A partir de três notas, desenvolveu-se neste trabalho a investigação do laço social, ou daquilo que se desvela do laço social, na escuta clínica com sujeitos que moram na rua. O trabalho abordou a contextualização da população em situação de rua articulada ao sistema capitalista. Depois, foi-se diferenciando terminologias e feita à escolha da expressão moradores de rua para apresentar algo no que tange a clínica psicanalítica com esses sujeitos. As notas são modos de grifar, ressaltar, colocar em relevo algo da experiência clínica com esses sujeitos, com todos os adendos, impasses, construções, direções e descobertas envolvidas nessa travessia. A metodologia deste trabalho foi realizada a partir da escuta de cenas e fragmentos clínicos vividos em cotidianos de serviços, tanto do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), como no Sistema Único da Assistência Social (SUAS). Além da revisão da literatura e da análise dessas cenas, optou-se por uma escrita que trouxesse a dimensão da narrativa na construção do trabalho. São três notas que disparam à temática: 1) O testemunho da barbárie; 2) A aposta teimosa no direito de desejar e 3) A vivência da rua articulada à dimensão do inumano. Visou-se o exercício de honestidade na construção de um trabalho que é atravessado por questões complexas: escuta clínica e dimensão política; efeitos da barbárie na experiência analítica/naquele (a) que ocupa a função analítica; exploração da noção de desejo desatrelando-se da vontade individual; exploração do laço social, proposto por Freud e por Lacan e assunção de um laço em que considere o território brasileiro como digno de ser acentuado, já que a escuta se deu num país, chamado Brasil / From three notes, it was developed in this work the investigation of the social bond or what the social bond reveals in clinical listening with subjects who live in the streets. The work approached the contextualization of the street population articulated to the capitalist system. Later, we differentiated terminologies and made a choice of using the expression \"homeless people\" to present something about the psychoanalytic clinic with these subjects. The notes are ways to underline, emphasize and highlight the clinical experience with these subjects, with all addendums, impasses, constructions, directions and discoveries involved in this crossing. The methodology of this work was based on the listening of scenes and clinical fragments lived in daily services, from both United Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS) and United Social Assistance System (Sistema Único da Assistência Social - SUAS). In addition to the literature review and the analysis of the scenes, it was chosen a writing that would bring the narrative dimension in the work construction. There are three notes that permeate the theme: 1) The testimony of barbarism; 2) The insistence on the right to desire; 3) The street life articulated to the inhuman dimension. The aim was to exercise honesty constructing a work that is crossed by complex issues: clinical listening and political dimension; barbarity effects on the analytical experience on that one which occupies the analytic function; exploring the notion of desire unattached to the \"individual will\"; exploring the social bond, proposed by Freud and Lacan; assumption of a bond that considers the Brazilian territory as worthy of being marked, since the listening took place in Brazil

Abstract People who are homeless are portrayed to be a distinct type of ‘homeless person’. Within scholarly research literature, their state of homelessness has been presented as informative of who they are. On both an individual and collective level, people without homes are ascribed with identities on the basis of their homelessness. Their voices and perspectives rarely contribute to broader knowledge about who they are as people. As such, the imposed ‘homeless identity’ has the consequence of positioning them as ‘other’ than the ‘normal’ people with homes. Using an ethnographic approach, this study aims to understand the day-to-day lives and identities of people who are homeless. Approximately one hundred people who slept and interacted within inner suburban Brisbane’s public places participated in this research. To learn about how they lived and who they saw themselves as individuals, I observed them, socialised with them, engaged them in informal conversations and formal interviews. This approach to fieldwork, conducted over a six month period, provided me with the opportunity to witness diverse aspects of daily lives. Further, the ethnographic engagement enabled a consideration of the ways people enacted and displayed different aspects of their identities across different social and physical places. For the individuals who participated in this study, there was a stark distinction between how they lived, on the one hand, and the type of people they identified themselves as, on the other. They were comfortable describing their lives in ways that deviated from what they saw as the ‘mainstream’, but at the same time, they aligned themselves with this ‘mainstream’. Research participants expressed a strong view that their experiences of homelessness did not offer any purchase