Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ClaudiaMMS.pdf: 8469999 bytes, checksum: 6956d2b0e49cfbe30a05f4efa584bcdd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-24 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The south region of the Rio Grande do Norte has been historically recognized as a place of old indian villages. Inhabitants of the edges of the Catu River, border between the cities of Canguaretama and Goianinha, the Eleot?rios in the threshold of 21st century had passed to be seen and self recognized as "remaining indians" of the RN. Their ethnic mobilizations, when becoming public had placed to the intellectual and political fields an old question to be reflected on: the asseverations concerning the "indian disappearing" in the State. This item brings with it other implications. Accessed by a para-oficial indigenism, the Eleot?rios had started to establish political relations with the Potiguara indians of the Ba?a da Trai??o/PB and the Indian Movement, feeling stimulated to produce and to reproduce forms of social differentiation. In this context, this research is worried about elucidating the process of construction of the ethnicity among the Eleot?rios, percepted from the social relations and politics kept with the amplest society, into a particular historical situation involving sugar cane fields owners, proprietaries, militants, researchers, ambiental agencies. The effects of these political and social relations had been extended, making Eleot?rios appear to the society as susceptible social actors to the specific policies for the aboriginal populations / A regi?o sul do Rio Grande do Norte tem sido, historicamente, reconhecida como l?cus de antigos aldeamentos ind?genas. Os habitantes das margens do rio Catu, divisa entre os munic?pios de Canguaretama e Goianinha, os Eleot?rios, no limiar do s?culo XXI, passaram a ser vistos e a se auto reconhecer como remanescentes ind?genas do RN. As suas mobiliza??es ?tnicas, ao se tornarem p?blicas, colocaram no campo intelectual e pol?tico uma antiga quest?o a ser refletida: as assevera??es acerca do desaparecimento ind?gena no Estado. Tal item traz em si outras implica??es. Acessados por um indigenismo p?ra-oficial, os Eleot?rios passaram a estabelecer rela??es pol?ticas com os ?ndios Potiguara da Ba?a da Trai??o/PB, Movimento Ind?gena. Diante disso, eles sentiram-se estimulados a produzir e a (re)produzir formas de diferencia??o social. Nesse contexto, a pesquisa, aqui exposta, envereda no sentido de elucidar o processo de constru??o da etnicidade dos Eleot?rios, vistos a partir das rela??es sociais e pol?ticas mantidas com a sociedade mais ampla, situadas numa determinada situa??o hist?rica, envolvendo usineiros, posseiros, militantes, pesquisadores, ag?ncias ambientais. Os efeitos destas rela??es sociais e pol?ticas se ampliaram, fazendo com que os Eleot?rios aparecessem para sociedade como atores sociais suscet?veis ?s pol?ticas espec?ficas das popula??es ind?genas

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FlavioRF.pdf: 3003824 bytes, checksum: 6d431b2e11fa8416f213d42c47590e6a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-07-20 / This work intends to describe and analyze the parties of forr? that happen in Serra da Gameleira, in S?o Tom?/RN. Serra is a divided social space: groups of different ethnic origins live together in Gameleira de Baixo, Salgadinho (or Gameleira de Cima) and Chaves Belas. They are approximately two hundred families that live exclusively from agriculture. We try to understand how the parties inform about the social organization, the ethnic composition of the families that live there and the past of Serra, through the genealogy offorr? players. In the discussion, we identify the festive places: in the total, we have Five houses of forr? that function regularly one of them has been described. The private and public spaces inside them are intimate related, with no clear limits between the house of forr? and the residence. Each house of forr? has an owner, that regularly makes the parties, mobilizing a big part of the inhabitants, and provoking the straitening of the social relations. Observing the festive sociability between different social segments, the forr? appears like na element that minimizes social conflicts, providing news ways of association and cooperation in the space of Serra da Gameleira. For the collection of facts, we used the ethnographic method, through the direct observation, interviewing and documentary research. The local history is recounted following the routes of oral memory and historical documents analysis. In the end of the analysis, we concluded that music and party are elements that aggregate the different groups that live in the location and determine forms of expression of what is seen as a traditional culture / O presente trabalho objetiva descrever e analisar as festas de forr? que acontecem na Serra da Gameleira, em S?o Tom?