The discourse on vagrancy in praÇa da sÉ (sp)

This study introduces a master's degree inquiry that investigated whether or not the current idea of vagrancy is present among the frequenters of Praça da Sé (SP) when compared with those who "just stay" in the vicinity during commercial time on weekdays. The accomplishment of an ethnographical fieldwork at the place between 2012 and 2013, together with documental analysis of journals about this theme, empowered an examination about the stigmatization of a certain group of pedestrians who share the habit of sitting/lying on low walls or the ground of the square. In this scenario, the street becomes a place where it is necessary to follow certain rules of public presentation in order to become differentiated from those that seem "settled people who do not want to work". We also concluded that the presence of the wage norm is related to the worker's appearance, as opposed to the poor people's occasional work associated with the representations of vagrancy.

Source: Psicologia e Sociedade - June 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research