População em situação de rua: trajetórias de vidas e seus itinerários territoriais

Abstract

The phenomenon of homeless people refers to people whose lives are marked by deprivation of rights, rupture of emotional bonds, violence, suffering, and stigma, and who use the streets as their place of residence. This condition translates into social exclusion, violation of fundamental rights, ruptures, and the absence or insufficiency of the State in guaranteeing specific public policies capable of meeting the complex demands of these individuals, among which access to health, food, and housing stands out. These issues greatly imply the wandering behavior of this population, in the daily search for survival strategies and guarantee of their basic needs. In this sense, this study seeks to understand the life trajectory and territorial itineraries of the population living on the streets. This is a qualitative research that sought to investigate, through the narrative and social trajectory method, the processes of human experiences and experiences of women living on the streets. In the field of Anthropology, narrative constitutes the guiding thread for understanding life stories and the dimensions that compose them. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee and has been under development since 2019. The immersion in the research field points to a heterogeneous territory, permeated and crossed by subjects who are “subjected” and made invisible by the routine of absence of all modes and ruptures with conventional rules. People who have adapted to social hostility, veiled and full of prejudices, and to the deprivations imposed by the environment itself and the marginalization in which they live.