/RN. A Serra ? um espa?o social dividido: grupos de diferentes origens ?tnicas convivem em Gameleira de Baixo, Salgadinho (ou Gameleira de Cima) e Chaves Belas. S?o aproximadamente duzentas fam?lias que vivem exclusivamente da agricultura. Busca-se compreender como as festas informam sobre a organiza??o social, a composi??o ?tnica das fam?lias em presen?a e o passado da Serra, atrav?s da genealogia dos tocadores de forr?. Na discuss?o, identifica-se os lugares festivos: ao todo, contam-se cinco casas de forr? que funcionam com regularidade dentre elas, uma foi descrita. Nelas, os espa?os p?blicos e privados est?o intimamente relacionados, com limites entre a casa de forr? e a casa resid?ncia bastante t?nues. Cada casa de forr? tem seu dono, que regularmente realiza as festas, mobilizando grande parte dos moradores, o que provoca o estreitamento das rela??es sociais. Assim, ao observar a sociabilidade festiva entre os diferentes segmentos sociais, o forr? aparece como elemento minimizador dos conflitos sociais, propiciando novas formas de associa??o e coopera??o no espa?o da Serra da Gameleira. Para a coleta de dados, utiliza-se o m?todo etnogr?fico, atrav?s da observa??o direta, realiza??o de entrevistas e pesquisa documental. A hist?ria local ? recontada seguindo os caminhos da mem?ria oral e da an?lise de documentos hist?ricos. Ao final da an?lise, revela-se que m?sica e festa s?o elementos que agregam os diferentes grupos que residem no local e determinam formas de express?o de uma cultura vista como tradicional

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jean-ClaudeRF.pdf: 734208 bytes, checksum: 6afd49924287f88c06ea64b7d6874c8b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-08 / Based on the empirical comparative study between two churches from Pentecostal guidance - both located in Parnamirim/RN - and supported on a dialogic interaction between my interlocutors and theoretical references, I proposed me to reflect about how this protestant segment represents and articulates questions such as gender and power relationships, and the daily impact of that in their followers life. In other words, this dissertation aims to understand the reason of the asymmetry attributed to male and female, especially in what concerns the distribution of ecclesiastic works and the authority given to male, as well as the implication of this reality in the reconfiguration of morality and religious praxis in daily life of individuals and involved groups. From this perspective, this work was divided in three chapters, in which I investigate the tension/relationship between faith and secularism, for from this question on concessions and/or prohibitions related to the limits and involvement of the followers with the world and with the very Pentecostal ethos arise. I also analyze here aspects concerning to both ecclesiastic hierarchy and power, with the objective of elucidating how it occurs, what kind of criteria and implications they consider as well as about the nature of the religious labor division between men and women and, finally, I try to understand how the conversion/adhesion of members is reflected in the redefinitions of gender and its relationship between the ecclesiastical and domestic spaces. The diligence and energy spent in this work is in the hope that its fruits can corroborate in the expansion of anthropological knowledge which, in this particular case, involves the Brazilian Pentecostal phenomenon / Partindo do estudo emp?rico comparativo entre duas igrejas de orienta??o pentecostal ambas situadas no munic?pio de Parnamirim/RN e amparado numa perspectiva de intera??o dial?gica entre meus interlocutores e referenciais, propusme refletir como este segmento protestante representa ou articula quest?es de g?nero e rela??es de poder, e a repercuss?o disto no cotidiano de seus fi?is. Noutros termos, esta disserta??o objetiva entender o porqu? da assimetria atribu?da aos sexos masculino e feminino, sobretudo, no que tange ? distribui??o dos of?cios eclesi?sticos e a autoridade hegemonicamente conferida aos homens, assim como a implica??o desta realidade na reconfigura??o da moralidade e da pr?xis religiosa no cotidiano dos sujeitos e grupos envolvidos. Sob esta perspectiva, o presente trabalho foi subdividido em tr?s cap?tulos, nos quais investigo a tens?o/rela??o entre f? e seculariza??o, pois a partir desta problem?tica decorrem concess?es e/ou interditos relativos aos limites e envolvimento dos fi?is com o mundo que os cerca e com o pr?prio ethos pentecostal; tamb?m analiso aspectos concernentes ? hierarquia e poder eclesi?sticos, tencionando elucidar como se processa, quais os crit?rios e implica??es e a natureza da divis?o do trabalho religioso entre homens e mulheres; e, por fim, procuro entender como a convers?o/ades?o se reflete nas redefini??es de g?nero e sua rela??o entre os espa?os eclesi?stico e domiciliar. A dilig?ncia e energia despendidas nesta obra ancoram-se na esperan?a de que seus frutos corroborem na amplia??o do saber antropol?gico, que, no caso espec?fico, envolve o fen?meno pentecostal brasileiro.