in explaining who they were, and how they thought about the world. The public places in which they lived were perceived as problematic. Public places were dangerous and the site of unwanted interactions. Although living in public places meant that interactions and friendships with other people who were homeless was a reality, these interactions did not constitute a ‘homeless collective’. More fundamentally, however, living in public places meant having no legitimate places, and having limited capacity to control day-to-day lives. The participants in this research articulated stereotypical notions of what home meant to them – home was a physical structure, a house. Similarly, home was a solution to their lives as homeless. Their constructions of home can also be seen as symbolic of their aspirations to find their ‘place’, and engage in the ‘mainstream’ society they feel disconnected from. While public places were associated with limited control over daily lives, the people in this research also exercised agency in enacting different aspects of their identities. Mediated by the social and physical constraints within their environment, they displayed an awareness of social expectations and emphasised elements of the self to achieve specific ends. Identities matter. An understanding of the identities of people experiencing homelessness, from their perspectives, can contribute toward the development of homelessness practice and policy responses. A distinction is made between solving problems people may have and solving homelessness. In terms of the latter, the thesis concludes that the provision of ‘normal’ housing and the availability of support, as distinct from mandatory engagement with case management, is the most appropriate response to the needs of the people who participated in this research.

Ce mémoire porte sur les processus de catégorisation et les modes de prise en charge des populations sans logement par l’État français à deux époques que sont la fin du XIXème siècle et la fin du XXème siècle (1880-1910 et 1980-2008). Au cours de ces deux périodes charnières, les transformations socio-économiques brouillent les dispositifs traditionnels de prise en charge de populations sans logement et conduisent progressivement l’État à une redéfinition de ces populations sur le plan administratif ainsi qu’à un resserrement sur le plan juridique. L’analyse met en évidence la résistance des discours juridiques et politiques face aux transformations sociales avant d’étudier l’émergence de nouvelles catégories et de nouveaux dispositifs pour appréhender et contrôler ces populations. Les sources utilisées (juridico-politiques et médicales) permettent de nuancer l’analyse dominante proposée jusqu’alors par Castel, qui néglige les sources médicales dans son étude des bouleversements sociaux et de la prise en charge des populations marginalisées aux deux époques. Enfin, le travail de catégorisation des populations marginalisées de la part de l’État s’oppose à une résistance de la part des populations elles-mêmes qui débordent les catégories et les dispositifs mis en œuvre pour les appréhender.

Bakgrund: Hemlöshet är ett ökande problem i världen och beroende på land så hanteras och uppfattas fenomenet på olika sätt. Olika faktorer påverkar huruvida en person hamnar i hemlöshet och dessa kan kategoriseras in i individuella, relationella, institutionella och strukturella faktorer. Hemlösa personer är en utsatt grupp i samhället och hemlösheten påverkar en persons livskvalitet och hälsa. Hemlösa personer uppvisar liknande medicinska tillstånd som den allmänna befolkningen men i större utsträckning och löper större risk att dö i förtid. Hemlösa personer uppsöker oftare akutmottagningar och har längre vårdtid än personer som inte är hemlösa. Syfte: Att beskriva vuxna hemlösa personers upplevelser av sin hälsosituation och kontakt med vården. Metod: En litteraturöversikt genomfördes, där nio stycken vetenskapliga originalstudier granskades. Åtta av dessa hade kvalitativ metod och en hade mixad metod. Dessa hämtades från Cinahl Plus with Full Text och PubMed samt hittades genom manuella sökningar efter att studerat tidigare genomförda litteraturöversikter. Studierna analyserades och data kategoriserades in i olika teman. Resultat: Litteraturöversiktens resultat innehåller följande teman; Bemötande, Påverkan på självbild, Behov av vård och Praktiska hinder för kontakt med vården. Litteraturöversiktens resultat visade att hemlösa personer känner sig stigmatiserade samt illa och annorlunda bemötta i mötet med vårdpersonal. Detta hade negativ påverkan på självbild och identitet samt utgjorde ett hinder för att kontakta vården. Hemlösa personer i denna litteraturöversikt beskrev även förslag på förbättringar för hälso- och sjukvården. Diskussion: Resultatet ställs emot litteraturöversiktens bakgrund och ytterligare forskning samt diskuteras utifrån konsensusbegreppet hälsa och Antonovskys hälsoteori. / Background: Homelessness is an increasing problem in the world and the phenomenon is perceived and managed in different ways depending on country. Various factors can influence whether a person fall into homelessness and these can be categorized into individual, relational, institutional