INVESTIGAÇÃO APRECIATIVA, SUSTENTABILIDADE E GENERATIVIDADE NO CONTEXTO DAS GRANDES TRANSFORMAÇÕES DA ATUALIDADE

  • REZILDA RODRIGUES OLIVEIRA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO
Palavras-chave: Investigação Apreciativa. Ciência da Sustentabilidade. Pesquisa-ação Generativa.

Resumo

O objetivo deste artigo consiste em discorrer sobre a utilização da Investigação Apreciativa (IA) como parte intrínseca da temática da sustentabilidade, a partir de múltiplas fontes interdisciplinares que visam a dar suporte acadêmico e conceitual à futuras pesquisas e à formulação de uma promissora agenda de estudos. No desenvolvimento do trabalho, colocou-se a sustentabilidade como elemento básico da discussão que cerca as grandes transformações que estão acontecendo na atualidade. A escolha da IA decorre da necessidade de se dispor de uma perspectiva transformadora e contemporânea apropriada para se lidar com o enfrentamento dos desafios relativos aos Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) e à Agenda 2030. Assim, destaca-se os primórdios da IA e demarca-se seu lugar em contextos de transformação, com apoio de estratégias de pesquisa-ação generativa cuja modelagem 5- D, em inglês (português): 1-D Definition (Definição), 2-D Discovery (Descoberta), 3-D Dream (Sonho), 4-D Design (Planejamento) e 5-D Destiny (Destino) se mostra apropriada à problemática da sustentabilidade. O estudo, por sua própria natureza, não é conclusivo e ainda requer mais investimentos de pesquisa, ainda por se fazer, sobretudo com a combinação de diferentes olhares e variações a serem atribuídas à IA diante dos grandes desafios decorrentes da problemática em questão.

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2025-06-05