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JainaLA_DISSERT.pdf: 1829111 bytes, checksum: cdcd64cab05b2f19d761c1a813e66874 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-21 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This dissertation shows a comparison between practices related to the body, to identities and to the health of young drug takers of synthetic and manipulated psychoactive substances living in Fortaleza. Through ethnographic accompaniment of parties and two social nets of young people I was able to verify the differences and similarities that make these addicted singular and plural in their notion of ethos and world vision. Notions of being hippie/alternative and being punk are present between these nets. Because their use and circulation are developed in environments usually distinct, it is possible to trace singular aspects between the nets and its actions. In parallel, on the attempt to build a triangulated data, I had information related to youth and drugs in local media and in governmental institutions bound to health mental and city security policies. With this junction of data I present a perspective to questions evolving formal and informal important controls to the conduction of their lives and identities. I present this as a sequel to well developed studies in Brasil about youth in interface to drug use, although still not very explored in the state of Cear?. / Esse trabalho dissertativo consta de uma compara??o entre pr?ticas relativas ao corpo, ?s identidades e ? sa?de de jovens usu?rios de subst?ncias psicoativas sint?ticas e manipuladas que vivem em Fortaleza. Atrav?s do acompanhamento etnogr?fico de festas e de duas redes sociais de jovens pude verificar as diferen?as e proximidades que fazem destes usu?rios singulares e plurais em suas no??es de ethos e vis?o de mundo. No??es do ser hippie/alternativo e do ser punk est?o em jogo entre estas redes. Por terem pr?ticas de usos e circula??o em ambientes geralmente distintos ? poss?vel tra?ar pontos singulares entre as redes e suas atua??es. Em paralelo, na tentativa de triangular dados, obtive informa??es relacionadas a juventude e drogas nas m?dias locais e em institui??es governamentais ligadas a gest?o da sa?de mental e da seguran?a no munic?pio. Com esta jun??o de dados abro a perspectiva para quest?es que envolvem controles formais e informais importantes para a condu??o de suas vidas e identidades. Apresento com isso uma continuidade em estudos j? bem desenvolvidos no Brasil sobre juventude em interface ao uso de drogas , por?m pouco explorados no estado do Cear?.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EmersonHS_DISSERT.pdf: 3506096 bytes, checksum: 88d17d7e36e1677c47a4a2f8166b30c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-19 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / In a highly dynamic society such as we live, have access to the virtual world is an increasingly common practice, is aiming to study, work or to search leisure through chat rooms, sites and games, being incorporated by the most varied groups that end up appropriating these new possibilities of interaction, shaping them in order to adapt them to their needs / wants. The specific purposes pursued through the use of tools available over the Internet can vary considerably when one takes into account specific user groups, which makes the topic quite relevant to problematization, especially when we take into account access through lan houses. This research seeks to study the networks of knowledge, sociability and leisure formed by young people who frequented the "Lan house do Paulo" in S?o Gon?alo do Amarante - RN based on the use of the online role-playing-game World of Warcraft, which makes possible the interaction of several users through an avatar resident in a virtual world, theoretically questioning the importance of this type of platform for the development and maintenance of social interactions among its users / Em uma sociedade extremamente din?mica como a que vivemos, ter acesso ao mundo virtual ? uma pr?tica cada vez mais comum, seja com a finalidade estudar, trabalhar ou ainda de procurar lazer atrav?s de chats, sites de relacionamento e jogos, sendo incorporada pelos mais variados grupos que acabam por se apropriarem dessas novas possibilidades de intera??o, moldando-as de forma a adequarem-nas ?s suas necessidades/vontades. As finalidades espec?ficas buscadas atrav?s do uso das ferramentas disponibilizadas pela internet podem variar consideravelmente quando se leva em conta grupos espec?ficos de usu?rios, o que torna o tema algo bastante relevante ? problematiza??o, principalmente quando levamos em conta o acesso atrav?s de lan houses. A presente pesquisa busca estudar as redes de conhecimento, sociabilidade e lazer formadas pelos jovens frequentadores da Lan house do Paulo no munic?pio de S?o Gon?alo do Amarante RN tendo por base a utiliza??o do jogo de interpreta??o de personagens online World of Warcraft, o qual torna poss?vel a intera??o de diversos usu?rios atrav?s de um avatar residente em um mundo virtual, problematizando teoricamente a import?ncia desse tipo de plataforma para o desenvolvimento e manuten??o das intera??es sociais entre seus usu?rios

