Collectives

new forms of expression of young people in contemporary associativism in Brazil

Abstract

The article looks at the universe of collective actions and focuses on collectives in Brazil. The causes that have led young people to choose to participate in civil collectives are investigated. It consists of four points. The first presents historical records of the collective category, a brief rescue around culture, and its mention in the recent Brazilian academic literature. The second makes a synthesis of the main characteristics, specificities, articulations, and organizational formats of the collectives. The third discusses the differentiation of collectives in relation to social movements, from the point of view of references that guide the participants' worldview. The fourth and last focuses on currents of the debate on 'autonomism' to contribute to the understanding of the foundations, actions, and impacts on youth collectives. Finally, it is concluded that the collectives present new generational conflicts and alerts to the importance of inserting macro structures in the studies because dealing with diversity, inclusion, etc. is impossible without referring to the structures that perpetuate exclusion, hierarchization and inequalities in society.