Between individualism and solidarity| Academic communities in pandemic times

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the impacts of the pandemic on social relations and on the  concerns  aroused  by  members  of  the  academic  communities  of  Northeast  Brazil.  It  is proposed to discuss how these individuals, inserted in one of the most vulnerable regions and most  affected  by  the  pandemic,  have  considered  individualistic  interests  and  solidarity positions in view of the different effects that the protocols for controlling the spread of the virus  have  caused  on  their  daily  lives.  The  analysis  was  basedon  the  realization  of  a qualitative and quantitative research that had a digital form answered by students, teachers, technicians and other collaborators of Higher Education Institutions in that region. The data presented  highlight   that   the   pandemic   has  led  to   the   direct   involvement   of   research participants  in  contexts  of  solidarity,  but  it  has  aroused  concerns  of  an  individualistic  and economist  nature,  which  leads  to  reflection  on  the  reproduction  of  a  capitalist  logic  that reinforces structural inequalities.