<p>The aim of this study was to describe how persons with Whiplash associated disorder experience how the pain affects them in their daily life. The design of the study was descriptive with qualitative, individual interviews, questionnaire with background facts of the examination group, and diary notes from persons with pain of WAD. Method for selection was convenience. Through contact with the association of whiplash group in a county in middle of Sweden, the majority of the examination group for the study was found. Five persons where given information about the study, one of them choose not to take part of the study, and one of the persons did not complete the study. One further person was asked to participate in the study and did take part and completed. Four persons choose to take part and completed the study, all women and between the ages 31-60. The result is presented in categories: To live with pain of WAD, Loss of quality of life, Changes in life after injury, Consequences of activity, Relations and isolation, Pain and sleep. The legible emerge that could be seen in the study was that planning the days was necessary to handle the intensity of pain. The pain controlled the days and the social relations to friends and relatives experience deteriorated because the degree of experienced pain controlled the day. All persons in the examine group emphasized that their injury can not be seen, and because that the acceptance for their injury and pain is low from the society.</p>

The aim of this study was to describe how persons with Whiplash associated disorder experience how the pain affects them in their daily life. The design of the study was descriptive with qualitative, individual interviews, questionnaire with background facts of the examination group, and diary notes from persons with pain of WAD. Method for selection was convenience. Through contact with the association of whiplash group in a county in middle of Sweden, the majority of the examination group for the study was found. Five persons where given information about the study, one of them choose not to take part of the study, and one of the persons did not complete the study. One further person was asked to participate in the study and did take part and completed. Four persons choose to take part and completed the study, all women and between the ages 31-60. The result is presented in categories: To live with pain of WAD, Loss of quality of life, Changes in life after injury, Consequences of activity, Relations and isolation, Pain and sleep. The legible emerge that could be seen in the study was that planning the days was necessary to handle the intensity of pain. The pain controlled the days and the social relations to friends and relatives experience deteriorated because the degree of experienced pain controlled the day. All persons in the examine group emphasized that their injury can not be seen, and because that the acceptance for their injury and pain is low from the society.

The everyday survival of the other at the border between ‘East’ and ‘West’ is the object of this study. The country in-between, Estonia, is a ‘melting pot’ of Russian, Western and Nordic influence, what makes this zone an active, diverse, nevertheless invisible in the global awareness. The process of transition and rapid neoliberalization, which is characteristic for the post-socialist country such as Estonia, brings together number of side-effects, lots of redundant people, who could not adapt to the new regime, who speculate and trade. The investigation of ‘Russian’ semi-official spaces of trade in Estonian capital, Tallinn, reveals the values and defects of the open-air markets.  The thesis highlights the need to politicize the processes around the disappearing and/or transforming the open-air markets in the city. In spite of the fact, that the informal trading is often connected with poverty, illegality, low hygiene, distrust and crime, this work explores the alternative ways of trading, the power of immediacy and aesthetics in confrontation to the global capital. The architecture as the transversal practice cuts across the patterns of trading based on irresponsible consumerism and desire, and experiments with the original concept of the market with the dialogue in front. The speculative interventions are the sites of the common life, production and renewal.

