Abstract

MACHADO, Frederico Viana et al. Participatory governance and the expansion of the health concept in the community lab experience in italy. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.49, pp. 735-750. ISSN 2175-1390.

This article studies the methodology of the Community Lab (CL), a participatory welfare project developed in the Emilia Romana region in Italy, which involves social and community movements and government actors. We will investigate two experiences of this project, analyzing the effects of the participatory process for the actors and for health policies. The qualitative research, of an ethnographic nature, combined techniques such as field diaries and interviews, with writing workshops structured in an action research that involved CL participants. The methodological flexibility stands out, which responds more to the socio-cultural and organizational dynamics of the territories, than to the institutional regulations, reconciling the effects on management, the democratization of the decision-making process and the implementation of public policies. The CL expands the categories of actors involved and, with this, the notions of health, fostering the intersectoriality and transformation of state apparatus.

Keywords : Social Participation; Collective Health; Community Lab; Community Participation; Participatory Democracy.

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