A gente quer mostrar nossa cara, mano : hip hop na construção de identidade, conscientização e participação social de jovens em situação de vulnerabilidade social

Hip Hop is considered an artistic movement of social protest, which forms a symbolic guiding system of\udcultural practices and youth attitudes, enabling citizenship and social recognition. This study aimed to describe and\udanalyze the use of hip hop as a strategy for the construction of identity, awareness, participation and social inclusion\udof young people in the daily life of peripheral communities from the perspective of cultural rights. This is a case study\udwith a qualitative approach. Data collection took place over a year using 10 semi-structured interviews and footage\udof artistic and cultural workshops in the occupational therapeutic context, working at the interface between the social,\udthe cultural field and the field of non-formal education. The thematic content analysis created three themes: Identity\udConstruction and rescue the life course; Hip Hop as an expression of social reality; Social inclusion and participation.\udThis research suggests that Hip Hop can be a useful resource in socio-educational practices, enabling critical reflection\udof young people in social vulnerability on their contexts, the rescue of the life course, identity construction and social\udparticipation