Esta pesquisa procura elaborar uma história sociocultural da cidade de Sorocaba, no período compreendido entre a década de 1890, quando ocorre a intensificação da industrialização na cidade, e meados dos anos 1940. Assim, o objeto a ser estudado é a própria cidade de Sorocaba nesse período, o que significa pensar a inserção e especificidade da cidade nos fluxos da modernidade, processo histórico pautado pelas transformações e adensamento das relações capitalistas no país. A partir dessa questão, procuro investigar aspectos do desenvolvimento urbano ocorrido em Sorocaba, pensando a cidade como artefato, a partir do estudo de alguns melhoramentos urbanos fundamentais como a implantação do serviço de água e esgotos e a utilização da eletricidade; e as representações, impressões e percepções elaboradas nesse contexto e que interagem com essas transformações. O que significa procurar apreender a fisionomia da cidade. Tais modificações são implementadas pelas elites dirigentes locais e que, por conta disso, constroem uma representação da cidade que a tornaria conhecida como Manchester Paulista. Portanto, o objetivo é analisar e historicizar tal construção simbólica, interagindo-a com outras representações / percepções da urbe, engendradas por diversos grupos, segmentos e classes sociais no âmbito do cotidiano; procurando, desse modo, apreender as múltiplas práticas, formas de sociabilidade, que vão se tecendo entre os diferentes atores no espaço urbano em decorrência das modificações pelas quais passa a cidade durante o período em tela. / The purpose of this research is to create a social-cultural history about the city of Sorocaba, in the corresponding period between the decade of 1890, when industrialization is intensified in the city, and the first years of the decade of 1940. Therefore the object to be studied is the city of Sorocaba itself during this period; the challenge is also to reflect about the entrance and specificity of the city in the modernity flow, a historical process regulated by the transformation and intensification of the capitalistic relations in the country. Concerning this issue, I intend to investigate aspects of the urban development that took place in Sorocaba, so in order to think of the city as an artifact, it is crucial to study a few fundamental urban improvements, like the introduction of the water and drain system and the use of electricity, and the representations, impressions and perceptions elaborated in this context that interact with these transformations. The idea is to search for and grasp the physiognomy of the city. Such modifications are implemented by the local governing elites, which consequently build an image of the city that would become known as the Manchester of São Paulo. Therefore, the aim is to analyze and historicize this symbolic construction, connecting it with other representations/ perceptions of the urbe, produced by several groups, segments and social classes in the daily routine, by this means the endeavor is to grasp the various practices, forms of sociability, that occur among different actors in the urban space as a consequence of the modifications that the city goes through during the observed period.

Esta dissertação trata do ensino da globalização, enquanto conteúdo no último ano do Ensino Fundamental. A pesquisa envida nos caminhos de compreensão da globalização no campo teórico, mas enfocada principalmente em sua materialização no lugar de vivência do aluno, expresso no cotidiano e as relações dialéticas aí geradas a fim de oportunizar condições de contexto dessa temática para encaminhamento do tema nas aulas de Geografia. O nascedouro desta proposta ocorreu em função de contradições e paradoxos no comportamento dos alunos em relação à posse e uso de aparelhos tecnológicos de última geração, e também, das dificuldades, enfrentadas por nós professores, no ensino desse conteúdo. Assim, o objetivo da pesquisa está direcionado para a possibilidade de contextualizar o conteúdo da globalização na perspectiva dialética, considerando as variáveis que se lhe constituem, as dimensões: tecnológica, cultural, política, econômica e social, manifestas e imbricadas no cotidiano. Antes, porém é dedicado um espaço de compreensão do jovem e sua condição no contexto da e na globalização, se perfazendo no lugar do vivido, do cotidiano. O jovem, neste início de século, vive em presentes perpétuos, fragmentados pelas imagens, signos e significados; o tempo presente é um momento aparentemente único, descolado de um passado e supostamente sem vínculo com o futuro. A juventude, enquanto condição está equacionada nos moldes da racionalidade econômica e disponibilizada à globalização através dos sentidos orientados para o mercado de consumo neste momento sócio histórico e cultural, quando os signos, produtos e cultura, tomam a forma de mercadoria e delineiam comportamentos que sugerem o imediatismo e a efemeridade. Demonstramos as relações do contexto através das respostas dadas pelos alunos, seja no questionário de perguntas fechadas ou abertas. Para tanto, se fez necessária a compreensão de elementos constitutivos da globalização, no caso, destaca-se a tecnologia e o consumo, este com conotação cultural, em decorrência da ênfase dada às mercadorias-signos, imagens e bens que, em geral, ganham novos significados no processo, assim como a cidadania atrelada aos direitos de consumo a serviço do capitalismo. Tem-se nessa dialética a relação ensino aprendizagem da e na globalização objetivado no desenvolvimento formativo do aluno. Nesse sentido, destacamos as entrevistas com os professores, a fim de apurar como é articulado o conteúdo da globalização, no último ano do Ensino Fundamental, na intenção de evidenciar as dificuldades desses profissionais com relação ao tema para um posicionamento mediante às questões relevantes e propor sugestões. O encaminhamento, por sua vez, se constitui como eixo de sugestões possíveis para compor a articulação do conteúdo da globalização no movimento dialético das dimensões que lhe perfazem, a fim de favorecer o ensino e aprendizagem desse tema tão complexo. Faz-se necessário ainda tornar significativo o conteúdo a partir da realidade vivida por esses jovens e contribuir para um modo de pensar mais consciente e formador do aluno no desenvolvimento da cidadania. / This dissertation deals with the teaching of globalization as course content in the final year of primary level education. The study endeavors to bring to light how globalization is understood at the theoretical level, however, it mainly focuses on how globalization is inserted into the everyday experience of students, how it is expressed in their day-to-day lives and the dialectic processes that arise therein, with the purpose of taking advantage of the contextual conditions of this subject matter and how it is delivered in