Sciences on the Route: an analysis of the “research, teaching and extension” trinomial

Abstract

Research in Brazil has come a long way to its insertion in teaching and extension, and one of the objectives of this trinomial is the training of professionals attentive to contemporary social needs. Today, one of the fruitful themes for the Brazilian academy is the construction of the Bioceânica Route. With the objective of mapping what has been produced scientifically, an integrative literature review was carried out, using the virtual databases SciELO and Portal de Periódicos da Capes. As a complement, the Directory of research groups registered with CNPq was analyzed. The searches resulted in 66 articles and 02 research groups. The first article found on the subject was published in 2000 and, almost two decades later, in 2018, there was a boost in Brazilian productions. The magazine with the most publications was Interações, the groups that most published are part of the University Network of the Latin American Integration Route (UniRila), with a predominance of Brazilians. It was concluded that there is a concentration of publications in Mato Grosso do Sul, the State where the Route is being built and, internationally, studies are limited to the countries involved. The most discussed topics are related to tourism, territorial development and infrastructure. The gaps point to the lack of involvement of professors and students from other Brazilian states, the homogeneity in the components of the groups registered in the Directory, despite UniRila being active and demonstrating partnerships around the elaboration of investigations. There are also gaps related to other essential themes and absence of approaches inherent to extension, with emphasis on teaching and research. The review showed that the Network is still new and has a lot to work on, including science is one of the allies in the perspective of Mercosur's positioning in the Pacific, in international cooperation and in territorial development.