“…Teaching an occupational therapy agenda of social transformation in Brazilian universities faces challenges despite the profession's declared need for research, education and practice addressing social exclusion and marginalization (Emmel et al, 2015;Emmel, 2003;Galheigo, 2011;Lopes & Malfitano, 2016;Santos, 2017;. 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).…”