Geography classes. The concept for this study arose from the contradictions and paradoxes evident in the behavior of students with regards to their possession and use of the latest generation technological devices, and also from the difficulties that we, as teachers, face in teaching this subject. Thus, the aim of this study concerns the possibility of contextualizing the subject of globalization from a dialectic perspective, considering the variables that constitute it: the technological, cultural, political, economic and social dimensions, which overlap each other in everyday life. Beforehand, however, part of the study is dedicated to the comprehension of youths and their position in the context of globalization, and how it is received in their experiences and daily life. At the beginning of this new century, youths are living in the \"perpetual present\", a world fragmented by a plethora of images, signs and meanings; the present time is an apparently unique moment, detached from the past and with supposedly no link to the future. Youth as a condition is laid out in the moulds of economic rationality and is exposed to globalization through senses that are oriented towards the consumer market at this socio-historical and cultural junction, when signs, products and culture take the form of merchandise and delineate a type of behavior defined by immediatism and ephemerality. The students relationships with the context are demonstrated by the replies they gave in questionnaires containing both closed-ended and open-ended questions. Accordingly, comprehension of the formative elements of globalization is necessary, in this case technology and consumption stand out, the latter with a cultural connotation, as a result of the emphasis given to merchandise comprising of signs, images and goods that, in general, take on new meaning in the process, like citizenship linked to the consumption rights at the service of capitalism. This dialectic process is apparent in the relationship between the teaching and learning of globalization, aimed at the formative development of the student. Accordingly, interviews with teachers are emphasized, with the purpose of ascertaining how the subject of globalization is articulated in the final year of primary level education, with the intention of making evident the difficulties that these professionals face with regards to the subject, when they are confronted by relevant issues, and to propose suggestions. In turn, the promotion of this subject is the axis for possible suggestions to compose the articulation of globalization as subject matter in the dialectic movement of the dimensions it takes on, with the purpose of favoring the teaching and learning of this complex subject. Furthermore, it is necessary to make the content relevant from the standpoint of the reality experienced by these youths and to contribute to a more conscious manner of thinking and educating the student in the development of citizenship.

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Assim, analisa essas produções segundo duas formas, comemoração e acontecimento, e investiga a necessidade de celebrar o passado e as formas dessa comemoração experimentadas como história, tradição e memória, três estratégias de narração dos tempos idos. Também observa a participação do passado na elaboração da notícia, uma forma particular de construção de acontecimentos, diferente daquela realizada pela operação historiográfica. Para isso, apresenta uma tipologia dos usos do tempo no cotidiano narrativo de três periódicos com mais de cem anos no espaço social do estado do Rio de Janeiro: Jornal do Commercio, O Fluminense e Jornal do Brasil. Esses usos do tempo revelam algumas funções desempenhadas pelas práticas jornalísticas no cotidiano, sobretudo a de marcar a passagem do tempo, seja fixando-o ou potencializando seu efeito de fluxo. Num passo seguinte, mostra as concepções de história implicadas nessas operações narrativas de natureza jornalística e, numa dimensão mais ampla, investiga os processos de significação do jornalismo a partir de diferentes relações que estabelecemos com o tempo por meio dessa prática social. E, por último, destaca a importância da narratividade jornalística na constituição das múltiplas consciências de história, devido a seu trabalho de sintetizar diariamente portões para outros tempos, sejam passados ou futuros ou mesmo presentes alargados numa territorialidade mais ampla do que aquela vivida presencialmente, e procura abordar o jornalismo como forma particular de interação social, definida por uma experiência temporal específica baseada na periodicidade e na expectativa de novidade, ao mesmo tempo em que em parte a gera. / The journalistic threads with which everyday life is entwined are the narrative articulations that this thesis analyzes. It investigates the temporal identity of journalistic narratives and the value that time plays for such a type of communication, by checking the contributions of journalism to the perception of social time. This research also investigates the notions of time that contribute to its legitimacy, while separating journalistic narrations into the production of past, present and future. The thesis purposes analyze these productions in two ways – as commemorations and as events - and investigates the need to celebrate the past and the ways that this celebration experience takes as history, as tradition and as memory, three different strategies of narratives of bygone days. It also notes the participation of the past in the construction of news, a particular form of producing events, different from that held by the historiographical operation. We present a typology of the uses of time in daily narratives of three newspapers with more than one hundred years in Rio de Janeiro: Jornal do Commercio, O Fluminense and Jornal do Brasil. These uses of time expose some functions performed by journalistic practices in everyday life, especially that of counting the course of time, either fixing it or potentiating its flow effect. Then, this thesis shows the concepts of history involved in these journalistic emplotments and, in a broader approach, investigates the long-term processes of signifying journalism by the different connections we have established over time with this social practice. Finally, we highlight the importance of journalistic narratives to frame multiple consciousness of history, due to their daily work of synthesizing gates to other times, whether to the past or to the future or even to the present as an extended territoriality larger than experiences personally attended. We tend to approach journalism as a particular form of social interaction, defined by a specific experience based on the periodicity and for whom most of its history has been based on the expectation and the generation of novelties.

