O espaço sob uma perspectiva infantil: um estudo no reassentamento urbano coletivo São Joaquim em Altamira-Pará

Abstract

This research investigated the geographic space from a child's perspective, having as locus the São Joaquim Collective Urban Resettlement in Altamira-Pará, analyzing the process of compulsory displacement experienced by resettled children due to the installation of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant. The theoretical framework was based on studies of Urban Geography and Geography of Childhood, the research aimed to analyze the experiences of children residing in the Collective Urban Resettlement São Joaquim, considering their space of origin. The methodological approach used was the qualitative ethnographic research, added to the techniques of participant observation, semi-structured interviews and the production of drawings, whose problem was how the compulsory displacement affected the childhood of children residing in the Resettlement. The conclusions of this study evidenced two scenarios: a rupture of a child's sociocultural space as a result of compulsory displacement, with implications for the daily lives of families, in particular, for children who are the subjects of this research, regarding the way of playing, the relationship with the river. and, on the other hand, the realization that they are trying to reinvent new ways to develop their peer culture and build their other geographies and spatialities in this new space.