and structural factors. Homeless people are a vulnerable group in the society and homelessness affect a person's quality of life and health. Homeless people have similar medical conditions as the general population but to a greater extent and are at greater risk of dying prematurely. Additionally, homeless people often seek emergency rooms and have a longer hospital stay than people whom are not homeless. Aim: To describe adult homeless persons experiences of their health status and contact with health care. Method: A literature review was conducted, where nine original scientific studies were reviewed. Eight of these used a qualitative method and one used a mixed method. The studies were taken from Cinahl Plus with Full Text, PubMed and through manual searches. The studies were analysed and the data were categorized into different themes. Results: The result in the literature review generated four themes: Response, Impact on self-image, The need for care and Practical obstacles for contact with health services. The result in this literature review shows that homeless people feel stigmatized and are treated different in the meeting with health care professionals. These aspects had a negative impact on self-image and identity as well as being obstacles for contacting health care. Homeless people in this literature review described some suggestions for improvements in health care. Discussions: The result is compared to the background of this literature review and other academical articles. The result is further discussed in relation to the consensus concept of health and Antonovsky´s theory of health.

Abstract People who are homeless are portrayed to be a distinct type of ‘homeless person’. Within scholarly research literature, their state of homelessness has been presented as informative of who they are. On both an individual and collective level, people without homes are ascribed with identities on the basis of their homelessness. Their voices and perspectives rarely contribute to broader knowledge about who they are as people. As such, the imposed ‘homeless identity’ has the consequence of positioning them as ‘other’ than the ‘normal’ people with homes. Using an ethnographic approach, this study aims to understand the day-to-day lives and identities of people who are homeless. Approximately one hundred people who slept and interacted within inner suburban Brisbane’s public places participated in this research. To learn about how they lived and who they saw themselves as individuals, I observed them, socialised with them, engaged them in informal conversations and formal interviews. This approach to fieldwork, conducted over a six month period, provided me with the opportunity to witness diverse aspects of daily lives. Further, the ethnographic engagement enabled a consideration of the ways people enacted and displayed different aspects of their identities across different social and physical places. For the individuals who participated in this study, there was a stark distinction between how they lived, on the one hand, and the type of people they identified themselves as, on the other. They were comfortable describing their lives in ways that deviated from what they saw as the ‘mainstream’, but at the same time, they aligned themselves with this ‘mainstream’. Research participants expressed a strong view that their experiences of homelessness did not offer any purchase in explaining who they were, and how they thought about the world. The public places in which they lived were perceived as problematic. Public places were dangerous and the site of unwanted interactions. Although living in public places meant that interactions and friendships with other people who were homeless was a reality, these interactions did not constitute a ‘homeless collective’. More fundamentally, however, living in public places meant having no legitimate places, and having limited capacity to control day-to-day lives. The participants in this research articulated stereotypical notions of what home meant to them – home was a physical structure, a house. Similarly, home was a solution to their lives as homeless. Their constructions of home can also be seen as symbolic of their aspirations to find their ‘place’, and engage in the ‘mainstream’ society they feel disconnected from. While public places were associated with limited control over daily lives, the people in this research also exercised agency in enacting different aspects of their identities. Mediated by the social and physical constraints within their environment, they displayed an awareness of social expectations and emphasised elements of the self to achieve specific ends. Identities matter. An understanding of the identities of people experiencing homelessness, from their perspectives, can contribute toward the development of homelessness practice and policy responses. A distinction is made between solving problems people may have and solving homelessness. In terms of the latter, the thesis concludes that the provision of ‘normal’ housing and the availability of support, as distinct from mandatory engagement with case management, is the most appropriate response to the needs of the people who participated in this research.

