Desacomodando a pós-graduação: propostas de mudanças. Volume 2

Abstract

What kind of graduate studies do you want? What needs to change in graduate studies? What changes do you propose in master's and doctorate programs? These were the key questions that motivated us to organize a series of international events focused on the postgraduate universe. There are hundreds of thousands of events around the world. So why organize more? We didn't want to hold just another event that would charge a fortune from participants, that would discuss a bunch of authors and texts without connecting them to the world's problems (and, in this case, to the problems faced in master's and doctorate programs). On the one hand, we wanted to think of proposals for concrete changes based on people's experiences in/with postgraduate studies. And, on the other hand, we wanted events based on listening, exchange, and collective construction, and not on the parade of knowledge. The first event in the series was held in October 2023, in Portugal, and some of its proposals are listed in volume 1 of the collection “Postgraduate Studies: Investigations and Proposals”, published by Compassos Coletivos. This book is volume 2 of this collection, and features proposals from participants in the second event in the series, held in May 2024, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here, we present proposals from participants so that together we can promote the necessary changes for the possible future of Postgraduate Studies. We know that we are dealing with controversies and issues that have been swept under the rug. This only motivates us even more. We need universities that are critical and progressive not only in the content of what they teach, but in their daily relationships, in the proposals they make and the actions they develop: in favor of more just, egalitarian and supportive worlds!