Formação de recursos humanos para as áreas tecnocientíficas: uma análise do programa ciência sem fronteiras

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF), in English, Science without Frontiers Program, seeking to understand its performative character and its relationship with thedispositive of technoscientificity. The Program was established by the Brazilian Federal Government, in2011, with the objective of promoting the training of people with high qualifications in universities, professional and technological educational institutions as well as foreign research centers of excellence.The theoretical-methodological framework, whichsupport to the study is found in the notions of governmentality, dispositive anddiscourse analysis, formulated by Michel Foucault; in the concept oftechnoscientificity, elaborated by DaianaBocasanta; and in the studies of Stephen Ballabout performativity.The research data is composed bydocuments related to the Program, such as: decrees,manuals, guides, reports, news concerning the Program. The analytical exercise made it possible to conclude that: a) the CsF, as a public policy for training of human resources for science and technology, was a government strategy to increase such training, with emphasis on the international student mobility of undergraduate courses, to achieve technical and scientific education;b) the CsF can beconsidered as one of the vectors (even if not the only one), which constitutes the dispositive of technoscientificity;c) Performativity operates on the CsF viaperformance and productivity, being aligned with the neoliberal logic, marked by competitiveness, individualism and entrepreneurship. In summary, the CsF Program, was constituted as a type of public policy, science and technology, focused on the training of human resources, in the period 2011-2015. Thus, my thesis is that the Porgrama Ciência sem Fronteiras is one of the strengths of the dispositive of technoscientity, which operates through performativity in the conduct of the population's conducts in order to direct the new generations to the technical and scientific careers, which will enable the country to develop in strategic areas, better positioning itself in the international scenario.