As tecnologias sociais forjadas na academia como ferramentas de desenvolvimento social: uma análise sob a perspectiva emancipatória

The objective of this study is to establish direct connectionsbetween the social issue, represented by numerous examples of social inequality; academia, a privileged locus for the production of knowledge aimed at mitigating these inequalities; social technologies, understood as tools for enabling solutions designed and structured in academia; the State, characterized by public management, as the power to embrace possible solutions for addressing the social issue; and the emancipation of the social subject, a key element in the reception of public policies that effectively promote the reduction of social asymmetries, so evident in Brazil. As a method, the study is based on bibliography that includes the guiding elements of the conceptual structure of the research and on documentsthat constitute a theoretical scope capable of fulfilling the objective. It has a qualitative approach, of a descriptive-exploratory nature. It is concluded that academia has a relevant social role in the production of social technologies,by suggesting public policies capable of curbing social inequalities, activating innovative solutions and guaranteeing the emancipation of the individual, thus strengthening citizenship.