Otherness, ethnic and gender diversity in the (trans)formation of Law operators and juridical culture

Abstract

The present article brings to the debate the importance of issues inherent to gender diversities being contemplated in the training of Law operators. We start from the confirmation of the exhausting of the juridical culture centered  on adversarial values and practices, of maximizing individualistic gain and dehumanization of social-political relations. The study adds to the understanding that different knowledges are related to different customs, behaviors and praxis. Thus, transformations in the matrix of knowledges that form citizens have the potential to produce transformations in social relationships. An interdisciplinary theoretical referential, with contributions from Social Sciences, Law, Education and Philosophy, is adopted, in order to evaluate the inclusion of themes related to gender diversities as mandatory in pedagogical projects and syllabi of Law graduation courses in Porto Alegre, RS and its region, according to the current Human Rights Education policy. The concepts of conflict, politics, ethinic and otherness, in Jacques Rancière, liberalism, political rationality, transversal fights and knowledge-and-power in Michel Foucault are highlighted, to sustain the necessary transformation of the juridical culture and academic training. The individual potential is affirmed not as a good per se, but in order to promote the integration from the differences and plurality, an ethical criterion pervaded by otherness and human integrity.