Abstract People who are homeless are portrayed to be a distinct type of ‘homeless person’. Within scholarly research literature, their state of homelessness has been presented as informative of who they are. On both an individual and collective level, people without homes are ascribed with identities on the basis of their homelessness. Their voices and perspectives rarely contribute to broader knowledge about who they are as people. As such, the imposed ‘homeless identity’ has the consequence of positioning them as ‘other’ than the ‘normal’ people with homes. Using an ethnographic approach, this study aims to understand the day-to-day lives and identities of people who are homeless. Approximately one hundred people who slept and interacted within inner suburban Brisbane’s public places participated in this research. To learn about how they lived and who they saw themselves as individuals, I observed them, socialised with them, engaged them in informal conversations and formal interviews. This approach to fieldwork, conducted over a six month period, provided me with the opportunity to witness diverse aspects of daily lives. Further, the ethnographic engagement enabled a consideration of the ways people enacted and displayed different aspects of their identities across different social and physical places. For the individuals who participated in this study, there was a stark distinction between how they lived, on the one hand, and the type of people they identified themselves as, on the other. They were comfortable describing their lives in ways that deviated from what they saw as the ‘mainstream’, but at the same time, they aligned themselves with this ‘mainstream’. Research participants expressed a strong view that their experiences of homelessness did not offer any purchase in explaining who they were, and how they thought about the world. The public places in which they lived were perceived as problematic. Public places were dangerous and the site of unwanted interactions. Although living in public places meant that interactions and friendships with other people who were homeless was a reality, these interactions did not constitute a ‘homeless collective’. More fundamentally, however, living in public places meant having no legitimate places, and having limited capacity to control day-to-day lives. The participants in this research articulated stereotypical notions of what home meant to them – home was a physical structure, a house. Similarly, home was a solution to their lives as homeless. Their constructions of home can also be seen as symbolic of their aspirations to find their ‘place’, and engage in the ‘mainstream’ society they feel disconnected from. While public places were associated with limited control over daily lives, the people in this research also exercised agency in enacting different aspects of their identities. Mediated by the social and physical constraints within their environment, they displayed an awareness of social expectations and emphasised elements of the self to achieve specific ends. Identities matter. An understanding of the identities of people experiencing homelessness, from their perspectives, can contribute toward the development of homelessness practice and policy responses. A distinction is made between solving problems people may have and solving homelessness. In terms of the latter, the thesis concludes that the provision of ‘normal’ housing and the availability of support, as distinct from mandatory engagement with case management, is the most appropriate response to the needs of the people who participated in this research.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar as representações sociais sobre população de rua existentes no jornal Boca de Rua, veículo de comunicação comunitária produzido por moradores de rua da cidade de Porto Alegre desde o ano 2000. Para que fosse possível uma compreensão mais ampla das representações construídas pelos integrantes do projeto comunicacional, foram analisadas as matérias principais de oito edições do jornal, publicadas entre 2000 e 2009, bem como as representações sociais elaboradas nos discursos individuais de quatro integrantes entrevistados. Como referencial teórico, adotou-se a teoria das representações sociais, proposta pelo psicólogo social Serge Moscovici. A reflexão sobre a situação dos moradores de rua foi baseada principalmente nas ideias de exclusão, conforme pensada por Bader Sawaia, dessemelhança, proposta por Marcel Bursztyn e Cristovam Buarque, redundância, de acordo com Zygmunt Bauman, e estigma, concebida por Erving Goffman. A análise dos jornais selecionados foi realizada a partir da análise de conteúdo seguida por Laurence Bardin, de modo que os trechos dos textos foram enquadrados em três grandes categorias previamente determinadas: pontos de vista e relacionamentos, vida nas ruas e meios de comunicação. Às