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MairaSLF_DISSERT.pdf: 2121014 bytes, checksum: 5e73b7adbd5c050c770f0329c2330b05 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / On this paper, I propose a reflexion on the formation of a youth maroon, as a political subject , based on experience, personal expectations and social projects in the construction of a political identity in the community quilombola Capoeiras, which is located in the district of Maca?ba (RN). I observed two social situations; the projects of the Pau-furado Youth and the Swingueira Quilombola , those kinds of dances that have as protagonists or as audience the youth people who lives in the community here mentioned, those people that legitimize and innovate in these traditions and roles they play and crucial positions in the construction of ethnic identities and generation within a political community. It seeks to understand the place of youth in this new context of political affirmation and identity. It is, therefore, to understand the diversity in their local youth from different social, cultural, political and economic / Proponho neste trabalho refletir sobre a forma??o de uma juventude quilombola enquanto sujeito pol?tico , tomando por base as experi?ncias, as expectativas pessoais e os projetos sociais destes na constru??o de uma identidade pol?tica quilombola na comunidade quilombola de Capoeiras, localizada no munic?pio de Maca?ba (RN). Lan?o olhar, especialmente, sobre duas situa??es sociais, os projetos: do Pau-Furado Juvenil e da Swingueira Quilombola, s?o dan?as que t?m como protagonistas ou como p?blico-alvo parcelas dos jovens da comunidade que nestes legitimam e inovam suas tradi??es e passam a desempenhar pap?is e posicionamentos cruciais na constru??o das identidades ?tnica e de gera??o dentro de um projeto pol?tico de comunidade. Procura-se perceber o lugar da juventude nesse novo contexto de afirma??o pol?tica e identit?ria. Trata-se, portanto, de compreender a juventude localmente em sua diversidade a partir de diferentes contextos sociais, culturais, pol?ticos e econ?micos

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulyanaVFM_DISSERT.pdf: 2646504 bytes, checksum: c3a4554d30057c34c5489b90a27bbc22 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / In view of a field research carried out by a team connected to the universe of body modification, it is possible to discern some uses and meanings linked to these forms of body interventions. Body modification or body change is part of the circuit of piercings and tattoos, although they are socially less thinned and more extreme, like scarifications, subcutaneous implants, bifurcated tongues, surfaces and body suspensions. The aim of this paper is to cast an anthropological glance on these practices, joining at the same context all the subjects involved with these techniques, placing them inside the same relational focus and capturing their journeys and trajectories. The discussions are concentrated on the notion of body building and urban life style. Ideas as personal distinctness and prestige imitation are also present in this universe, as well as matters attached to genre, pleasure, art, and to the so-called alternative circuit . This way, the ethnography so far presented here, reveals the complex and contemporaneous character of these practices of body markings in which the body appears as the central element in the experiences of the subjects of this study / Diante da pesquisa de campo realizada com um grupo ligado ao universo da body modification, ? poss?vel perceber alguns usos e significados associados a essas formas de interven??es corporais. A body modification ou modifica??o corporal faz parte do circuito dos piercings e tatuagens, no entanto, s?o formas menos dilu?das socialmente e consideradas mais extremas, como: escarifica??es, alargadores, implantes subcut?neos, l?ngua bifurcada, surfaces e suspens?es corporais. O objetivo desta disserta??o ? lan?ar um olhar antropol?gico sobre essas pr?ticas, contextualizando os sujeitos envolvidos com essas t?cnicas, situando-os dentro de um enfoque relacional, percebendo seus percursos e trajet?rias. As discuss?es est?o centradas em torno da no??o de constru??o corporal e estilo de vida na cidade. Ideais como distin??o pessoal e imita??o prestigiosa tamb?m est?o presentes nesse universo, bem como quest?es ligadas a g?nero, prazer, arte, e ao chamado circuito alternativo . Dessa forma, a etnografia aqui apresentada demonstra o car?ter complexo e contempor?neo dessas pr?ticas de marca??es corporais, em que o corpo aparece como elemento central nas experi?ncias dos sujeitos desta pesquisa

