THE LETTER AND LIFE: MISMATCHES BETWEEN DAILY LIFE AND BUREAUCRACY IN POLICIES FOR THE HOMELESS

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Nobre
  • Irlys Alencar Firmo Barreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n1p460-480

Keywords:

Homeless, Daily life, Bureaucracy, Public policies, City

Abstract

This paper studies the homeless population as an emblematic case to
discuss the relationship between daily life and bureaucracy, displaying the
tensions between living on the streets and the functioning of public policies
concerning homeless people’s living in two capitals in the Northeast of
Brazil. Based on homeless people’s narrative excerpts, participant/itinerant’s
observation records and workers’ reports through interviews, the study
problematizes the distance between the letter (bureaucracy) and life (daily
life) and the relation between regulated time and space, highlighting how,
outside the institutional walls, the daily life is practiced in its uniqueness, but excluded from the right to the city. In this context, the city is understood
as polis, concluding that the challenges on the street are the challenges of the
city: aggregating stories and supporting the differences.

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Author Biographies

Maria Teresa Nobre

Professora Associada da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia.

Irlys Alencar Firmo Barreira

Professora Titular da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia.

Published

2020-04-13

Issue

Section

Dossiê resistência e criação