O processo de criação e implementação do IFMG - Campus Ibirité: desafios e superações na fase inicial

Abstract

This research investigates the process of creation and implementation of the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG) - Ibirité Campus, whose academic activities began in 2018, following a long process dating back to 2008, when Law No. 11.892 established the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. The research problem consists of understanding how the process of conception and implementation of the campus unfolded between 2018 and 2023, and which challenges and coping strategies marked this initial phase. Methodologically, the research adopts a qualitative approach, configured as a single case study, supported by documentary research and oral history, with interviews conducted with fifteen historical subjects: managers, pioneer staff, alumni, and representatives of the local community. The results indicate that the creation of the campus was marked by a process that was simultaneously political, improvised, and memorially fragile, in which the work of a volunteer team of staff members was decisive for making the unit viable amid scarce resources and tight deadlines. As an educational product, the institutional infographic "Raízes e Rumos: A Memória da Implantação do Campus Ibirité do IFMG" was developed and empirically validated by 35 evaluators. The research contributes to the preservation of the institutional memory of the Ibirité Campus and to the reflection on the expansion processes of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education in Brazil.