Populações em situação de rua, território urbano, luta pela cidadania e qualidade de vida no município de Santarém-PA

Abstract

To live on a street is as varied and complex as to live anywhere and the experience of individuals who live on the street can be the product of their age, health, relationship and employment status, and many other factors. The homeless and shore dwellers of Santarém consist of subjects present in the daily life of the city. However, a definition of homeless and shore dweller population is complex, considering that the multiplicity of personal conditions, the diversity of solutions for the subsistence and the problem of housing are factors that hinder the formulation of concepts free from ambiguities. In this way, the present essay deals with the people of Santarém who live on the streets and by the shore, particularly their relations with the urban territory and the struggle for citizenship. We propose to answer the scientific question that guided the research, namely: can processes of exclusion and social vulnerability of homeless and shore dwellers of the municipality of Santarém trigger conflicts in the struggles of these social groups in order to guarantee their citizenship rights and quality of life? Based on this problem, we investigated the processes of exclusion and social vulnerability of this population in the municipality of Santarém, analyzing the conditions and struggles of the homeless and shore dwellers of Santarem to guarantee a more dignified life and its quality. In addition, we address questions about conceptual approaches of the sociological category of homeless and shore dwellers and factors that could serve as an identifying criterion for homeless citizens; proposing a debate about the identity and representations of people living on the streets and by the shore and the question of territory in the urban scenario of Santarém; relating the street and the shore as their spaces for the production of social and symbolic relations and quality of life. The research was made from historical, documentary records, avoiding face-to-face contact, due to the biosafety measures in relation to the homeless population in these times of the New Coronavirus Pandemic. It is hoped that this dissertation shall serve as a basis for the question of the relations between the homeless and shore dweller population of Santarém with the urban territory and the struggle for citizenship.