 2001, to date, analyzing it from the perspective of social movement studies. The analytical focus on the challenges of educational processes that take place in its own context is based on the conception of popular education. This paper discusses the political and methodological challenges the forum has faced over these almost 20 years of existence, and points to future issues in a fast-changing conjuncture. This text is an essay built from literature review on documents and relevant literature.
Keywords
World Social Forum; Social movements; Popular education; Anti-globalization; Civil society