“…To address this problem, in 2017 and 2018, an experimental curriculum using the theory of occupational reconstruction was introduced at the University of Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia (known as FCE) (Frank & Santos, 2020;Mizue, 2019). Ceilândia was founded by migrant workers, a peripheral settlement to the utopian city of Brasília with a history of racism, poverty, violence, poor nutrition, and inadequate housing (Martins, 2015;Tavares, 2005Tavares, , 2009 Occupational reconstruction theory was selected to align with the emancipatory goals of 'southern epistemologies' in occupational therapy (Guajardo et al, 2015). The curriculum focused on interactive, dialogic learning for the students at FCE, children and grandchildren of the candangos who built the country's new utopian capital Brasília in the 1950s.…”