Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Esta dissertaÃÃo tem como objetivo compreender as formas de organizaÃÃo e de legitimaÃÃo de projetos em periferias narradas pela violÃncia, acompanhando proponentes e jovens participantes de projetos culturais nos bairros do Grande Bom Jardim, em Fortaleza. Hà mais de 20 anos, projetos culturais tÃm sido realizados como uma modalidade de intervenÃÃo pedagÃgica junto a crianÃas e jovens moradores de periferias urbanas no Brasil. Acionadas sob a perspectiva da vulnerabilidade social e da prevenÃÃo à violÃncia, prÃticas culturais sÃo tomadas como um meio de transmissÃo de valores morais e de cidadania. A vitrine dessas iniciativas sÃo os relatos considerados exitosos de jovens participantes, divulgados pela mÃdia e compreendidos, nesta anÃlise, como ânarrativas de transformaÃÃoâ. Em 2012, foram tomados como campo de pesquisa cinco projetos culturais propostos por moradores dos bairros do Grande Bom Jardim e premiados por um edital do MinistÃrio da Cultura e do Programa Nacional de SeguranÃa PÃblica com Cidadania. No cotidiano dos projetos, destacou-se a relaÃÃo entre as prÃticas culturais e os valores morais dos proponentes e professores. Acompanhando esses mesmos agentes em eventos e atos de denÃncia de violÃncia, foram apreendidas as conexÃes entre profissionais e instituiÃÃes do chamado âcampo socialâ. Ao longo de dois anos, aliando pesquisa etnogrÃfica e na Internet, foram analisados os modos como as relaÃÃes entre agentes, prÃticas e instituiÃÃes constituem um âmundoâ de projetos culturais para jovens em periferias. Proponentes ajudam a legitimar esse âmundoâ a partir da construÃÃo de visibilidade e de suas reputaÃÃes, redes sociais e a difusÃo de valores morais sobre juventude. Essa anÃlise à tambÃm problematizada a partir da participaÃÃo deste autor na implantaÃÃo de um projeto no bairro. Ademais, foram conhecidas iniciativas de jovens para jovens atravÃs de observaÃÃo participante, entrevista e criaÃÃo coletiva de um zine, que possibilitaram compreender uma percepÃÃo positivada da noÃÃo de protagonismo juvenil. Uma nova geraÃÃo de proponentes desponta por meio de cursos de elaboraÃÃo de projetos e de redes sociais entre jovens na cidade, o que sugere a continuidade dessas prÃticas. Desse modo, na medida em que o mundo dos projetos culturais para jovens em periferias se consolida, seus mecanismos de sustentaÃÃo se complexificam, instaurando paradoxos e contribuindo com questÃes pertinentes para se pensar formas de monitoramento e avaliaÃÃo de projetos e polÃticas pÃblicas de juventudes. / This research aims to understand the ways in which projects for youth in urban peripheries narrated by violence are organized and legitimized, in interactions with coordinators and participants of cultural projects in the neighborhoods of Greater Bom Jardim area in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. For over 20 years, cultural projects have been conducted as modes of pedagogical intervention among children and youth living in the outskirts of Brazilian cities. Proposed under the perspective of social vulnerability and violence prevention, cultural practices feature as means of transmission of moral and citizenship values. Accounts by youth considered successful are the most common showcase of such initiatives, spread by the media and, thus, understood in this analysis as ânarratives of transformationâ. In 2012, fieldwork focused on five cultural projects proposed by Greater Bom Jardim residents and awarded by a financing bid held by the Ministry of Culture and the National Program of Public Safety with Citizenship. In the everyday dynamics of projects, the relation between cultural practices and moral values among project coordinators and teachers became noticeable. Following these same agents in events and demonstrations against violence, connections among professional and institutions of the so-called âsocial fieldâ stood out. In the course of two years, combining ethnography and research on the Internet, analysis focused on the ways in which agents, practices and institutions constitute a âworldâ of cultural projects for youth in peripheries. Coordinators help to legitimize this âworldâ as they construct visibility and reputations, social networks and the spread of moral values for youth. Questions emerged as the author took part in the implementation of a project in the same neighborhood. Furthermore, initiatives proposed by youth for youth were studied through participant observation, interview and the collective production of a zine, which enabled to encounter a positive perception of the notion of youth protagonism. A new generation of project coordinators is in the making as youth enroll in workshops for project elaboration and foster social networks with youth throughout town, which suggest the extension of these practices. Thus, as the âworldâ of cultural projects for youth in peripheries is consolidated and its support mechanisms become more complex, paradoxes arise and contribute with relevant questions for the ways projects and public policies for youth are monitored and evaluated.

The world has been affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and many companies and organizations have adopted different type of strategies in terms of the workplace in all sectors around the world. Working from home practice has gained prominence as a part of quarantine measures to curb the spread of the disease since the beginning of the outbreak. This abrupt change has a dramatic influence on the business life and employees have been struggling to adapt to their new way of working. Therefore their productivity has changed, too depending on various factors at their new workplace: home. Working from home is only possible with the use of information technology. Information technology makes it possible for the business life to continue owing to its solutions. Owing to the solutions of information technology, employees can communicate with each other and organizations and complete their tasks by sending and receiving written, audio and visual information. It is crucial for everyone’s sake that the employees working in information technology work efficiently, particularly in pandemic times. The key role of their success is played by their managers and coordinators. Therefore, this thesis focuses on IT project managers and coordinators’ productivity. The purpose of this study is to list the factors, as benefits and challenges, influencing the productivity of IT project managers and project coordinators working from home during COVID-19 pandemic and provide recommendations to the project managers and project coordinators and also public and private organizations and companies which prefer to continue working from home to increase their productivity. In this study, qualitative research method and descriptive statistics concerning the selected benefits and challenges are used via a self- administered digital survey responded by 46 project managers/coordinators. It is concluded that working from home due to COVID-19 pandemic has both positive and negative influences on productivity of the IT project managers/project coordinators. Many benefits, such as sleeping longer hours and being able to focus at home without open-office distractions and many challenges, such as being distracted by house chores and being disturbed by family members have been identified as a result of the survey. Respondents contributed to the study further by their valuable recommendations to public and private organizations and also to other IT project managers/coordinators who work from home during the pandemic to increase their productivity. The recommendations to other PM/PC are concerned with routine and discipline, work-life balance, breaks and doing other things, workspace, people around and communication. The recommendations to organizations, on the other hand, are concerned with various types of support, respecting time, flexibility about time, trust, communication and acceptance as family. Both the findings and recommendations may help IT project managers/coordinators and their employers to develop a more comprehensive vision in terms of increasing their productivity while working from home during the pandemic.