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LannaPMN_DISSERT.pdf: 1734744 bytes, checksum: 33b5eb549d744ca596c30e81fd492955 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-08 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This thesis aims to investigating the cantadores and the toadas in the Boi Bumb?, debating questions which put together around the construction and performance of amo s and cantador s role in the Boi Bumb? Caprichoso of Bel?m-PA city and exploring the extent of toadas its characteristics, functions, the uses that are made of theirs and the relations that establishes between them and the cantadores. The problematic of the research consisted on analysing what the amos, cantadores and toadas represent in the whole context of boi-bumb? plays in Bel?m, nowadays. Considering this perspective, I tried to identify on Boi Caprichoso the most meaningful expressions which were related to toadas and how the roles of amo and cantador were performed. Participative observation, ethnical research, open and semistructured interviews were used as research methods. The role performances on Boi Caprichoso plays an essential part on the playing realization, highlighting themselves as pivotal characters. These performances, characterized by the vocal presence, also highlighted the size that toadas occupy in the whole play, and pointed the way for an emerging model of presentation, in which both toada and cantador appear as central figures / Esta disserta??o tem como objetivo investigar os cantadores e as toadas na brincadeira do boi-bumb?, trazendo para o debate quest?es que se agregam em torno da constru??o e da performatiza??o dos papeis de amo e de cantador no Boi-Bumb? Caprichoso de Bel?m-PA e explorando o ?mbito das toadas no que diz respeito as suas caracter?sticas, fun??es, os usos que delas s?o feitos e as rela??es que se estabelecem entre elas e os cantadores. A problem?tica da pesquisa constituiu-se em analisar o que os amos, os cantadores e as toadas expressam no contexto atual das brincadeiras de boi-bumb? em Bel?m. Nessa perspectiva, busquei identificar no Boi Caprichoso express?es significativas em rela??o ?s toadas e a performatiza??o dos papeis de amo e de cantador. Foram utilizadas como m?todos de pesquisa, a observa??o participante, a pesquisa etnogr?fica e entrevistas abertas e semiestruturadas. A performance em torno desses papeis no Boi Caprichoso se faz primordial ? realiza??o da brincadeira, evidenciando-os como personagens pilares. Tais performances, marcadas pela presen?a da voz, tamb?m evidenciaram a dimens?o do espa?o das toadas na brincadeira e sinalizaram para um emergente modelo de apresenta??o no qual toada e cantador figuram como elementos centrais

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CarlosCVL_DISSERT.pdf: 642408 bytes, checksum: 0b3bdf4eb887688cfbf79d14cca220e4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-15 / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte / The religious plurality has been increasingly intense in Brazil, while it has served as an object of study in various fields of knowledge. In this context, this paper aims to point out the general heterogeneity among experienced growth of Protestant and evangelical denominations, especially those who claim to be inclusive by attending to human diversity, seeking to understand the relationship between religion and homosexuality. Specific objectives aim to understand the functioning and speeches produced by Comunidade Crist? Nova Esperan?a in Natal. The theoretical framework was seated in the works of Bento (2008), Lima (2009), Goffman (2001), Natividade (2008), Musskopf (2008), Helminiak (1998), Foucault (1997), among others. We tried to discuss the trajectory and how is the process of organization of the Comunidade Crist? Nova Esperan?a in Natal, the social advances that have reached homosexuals in our country, how this institution has contributed to the shift in paradigm in Christianity in respect to matters pertaining to religion and homosexuality, and the meaning of being a homosexual christian from the viewpoint perceived by social subjects living this experience / A pluralidade religiosa tem sido cada vez mais intensa no territ?rio brasileiro, ao passo que tem servido como objeto de estudo em diversas ?reas do conhecimento. Neste contexto, esta disserta??o tem como objetivo geral apontar a heterogeneidade vivenciada no meio protestante e o crescimento das denomina??es evang?licas, notadamente aquelas que se declaram inclusivas por atender ? diversidade humana, buscando entender a rela??o entre religi?o e homossexualidade. Como objetivo espec?fico, visa a compreender o funcionamento e os discursos produzidos pela Comunidade Crist? Nova Esperan?a em Natal. O referencial te?rico esteve assentado nas obras de Bento (2008), Lima (2009), Goffman (2001), Natividade (2008), Musskopf (2008), Helminiak (1998), Foucault (1997), entre outros. Buscou-se discutir a trajet?ria e como se d? o processo de organiza??o da Comunidade Crist? Nova Esperan?a em Natal, os avan?os sociais a que t?m alcan?ado os homossexuais em nosso pa?s, de que forma esta institui??o tem contribu?do para a quebra de paradigmas no cristianismo no que tange ?s quest?es pertinentes ? religi?o e homossexualidade, bem como o significado de ser um crist?o homossexual segundo a ?tica percebida pelos sujeitos sociais que vivem esta experi?ncia

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndressaLML_DISSERT.pdf: 3197465 bytes, checksum: 01fd177fc52b16044d0901c68d5b0a44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-14 / The objective of this dissertation is understand the relationships built between subjects who occupy buildings in a state of abandonment to revitalize them - called okupas, noting which individuals construct such meanings on the practice of occupation and how to organize the construction and maintenance of a collective life project. Having the Okupa Squat Tor?m, located in the neighborhood of Fatima in the southern city of Fortaleza-CE, as locus and observed through the ethnographic method, followed the social practices of urban segment. I invested in a data collection revealed that the custom of okupas and their domestic habits, inside and outside of okupa, emphasizing the interaction situations, like most appropriate occasions to observe the constant negotiation and refinement of his cunning to intervene in the city . Among the objectives of this research, the main thing is to observe which senses are assigned to the practice of the occupation by okupas. For this, reflecting from the specifics of this urban phenomenon and talking mostly with the tradition of research in the field of anthropology, I tried to address some issues regarding the practice of okupa??o and organization of the group, which the principles and movements that make these contacts with city etc. The appropriation made by the subjects on the urban space here means understanding them as a cultural expression of a number of collective values, resulting from experience and perception of okupas like themselves. The intention is to show how this practice intervention and collective action has appeared in contemporary times and how my ethnography can contribute to a dialogue on the practices of mobilization and update of the city, considering the Theory of Recognition Axel Honneth (2003) as an analytical category useful to describe the forms of reciprocity experienced by okupas / O objetivo dessa disserta??o ? compreender as rela??es constru?das entre sujeitos que ocupam pr?dios em estado de abandono para revitaliz?-los - chamados okupas, observando quais significados tais indiv?duos constroem sobre a pr?tica de ocupa??o e de que modo se organizam para a constru??o e manuten??o de um projeto de vida coletivo. Tendo a Okupa Squat Tor?m, localizada no bairro de F?tima na zona sul da cidade de Fortaleza-CE, como l?cus observado e atrav?s do m?todo etnogr?fico, acompanhei as pr?ticas sociais desse segmento urbano. Investi numa coleta de dados que revelasse o costume dos okupas e seus h?bitos dom?sticos, dentro e tamb?m fora da okupa, dando relevo a situa??es de intera??o, a exemplo de ocasi?es mais adequadas para observar a negocia??o constante e o requinte de sua ast?cia para intervir na cidade. Dentre os objetivos dessa pesquisa, o principal ? observar quais sentidos s?o atribu?dos a pr?tica da ocupa??o pelos okupas. Para isso, refletindo a partir das especificidades desse fen?meno urbano e dialogando principalmente com a tradi??o de pesquisas nesse campo da Antropologia, procurei abordar algumas quest?es relativas a pr?tica da okupa??o e a organiza??o do grupo, quais os princ?pios e os movimentos que esses interlocutores fazem com a cidade e de onde parte a sua pr?tica em rela??o com as quest?es que fundamentam suas interven??es. A apropria??o feita pelos sujeitos sobre o espa?o urbano significa aqui compreend?-los como express?o cultural de uma s?rie de valores coletivos, fruto da viv?ncia e percep??o dos pr?prios okupas. A inten??o ? mostrar como essa pr?tica de interven??o e a??o coletiva tem se apresentado na contemporaneidade e de que maneira minha etnografia pode contribuir para um di?logo sobre as pr?ticas de mobiliza??o e atualiza??o da cidade considerando ainda a Teoria do Reconhecimento de Axel Honneth (2003) como uma categoria anal?tica ?til para descrever as formas de reciprocidade vivenciadas pelos okupas