Youth, participation and belonging: using social technologies in an intervention in a public school

Abstract

The central aim of this study was to discuss part of an intervention mediated by social technologies developed with youth attending a public school. This experience report was produced using workshops of activities, dynamics and projects in social occupational therapy based on the analysis of field diary entries. The intervention was developed between August and December 2023 using graffiti as the main resource, circumscribing the sense of belonging to the school and territory and promoting participation. The findings reveal that there was a significant expansion of the youth’s repertoire of possibilities, experimentation with doing and acting collectively, and a more critical appropriation of their reality.