ABSTRACT
This research was conducted in three peripheral neighborhoods of Porto Alegre/RS between 2017 and 2019. We seek to understand how youths confront the social proof of schooling in public facilities. Contributions by Danilo Martuccelli are our main references; data were collected via questionnaires, discussion groups, and narrative interviews. The interlocutions evinced a relationship between sociable and institutional practices and interactive modes of presence, which were showed through different levels of education. Schooling was experienced in articulation with the working imperative and under the challenge of producing meaning to their current situation in the institution. Therefore, we argue that the social proof of schooling fosters individuation by mobilizing metonymic tactics and singularizing interactions.
KEYWORDS
schooling; youngsters; sociability; work; peripheries