espanol El objetivo del presente articulo, se basa en el analisis de los procesos de organizacion y participacion comunitaria en las practicas academicas de la Universidad de la Guajira, especificamente en el nucleo de la facultad de ciencias sociales y humanas. Asimismo, la muestra del estudio estuvo constituida por (5) personas que dirigen las practicas academicas en esta facultad y (156) habitantes de las comunidades de Riohacha; de igual forma, la investigacion se baso en los aportes teoricos de Gonzalez (2013), Uribe (2012), Galindo (2012), Acosta (2012), entre otros. En este sentido, se puede establecer que existen diversos procesos de organizacion y participativos comunales, que permiten la inclusion social de los sectores que involucran un determinado nucleo, en este caso, el de la Universidad de la Guajira, en el cual, la planeacion de estos elementos, se concibe como procesos que deben atravesar diversos niveles de participacion, admitiendo recursos de encuentro de poderes, distintos escenarios tanto locales como globales, ademas de la pluralidad de actores, que se enmarcan desde lo tecnico, politico, lo estructural, coyuntural y la articulacion de recursos, asi mismo: fortalecen la cultura organizacional de los actores publicos y privados; generando la responsabilidad social y el compromiso etico, de la gestion institucional, con el fin de impulsar los niveles de autogestion y/o sostenibilidad, promocionando la cooperacion y coordinacion interinstitucional, generando consigo, programas y proyectos a corto, mediano y largo plazo. Ante lo senalado, la facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas de la Universidad de la Guajira, debe fomentar el trabajo autogestionario en las comunidades de la ciudad de Riohacha, para que ellas mismas participen en las soluciones de su problematicas mas sentidas EnglishThe objective of this article is based on the analysis of the processes of organization and community participation in the academic practices of the University of Guajira, specifically in the nucleus of the faculty of social and human sciences. Likewise, the sample of the study was constituted by (5) people who lead the academic practices in this faculty and (156) inhabitants of the communities of Riohacha city; the research was based on the theoretical contributions of Gonzalez (2013), Uribe (2012), Galindo (2012), Acosta (2012), among others. In this sense, it can be established that there are several communal organization and participatory processes, which allow the social inclusion of the sectors that involve a certain nucleus, in this case, the University of La Guajira, in which the planning of These elements are conceived as processes that must go through different levels of participation, admitting resources of meeting powers, different local and global scenarios, as well as the plurality of actors, which are framed from the technical, political, structural, conjunctural and the articulation of resources, as well: strengthen the organizational culture of public and private actors; generating social responsibility and ethical commitment, institutional management, in order to promote levels of self-management and / or sustainability, promoting inter-institutional cooperation and coordination, generating short, medium and long-term programs and projects. Faced with this, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of La Guajira should encourage self-management work in the communities of the city of Riohacha, so that they themselves participate in the solutions of their most felt problems.