Resumen
Our article presents a certain reading, specificity given by the theoretical foundation and methodology used by us, of the testimonies given by those who were responsible for the management and political mediation in the process of choosing, creating and implementing the IFPB-Campus Picuí. The interviewees emphasized the importance of the Campus for the Seridó Oriental region; more specifically, for 11 municipalities near the city of Picuí, in the semi-arid region of Paraiba. They also expressed the importance and sentimental place occupied in their lives by the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba (IFPB), reporting links of more than 40 years with the institution, and the meaning of the Picuí Campus in their lives. The testimonies elucidated how the political articulation that resulted in the inclusion of Picuí in Phase II (2007-2010), of the Expansion Program of the Federal Network of Professional and Technological Education, a process known as "internalization of the IFPB" took place. The dialogue and negotiation with the technicians of Setec (MEC) for approval of the project and bidding, as the negotiations between the city hall and the rectory took place, the process of choosing its first board of managers. Present, visions of what should be an institution dedicated to Professional and Technological Education and its challenges. The following were heard: Rubens Germano da Costa, Mayor of Picuí (2005-2012); Professor João Batista de Oliveira Silva, Rector of IFPB (2008-2014); Professor Verônica Lacerda Arnaud, General Director of IFPB-Campus Picuí (2009-2014); Professor Maria das Graças Medeiros de Negreiros, Director of Teaching Development at IFPB-Campus Picuí (2009-2014; Aguinaldo Tejo Filho, Director of Administration, Planning and Finance of IFPB-Campus Picuí (2009-2014).
DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/uniknowindevolp-052