Spaces of Health and Culture: the experience of the World Social Forum and the tents of popular education in health/Espacos de Saude e Cultura: experiencia do Forum Social Mundial as tendas de educacao popular em saude/Espacios de Salud y Cultura: la experiencia del Fórum Social Mundial a las carpas de educación popular en salud

• Published in: Interface (Botucatu, Brazil) Vol. 18; no. 51; p. 1175
• Main Authors: Maranhao, Thais, Bonetti, Osvaldo Peralta, Daron, Vanderleia Laodete Pulga, Torres, Odete Messa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Fundacao UNI 01-10-2014
• Subjects: Brasil
• ISSN: 1414-3283
• DOI: 10.1590/1807-57622013.0472

In order to identify possible contributions to the field of public health, the article analyzes the Spaces of Health and Culture offered in the World Social Forums that were held in Brazil. It is a qualitative research with a descriptive approach that used documents, reports, videos and notes registered in a field diary. The results indicate that the Spaces of Health and Culture innovated by enabling interactions among several public health actors, articulated with the Movement of Popular Health Education, health workers, managers and youth movements. Popular Education was mentioned as the political-methodological framework of the formulation of the spaces, which potentialized the construction of a multicultural network with the proposition of new ways to produce health. "Che Space" was the source of inspiration for the Paulo Freire Tents, held in events of the area, scientific conferences, meetings and seminars.