O que é meu ninguém tasca!: estudo antroplógico com moradores do Carmelândia / Belém-PA e a regularização da casa própria

Abstract

In this dissertation I share reflections on the public policy of Urban Land Regularization of Social Interest - REURB-S, based on research carried out with beneficiaries of the Carmelândia Complex in Belém, Pará. The work takes an ethnographic approach, establishing a dialog with authors from the fields of urban anthropology and the anthropology of politics, and carrying out an ethnography of documents and the street. The fieldwork was carried out in March 2023, when I visited the Carmelândia complex. The research was built with the participation of several interlocutors, the main ones I chose to present with fictitious names, the others I decided not to name, as a way of preserving them. My interest in the subject arose from my professional experience at the Belém Metropolitan Area Development and Administration Company (Codem) and my work in regularizing the properties in Conjunto Carmelândia. In this study, I intend to understand the meanings of regularization in the lives of residents, from the perspective of people who have benefited from this process, to present a database with the systematization of socio-economic information of residents in the area, as well as to reflect on the contradictions of the process of implementing urban housing policy. The results of the research indicate that the residents of Carmelândia have memories associated with the place and the time they lived there, with their experiences connected to the place where they live. The regularization of the properties has given them legal and symbolic security, guaranteeing that they won't be forced to leave their homes. In addition, when tracing the socio-economic profile of the families, I found that the population in this area has low levels of education, meager family incomes and many depend on social programs. Several of the properties have a mixed use, with residential and economic use, and are used to supplement income. The complex was the first area in Belém, owned by a private individual, to have its properties regularized through the land legitimation instrument. The residents currently live in the area, and with the regularization of their homes, they have housing stability, and because they have lived there for many years, they have a strong bond with the area.