Sport as a vehicle for socio-educational transformation: a study of the Fernanda Keller Project

Abstract Aims: The aim is to identify the representations of the main actors involved in the Fernanda Keller Project on the internal and external environments of the organization. Methods: Data were collected through observation, in-depth interviews, semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Results: Findings points to the great difficulty of the interaction between the Project and the city hall, from a certain moment. In the internal environment, stand out the value attributed to the Project in the social transformation of young people, community, and professionals directly or indirectly involved in the actions. Conclusion: The project has achieved success and social impact. However, the participation of the city hall of Niterói has diminished with the passage of time. Despite the difficulties encountered, the project has found new partners in the private sector. The initiative to seek other means to obtain resources was fundamental to the project's maintenance. This posture has led everyone to a positive and involving message that permeates all the reports that this study analyzed.

Desenho da rede de um projeto esportivo social: atores, representações e significados / Network design of a social sports project: actors, representations and meanings

Este estudo é oferecido com o objetivo de explorar os sentidos e significados atribuídos pelos atores de uma rede que desenvolve um projeto esportivo social. O Projeto Boxe Vidigal (PBV) tem suas atividades no morro do Vidigal, localizado na zona sul da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, ao lado do bairro do Leblon. A metodologia utilizada no estudo pautou-se pelos procedimentos da análise de redes e também da construção de categorias, com base na definição do núcleo e da periferia de representações sociais. Conclui-se que existe grande centralização das ações na pessoa do idealizador do projeto, por esta razão há baixa densidade e alta centralidade na rede. As percepções dos atores circulam pelas ideias de que o projeto "muda a vida das pessoas", que os jovens "tornam-se menos agressivos", que há "contribuição na formação social das crianças, jovens e das famílias" e que promove a "inclusão social de pessoas que vivem em comunidades pobres"

This study is offered with the aim of exploring the meanings assigned by a network of actors who develops a social sports project. The Boxing Project Vidigal (PBV) has its activities in the Vidigal slum, located in the south of the city of Rio de Janeiro, next to the neighborhood of Leblon. The methodology used in this study was based on the procedures of network analysis and also the construction of categories, based on the definition of the core and the periphery of representations. We conclude that there is great centralization of the person who conceived the project, for this reason there is low density and high centrality in the network. The perceptions of the actors roam the ideas that the project "changes people's lives," that young people "become less aggressive," that there are "social contribution in the formation of children, youth and families" and promotes "social inclusion of people living in poor