representações percebidas nos textos foram somadas as idéias sobre população de rua identificadas nas entrevistas. Através deste estudo, pôde-se perceber que, ao encontrarem espaço para participação na produção de um veículo de comunicação, os moradores de rua buscam apresentar suas opiniões e reivindicações, tornando clara a noção de que a vida nas ruas consiste em dificuldades de sobrevivência física, devido à fome, ao frio e às doenças, e também em dificuldades de relacionamento com o restante da população. Ao mesmo tempo em que apontam seus problemas, procuram se afirmar como seres humanos e cidadãos com capacidade de organização e convivência com os outros grupos sociais. É notável, ainda, que os meios de comunicação em geral são pouco tematizados nas reflexões encontradas nas matérias e nas falas dos integrantes. Salienta-se, por fim, que as representações dos moradores de rua como pessoas sem oportunidade de trabalho e como usuários de drogas recebem significativo espaço na análise, estando presentes em mais de uma das categorias utilizadas. / This work aims to identify the homeless population social representations at Boca de Rua newspaper, a communitarian communication vehicle written by homeless people from Porto Alegre since 2000. For allowing a wider understanding of the representations constructed by the communicational project participants, we analyzed eight newspaper editions main subjects, published between the years 2000 and 2009, as well as the social representations elaborated by four interviewed participants on their individual speeches. The social representation theory proposed by the social psychologist Serge Moscovici was adopted as theoretical referential. The reflection about homeless population situation was based mainly on the ideas of exclusion, as thought by Bader Sawaia, unsimilarity, proposed by Marcel Bursztyn and Cristovam Buarque, redundancy, accordingly Zygmunt Bauman, and stigma, conceived by Erving Goffman. The selected newspapers analyses was accomplished based on the content analyses followed by Laurence Bardin, classifying the texts extracts in three large categories previously determined: viewpoints and relationships, life in the streets and communication media. The representations perceived in the texts were added to the homeless population ideas identified in the interviews. Throughout this study, it was possible to comprehend that the homeless population, when being able of participating of a communication vehicle production, attempt to present their opinions and solicitations. It clarifies the notion that life in the streets consists of physical survival difficulties, due to hunger, cold and diseases, and also due to relationship difficulties with the rest of the population. Simultaneously they point their problems, they aim to affirm themselves as human beings and citizens with skills of organization and acquaintance with other social groups. It is notable, moreover, that general communication media is infrequently mentioned in the reflections found in the analyzed newspapers subjects and participants speeches. Finally, it is pointed out that the homeless population representations as people without job opportunities and as drug users have a significant space in the analyses, being present in more than one of the utilized categories.

A presente dissertação se refere a interação com moradores de rua em busca da presença da potência criadora, segundo o conceito nietzschiano de Grande Saúde. Para tal empresa, nos valemos dos recursos de pensamento da cartografia, nos termos de Gilles Deleuze e Félix Guattari, e da intuição, nos termos de Henri Bergson. O objetivo foi compreender os processos, forças e potências que compõem o existir na rua. O plano de inscrição e encontro com essas existências foi o jornal Boca de Rua, único periódico do mundo feito totalmente por moradores de rua. Durante todo trabalho utilizamos excertos de edições do jornal Boca de Rua, além disso, foi parte constituinte desta pesquisa a criação conjunta com moradores de rua de produção audiovisual, o vídeo Ir Vir Permanecer. Para constituir um plano de perspectiva desde o qual contatássemos as existências da rua, consideramos a noção de processos de subjetivação em Guattari e Rolnik, assim como, para construir o plano de consistência da pesquisa, valemo-nos do conceito de vida nua no trabalho de Giorgio Agamben. Da escola cínica retomamos o conceito de parresía para ajudar-nos a compreender a emissão de discursos e a colocação de si a partir da rua em sua potência política, tal como é operacionalizada pelo jornal Boca de Rua. Ao final do trabalho chegamos, de maneira experienciada, ao conceito de Grande Saúde em Nietzsche, sua constitutiva Vontade de Potência, e ao problema da afecção em Spinoza como fiadores de encontro com essas vidas. Concluímos apontando para processos que prescindem da moral e se afastam da