A (in)visibilidade das pessoas em situação de rua: narrativas do cotidiano escolar e existências

Abstract

This thesis reflects on the daily life of homeless people in the city of Maceió, seeking to understand their condition of (in)visibility through photographic images (taken by them) and the dialogues provoked by the researcher. Thus, bringing to light their school life stories, in a social and political perspective. In this way, the following central question arises: how and what do homeless people, supported by photographic records (made by them), narrate their condition of existence and their school history? From this central question, another question arose: How do these speeches and records reveal themselves to be involved with the social and political context? For such questions, the hypothesis is launched that homeless people are (in)visible in their condition as subjects who carry and produce cultures, that is, as subjects who have knowledge and life histories and school trajectories (interrupted or denied). From a methodological point of view, we opted for studies focused on Daily Life (CERTEAU, 2019) and for the theoretical-methodological perspective Ecologia de Saberes (SANTOS, 2010), using the photographic record as a data collection instrument, whose "scenes" were chosen by the subjects themselves. The photographic images were taken in the neighborhoods of Jatiúca, Pajuçara, Pinheiro and Mangabeiras (these are territories that most prevail homeless people), which are located in the city of Maceió. The memories of life and school, forged in these images, brought evidence about the experiences (LARROSA, 1996) of these practitioners who (re)invent themselves in their narratives and, above all, in their daily lives, trying to give meaning to their existence that seems to be denied. by the other(s). That is why our research sought to give a voice to these people. For that, authors such as Certeau (2009), Santos (2010), Larrosa (1996), among others, were brought to the dialogue to articulate theoretical-methodological concepts and foundations that could support theoretical reflections about a theme that forces us to deal with the opposites.The results indicate that homeless people have a different life history and school trajectory, but they are (in)visible by an excluding society, especially by Western modernity, since they are subjects exposed to a condition of social and economic vulnerability. It was understood, therefore, from the photographic images and the dialogues, that these subjects seek, in a way, a "social justice" and, at the same time, a "cognitive justice" (SANTOS, 2010) since memories, by virtue of its subjective dimension, it plots and penetrates into/by reality through singular (re)actions and resistance, from its life and school journeys.