PRAÇA COMUNITÁRIAS DE SUCATA NA “CIDADE SOL” - JEQUIÉ-BA: LUGAR DE BRINCADEIRA, PRESERVAÇÃO E APRENDIZAGEM SOCIAL

This article aims to analyze the potential of two public squares, of community initiative, from their historical perspectives and the possible relations with the concept of educational and democratic territory. This work is an excerpt from the research “The juice of scrap metal”, which investigates the potential of unstructured materials, for the production of toys and games for children, in public spaces in the city of Jequie-BA. The research is anchored in the qualitative approach, of ethnographic inspiration, in a socio-historical approach and anchored in a sociocultural approach of Freire, Gadotti, and Arroio, with arguments of education in non-formal space and playful territories as spaces of constant dialogue between education and democracy. The data were collected through the application of a questionnaire (online), via e-mail, to two citizens, who created squares of a playful / community nature. The analysis showed that the squares built with scraps at the initiative of the residents, in spaces relegated by the public management of the municipality of Jequie-BA, are constituted, first, as a place of inventiveness, authenticity and citizenship, so that everyone: children, teenagers, young adults and the elderly, conceive the space as part of themselves, in addition to enhancing collective exchanges and learning, through community events, space maintenance actions, games and children's games.