constituição de sujeitos pela ordem da falta ou da exclusão social e ensejam perspectivas outras que possam não só compreender, mas agenciar novos modos de encontrar (com) a vida, seja sob algum teto seja à céu aberto. / This dissertation refers to the interaction with the homeless searching for the presence of creative power, according to the Nietzschean concept of Great Health. To achieve this, we make use of the thinking resources of cartography in terms of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, and intuition under Henri Bergson. The enrollment plan and encounter with these existences was Boca de Rua (Mouth of the Street) journal, the only newspaper in the world made entirely by homeless people. Throughout our research we used editions excerpts from Boca de Rua journal as it was a constituent part of this work the joint creation with homeless people of the video Ir Vir Permanecer (Go Come Stay). To provide a perspective plan from which we could contact street existences we considered the notion of subjective processes in Guattari and Rolnik, as well as to build the consistency plane of this research we make use of the concept of bare life in the work Giorgio Agamben. In the Cynic school we retake the concept of parresia to help us to understand the emission of speeches and the placement of itself from the street in its political power, as operationalized by Boca de Rua journal. At the end of the work we reached in an experienced manner to the study of the concept of Great Health in Nietzsche, its constitutive Will to Power and the problem of affection in Spinoza as guarantors of the meeting with these lives. We conclude pointing toward processes which ignore the moral and depart from the constitution of subjects in lack or social exclusion orders and give rise to other perspectives that can not only understand, but tout new ways of meeting (with) life: either under a roof or under an outspread sky.

Este trabalho pesquisa as relações existentes entre a escola e a cidade a partir de estudo de caso na Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Porto Alegre (EPA). Como uma instituição que atende jovens em situação de rua, a EPA vem buscando construir seu currículo dialogando os saberes escolares com os saberes urbanos. A metodologia é construída através de movimentos que intencionam relacionar dinamicamente as concepções pedagógicas dos educadores da Escola com as realidades sociais e perspectivas dos jovens estudantes, fazendo uso de questionários e grupos focais como instrumentos de pesquisa. Parte-se da ideia de que não há um saber hegemônico, mas que é na relação entre os saberes vividos dos estudantes e aqueles desenvolvidos na Escola que há o aprendizado. Assim, o espaço ganha sentido pedagógico na aprendizagem e as relações com os espaços influenciam diretamente na construção dos saberes. Mais do que uma relação espacial, os jovens mantém uma relação lugarizada com o conhecimento, na medida em que os saberes que constroem na sua relação com a escola e com a cidade estão diretamente vinculados às experiências que provocam sentido em suas aprendizagens. Com uma imagem nítida de que existem diferenças entre o espaço da escola e os espaços da cidade, os jovens se colocaram para discutir suas condições de estudantes a partir das identidades espaciais que constroem por onde circulam e que, segundo indicou a pesquisa, são lugares estigmatizados como os próprios jovens. Assim, entende-se que a rua é um lugar onde os jovens estabelecem profundas relações ao mesmo tempo em que aponta a necessidade de construir uma pedagogia do espaço. / This work is a research about the relationships between the school and the city from a study that took place in the Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Porto Alegre (EPA). As an institution that serves young homeless people, EPA develops on it`s curriculum balancing the school and the street knowledge. The approach is developed aiming to dynamically relate the pedagogical concepts of the school teachers with the social reality and point of view of the young students, through surveys and focusing groups as research instruments. Starting from the idea that there is no hegemonic knowledge, but rather from the relationships between the knowledge acquired in life and those from the school that learning actually happens. This way, the space gets a pedagogical meaning in learning and the relations with the spaces directly impact the built of knowledge. More than just a space, the young men and women keep a spaced relation with the knowledge, as the knowledges they build in their relationship with the school and with the city are directly connected with the experiences that provoke sense in their learning. With a clear sense that there are differences between the school and the city, the students allowed themselves to discuss their own condition as students through the spacial identities they build where they roam that, as the research showed, are places stigmatized just like themselves. Thus, it`s understood that the street is a place where the young men establish deep relationships at the same time it points to the need of developing a pedagogy of the space.