This thesis is about the every day life of children who suffer from economic hardship. The aim is, from the children's point of view, to create an understanding of the consequences that economic hardship has on their relationships with their parents and other children. A further aim is to gain an understanding of how children act in relation to the families' economic situation and how they experience their every day life and general living conditions. Parents have also been interviewed about the families' general living conditions and the interaction between children and parents in relation to the economic situation. The empirical data has been collected over a period of fourteen months. Fourteen children aged 7-19 years and eight parents in seven families have been interviewed on five occasions. A total of 44 interviews have been conducted. The theoretical foundation of the thesis is childhood sociology, symbolic interactionism and social identity. The conclusions of this thesis can be summarized in two major results. The first is that economic hardship is of importance in the relationship with other children and in the interaction between children and their parents. The children's possibilities of participating together with peers through possessions and activities are affected to a varying extent depending on the circumstances. The relationship with their parents is also affected by children having to take economic responsibility and by children cooperating with them. Economic hardship also causes a strain on the relationship. The second major result is that children are active in forming theirs and their families' every day life in relation to the economic limits. On the basis of their understanding and their definition of the situation they choose different strategies, the aims of which are either to live within the limitations of the situation, so-called reactive strategies, or to change their own situation and sometimes also the situation of their household. These are defined as proactive strategies in the thesis.

Esta dissertação trata do ensino da globalização, enquanto conteúdo no último ano do Ensino Fundamental. A pesquisa envida nos caminhos de compreensão da globalização no campo teórico, mas enfocada principalmente em sua materialização no lugar de vivência do aluno, expresso no cotidiano e as relações dialéticas aí geradas a fim de oportunizar condições de contexto dessa temática para encaminhamento do tema nas aulas de Geografia. O nascedouro desta proposta ocorreu em função de contradições e paradoxos no comportamento dos alunos em relação à posse e uso de aparelhos tecnológicos de última geração, e também, das dificuldades, enfrentadas por nós professores, no ensino desse conteúdo. Assim, o objetivo da pesquisa está direcionado para a possibilidade de contextualizar o conteúdo da globalização na perspectiva dialética, considerando as variáveis que se lhe constituem, as dimensões: tecnológica, cultural, política, econômica e social, manifestas e imbricadas no cotidiano. Antes, porém é dedicado um espaço de compreensão do jovem e sua condição no contexto da e na globalização, se perfazendo no lugar do vivido, do cotidiano. O jovem, neste início de século, vive em presentes perpétuos, fragmentados pelas imagens, signos e significados; o tempo presente é um momento aparentemente único, descolado de um passado e supostamente sem vínculo com o futuro. A juventude, enquanto condição está equacionada nos moldes da racionalidade econômica e disponibilizada à globalização através dos sentidos orientados para o mercado de consumo neste momento sócio histórico e cultural, quando os signos, produtos e cultura, tomam a forma de mercadoria e delineiam comportamentos que sugerem o imediatismo e a efemeridade. Demonstramos as relações do contexto através das respostas dadas pelos alunos, seja no questionário de perguntas fechadas ou abertas. Para tanto, se fez necessária a compreensão de elementos constitutivos da globalização, no caso, destaca-se a tecnologia e o consumo, este com conotação cultural, em decorrência da ênfase dada às mercadorias-signos, imagens e bens que, em geral, ganham novos significados no processo, assim como a cidadania atrelada aos direitos de consumo a serviço do capitalismo. Tem-se nessa dialética a relação ensino aprendizagem da e na globalização