Recognition of knowledge and practices associated with political training

This work corresponds to a systematization of the experiences of leaders of waste pickers' organizations that provide waste management services in some localities of the city of Bogota; APM, GER 8, ASORTOBERIN and RECICLOSOCIAL, organizations linked to the Democratic Roundtable of Waste Pickers. The purpose is to recognize knowledge and practices associated with political training, different conceptions about forms and daily practices that represent political knowledge were distinguished in the narratives. Aspects related to the democratic roundtable of waste pickers as an organizational and entrepreneurial process, the pedagogical relevance of the experience in political-organizational matters for subordinate groups and the values or anti-values common to the exercise of leadership were analyzed. The research methodology is the systematization of experiences that integrates grounded theory for the analysis of narratives. The importance of participation as a basis for political formation in the population of waste pickers in the city of Bogota, Colombia, is affirmed.