Entre normas e desvios: um estudo sobre o tempo livre na residência estudantil do IFRS - Campus Sertão

Abstract

This research investigates the social practices of deviance occurring during the free time of resident students at IFRS – Campus Sertão, analyzing how these experiences manifest within the institution's daily life. Considering the Student Residence of IFRS – Campus Sertão as a strategic space for ensuring the retention of youth in integrated high school implies recognizing that, by inhabiting these facilities, students access a set of extracurricular activities fundamental to their development. The methodology is qualitative and exploratory. For data collection, bibliographic and documentary research were employed, focusing on the 'State of the Art' and the institution’s official records regarding deviant practices among resident students. Regarding the results, the analyzed documents indicate that free time assumes an ambivalent character within the institutional context: while formally recognized as a creative dimension of daily life, it is simultaneously treated as a space of potential inclination toward deviant practices. In conclusion, it is understood that standardized social practices cannot be fully controlled, given that free time is a fertile ground for the emergence of deviance. Such occurrences are relevant elements in not only technical but also identity formation, permeated by creative and playful dimensions. The study, therefore, reaffirms the need for socio-educational approaches that recognize the complexity of youth and daily life as a legitimate space for the production of knowledge, meanings, and learning