objetivado no desenvolvimento formativo do aluno. Nesse sentido, destacamos as entrevistas com os professores, a fim de apurar como é articulado o conteúdo da globalização, no último ano do Ensino Fundamental, na intenção de evidenciar as dificuldades desses profissionais com relação ao tema para um posicionamento mediante às questões relevantes e propor sugestões. O encaminhamento, por sua vez, se constitui como eixo de sugestões possíveis para compor a articulação do conteúdo da globalização no movimento dialético das dimensões que lhe perfazem, a fim de favorecer o ensino e aprendizagem desse tema tão complexo. Faz-se necessário ainda tornar significativo o conteúdo a partir da realidade vivida por esses jovens e contribuir para um modo de pensar mais consciente e formador do aluno no desenvolvimento da cidadania. / This dissertation deals with the teaching of globalization as course content in the final year of primary level education. The study endeavors to bring to light how globalization is understood at the theoretical level, however, it mainly focuses on how globalization is inserted into the everyday experience of students, how it is expressed in their day-to-day lives and the dialectic processes that arise therein, with the purpose of taking advantage of the contextual conditions of this subject matter and how it is delivered in Geography classes. The concept for this study arose from the contradictions and paradoxes evident in the behavior of students with regards to their possession and use of the latest generation technological devices, and also from the difficulties that we, as teachers, face in teaching this subject. Thus, the aim of this study concerns the possibility of contextualizing the subject of globalization from a dialectic perspective, considering the variables that constitute it: the technological, cultural, political, economic and social dimensions, which overlap each other in everyday life. Beforehand, however, part of the study is dedicated to the comprehension of youths and their position in the context of globalization, and how it is received in their experiences and daily life. At the beginning of this new century, youths are living in the \"perpetual present\", a world fragmented by a plethora of images, signs and meanings; the present time is an apparently unique moment, detached from the past and with supposedly no link to the future. Youth as a condition is laid out in the moulds of economic rationality and is exposed to globalization through senses that are oriented towards the consumer market at this socio-historical and cultural junction, when signs, products and culture take the form of merchandise and delineate a type of behavior defined by immediatism and ephemerality. The students relationships with the context are demonstrated by the replies they gave in questionnaires containing both closed-ended and open-ended questions. Accordingly, comprehension of the formative elements of globalization is necessary, in this case technology and consumption stand out, the latter with a cultural connotation, as a result of the emphasis given to merchandise comprising of signs, images and goods that, in general, take on new meaning in the process, like citizenship linked to the consumption rights at the service of capitalism. This dialectic process is apparent in the relationship between the teaching and learning of globalization, aimed at the formative development of the student. Accordingly, interviews with teachers are emphasized, with the purpose of ascertaining how the subject of globalization is articulated in the final year of primary level education, with the intention of making evident the difficulties that these professionals face with regards to the subject, when they are confronted by relevant issues, and to propose suggestions. In turn, the promotion of this subject is the axis for possible suggestions to compose the articulation of globalization as subject matter in the dialectic movement of the dimensions it takes on, with the purpose of favoring the teaching and learning of this complex subject. Furthermore, it is necessary to make the content relevant from the standpoint of the reality experienced by these youths and to contribute to a more conscious manner of thinking and educating the student in the development of citizenship.

