Apropriando a rua: interacção e dinâmicas de ocupação de espaço entre os “moradores de rua” nas ruas da Baixa da Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present work analyzes the interaction and the dynamics of space occupation between the “homeless” in the streets of downtown Maputo. The study was based on the collection of data in the lower part of the city of Maputo, where I started to observe the way the “homeless people” behave, when they relate to each other and with non-homeless people, the way of dressing, the activities carried out and the way the “homeless people” are related to the space of activities and residence. This study is guided by two perspectives: one that looks at the “homeless” as belonging to social groups and considers them as homogeneous beings. And the other looks at the “homeless” as a heterogeneous group with their own codes. The results of this study allow us to see that it is problematic to look at the “homeless” as beings without interaction, because they relate to each other and to the non-homeless, who are around them. The relationship of “homeless people” among them it varies according to age, affinity, places of origin and residence in downtown Maputo. Their relationship with non-residents of ruavaria according to the subjective character of each “homeless person”, the way others approach them, the length of time spent on the street and the affinity that exists between them and others. It is also problematic to look at them as homogeneous groups, because there are diversities with regard to the way of dressing, the activities carried out and the behavior. And there are diversities of places of residence, because there are those who live in closed places like "Dark" and those who live in open places like "Novene", both look at these places as their homes. Hence it is problematic to call them “homeless people”, because they have houses and are on the street of passage or carrying out some activity. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)