THE AFFECTS AND THE STREET’S NO PLACE: study on narratives of homeless people in Belo Horizonte / MG
affects; street’s no place; care of the self; narrative; homeless people
This dissertation presents a study of narratives of people who are or have already been in a homeless situation in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, mainly based on Benedictus Spinoza's theory of affections, relating it to the concept of care of the self discussed by Michel Foucault. The objective was to describe and analyze seven narratives, verifying if they express characteristics related to "freedom" and "care of the self". After analyzing the narratives, we identified three themes that led to the chapters of this dissertation: passive affections and their relationship with care of the self; the freedom of affection and the care of the self and the other; the "street’s no place" and the affection of those who inhabit it. The research was applied in nature with a qualitative approach. Ethical criteria were used in research with human beings, according to Resolution No. 196/96 of the National Health Council. After the preliminary interview, it was considered not to be more relevant, in view of the objectives of this dissertation, to make use of a script with questions. In the light of Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet, it is understood that an interview in the form of a conversation could be more fruitful with the interviewees, with only one pre-established question about the participant's life history. Thus, it was sought to perceive the care of the self and the affections in the narratives through meetings that could favor the access to the multiplicities, and thus to go beyond the already constructed criteria about the people who are or who already were in homeless situation.