Esta pesquisa procura elaborar uma história sociocultural da cidade de Sorocaba, no período compreendido entre a década de 1890, quando ocorre a intensificação da industrialização na cidade, e meados dos anos 1940. Assim, o objeto a ser estudado é a própria cidade de Sorocaba nesse período, o que significa pensar a inserção e especificidade da cidade nos fluxos da modernidade, processo histórico pautado pelas transformações e adensamento das relações capitalistas no país. A partir dessa questão, procuro investigar aspectos do desenvolvimento urbano ocorrido em Sorocaba, pensando a cidade como artefato, a partir do estudo de alguns melhoramentos urbanos fundamentais como a implantação do serviço de água e esgotos e a utilização da eletricidade; e as representações, impressões e percepções elaboradas nesse contexto e que interagem com essas transformações. O que significa procurar apreender a fisionomia da cidade. Tais modificações são implementadas pelas elites dirigentes locais e que, por conta disso, constroem uma representação da cidade que a tornaria conhecida como Manchester Paulista. Portanto, o objetivo é analisar e historicizar tal construção simbólica, interagindo-a com outras representações / percepções da urbe, engendradas por diversos grupos, segmentos e classes sociais no âmbito do cotidiano; procurando, desse modo, apreender as múltiplas práticas, formas de sociabilidade, que vão se tecendo entre os diferentes atores no espaço urbano em decorrência das modificações pelas quais passa a cidade durante o período em tela. / The purpose of this research is to create a social-cultural history about the city of Sorocaba, in the corresponding period between the decade of 1890, when industrialization is intensified in the city, and the first years of the decade of 1940. Therefore the object to be studied is the city of Sorocaba itself during this period; the challenge is also to reflect about the entrance and specificity of the city in the modernity flow, a historical process regulated by the transformation and intensification of the capitalistic relations in the country. Concerning this issue, I intend to investigate aspects of the urban development that took place in Sorocaba, so in order to think of the city as an artifact, it is crucial to study a few fundamental urban improvements, like the introduction of the water and drain system and the use of electricity, and the representations, impressions and perceptions elaborated in this context that interact with these transformations. The idea is to search for and grasp the physiognomy of the city. Such modifications are implemented by the local governing elites, which consequently build an image of the city that would become known as the Manchester of São Paulo. Therefore, the aim is to analyze and historicize this symbolic construction, connecting it with other representations/ perceptions of the urbe, produced by several groups, segments and social classes in the daily routine, by this means the endeavor is to grasp the various practices, forms of sociability, that occur among different actors in the urban space as a consequence of the modifications that the city goes through during the observed period.

O estudo tem como objetivo a discussão sobre a inserção das atividades de lazer no cotidiano dos usuários de serviços de Saúde Mental. A relevância do trabalho é afirmada pela demanda crescente por esse tipo de atividade, cujo acesso é restrito. As questões que se pretende responder têm sua origem em observações realizadas a partir de uma atividade chamada Copa da Inclusão, que reúne serviços da área de Saúde Mental localizados na região metropolitana de São Paulo. Constitui em um encontro de usuários, profissionais, familiares e amigos. A finalidade do evento é promover o acesso a atividades de lazer, cuja escassez ressalta a falta de oportunidade concedida a eles. O aspecto do lazer é um componente essencial na vida dos homens. Possibilita a liberação das obrigações cotidianas. A partir dessas atividades pode ocorrer um rompimento com um modo de viver repetitivo, estereotipado e alienante. Constitui um espaço onde é possível a expressão criativa e transformadora que se reflete em outros aspectos da vida. Investigamos os elementos que compõem e definem a vida cotidiana dos entrevistados. A partir desse contexto verificamos as transformações que essas práticas podem promover em suas vidas. Constatamos a forma como esse tipo de atividade pode constituir um espaço que possibilite ao usuário a compreensão do papel de doente e dos limites impostos por essa condição socialmente construída. Promove a inserção social do usuário ao reconhecer suas capacidades, necessidades e desejos. Três entrevistas foram realizadas com usuários de diferentes serviços de Saúde Mental localizados na cidade de São Paulo. A análise dos dados coletados nas entrevistas é realizada a partir da teoria da Psicologia Social formulada por Enrique Pichon-Rivière. Identificamos núcleos temáticos aos quais nos referimos: a casa, trabalho, o serviço como ponte e a visão da doença. / The study has as objective the discussion about the insertion of the leisure activities in the everyday of the Mental Health services users. The relevance of the work is affirmed by the expanding demand for this kind of activity, wich access is restricted. The presented questions have their origin in observations accomplished by an activity called Copa da Inclusão (Inclusion Cup) that gathers Mental Health services located in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. It constitutes in a meeting of users, professionals, relatives and friends. The purposeof the event is promoting the access to leisure activities wich shortage highlights the lack of oportunities provided to then. The leisure aspect is an essential component in the men´s life. It makes possible the liberation of the everyday obligations. From these activities may occur a breakup of the repetitive, stereotyped and alienated way of living. In this space is possible the creative and transformer expression that reflects in others aspects of life. We investigated the elements that compose and define the everyday life of the interviwed people. From this context we verified the transformations that these practices may promote in the their lives. We find the way that this kind of activity can constitute a space that enable for the user the comprehension of the ill role and the imposed limits by this socially built condition. Promotes the social insertion of the user when recognizes his capacities, necessities and desires. Three enterviews were achieved with users of differents services of Mental Health located in the city of São Paulo. The analysis of the data collected in the interviews is accomplished from the Social Psychology theory formulated by Enrique Pichon-Rivière. We identified thematic nucleuses wich we refer: the house, the work, the health service as a bridge and view of the disease.