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar as representações sociais sobre população de rua existentes no jornal Boca de Rua, veículo de comunicação comunitária produzido por moradores de rua da cidade de Porto Alegre desde o ano 2000. Para que fosse possível uma compreensão mais ampla das representações construídas pelos integrantes do projeto comunicacional, foram analisadas as matérias principais de oito edições do jornal, publicadas entre 2000 e 2009, bem como as representações sociais elaboradas nos discursos individuais de quatro integrantes entrevistados. Como referencial teórico, adotou-se a teoria das representações sociais, proposta pelo psicólogo social Serge Moscovici. A reflexão sobre a situação dos moradores de rua foi baseada principalmente nas ideias de exclusão, conforme pensada por Bader Sawaia, dessemelhança, proposta por Marcel Bursztyn e Cristovam Buarque, redundância, de acordo com Zygmunt Bauman, e estigma, concebida por Erving Goffman. A análise dos jornais selecionados foi realizada a partir da análise de conteúdo seguida por Laurence Bardin, de modo que os trechos dos textos foram enquadrados em três grandes categorias previamente determinadas: pontos de vista e relacionamentos, vida nas ruas e meios de comunicação. Às representações percebidas nos textos foram somadas as idéias sobre população de rua identificadas nas entrevistas. Através deste estudo, pôde-se perceber que, ao encontrarem espaço para participação na produção de um veículo de comunicação, os moradores de rua buscam apresentar suas opiniões e reivindicações, tornando clara a noção de que a vida nas ruas consiste em dificuldades de sobrevivência física, devido à fome, ao frio e às doenças, e também em dificuldades de relacionamento com o restante da população. Ao mesmo tempo em que apontam seus problemas, procuram se afirmar como seres humanos e cidadãos com capacidade de organização e convivência com os outros grupos sociais. É notável, ainda, que os meios de comunicação em geral são pouco tematizados nas reflexões encontradas nas matérias e nas falas dos integrantes. Salienta-se, por fim, que as representações dos moradores de rua como pessoas sem oportunidade de trabalho e como usuários de drogas recebem significativo espaço na análise, estando presentes em mais de uma das categorias utilizadas. / This work aims to identify the homeless population social representations at Boca de Rua newspaper, a communitarian communication vehicle written by homeless people from Porto Alegre since 2000. For allowing a wider understanding of the representations constructed by the communicational project participants, we analyzed eight newspaper editions main subjects, published between the years 2000 and 2009, as well as the social representations elaborated by four interviewed participants on their individual speeches. The social representation theory proposed by the social psychologist Serge Moscovici was adopted as theoretical referential. The reflection about homeless population situation was based mainly on the ideas of exclusion, as thought by Bader Sawaia, unsimilarity, proposed by Marcel Bursztyn and Cristovam Buarque, redundancy, accordingly Zygmunt Bauman, and stigma, conceived by Erving Goffman. The selected newspapers analyses was accomplished based on the content analyses followed by Laurence Bardin, classifying the texts extracts in three large categories previously determined: viewpoints and relationships, life in the streets and communication media. The representations perceived in the texts were added to the homeless population ideas identified in the interviews. Throughout this study, it was possible to comprehend that the homeless population, when being able of participating of a communication vehicle production, attempt to present their opinions and solicitations. It clarifies the notion that life in the streets consists of physical survival difficulties, due to hunger, cold and diseases, and also due to relationship difficulties with the rest of the population. Simultaneously they point their problems, they aim to affirm themselves as human beings and citizens with skills of organization and acquaintance with other social groups. It is notable, moreover, that general communication media is infrequently mentioned in the reflections found in the analyzed newspapers subjects and participants speeches. Finally, it is pointed out that the homeless population representations as people without job opportunities and as drug users have a significant space in the analyses, being present in more than one of the utilized categories.