Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage

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Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Carlos Antonio de Souza
Data de Publicação: 2010
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online)
Texto Completo: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/1809-2667.20090009
Resumo: The purpose of the article is to discuss the identity of the garbage collector in the present time, and analyze what led this person to engage in such activity. Thus, we carried out an essentially qualitative methodology (based on field observations and interviews with 10 collectors) that could provide the knowledge concerning their life story and garbage collection. Results indicate that these workers are mostly men, with low level of education, age group between 40 and 81 years, with former devaluated and depreciated occupations and no informal economic activities. In this in case, one cannot ignore the inherent factors to the activity: low wages, precarious working conditions, and factors generated from it (health problems, competition, solidarity, prejudice, discrimination) that mark the itineraries that these actors of the garbage collection explore.
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spelling Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbageCatadores da sobrevivência: a “matéria viva” no cenário do lixoGarbage collectorsGarbageLife reportsCatadores de lixoLixoRelatos de vidaThe purpose of the article is to discuss the identity of the garbage collector in the present time, and analyze what led this person to engage in such activity. Thus, we carried out an essentially qualitative methodology (based on field observations and interviews with 10 collectors) that could provide the knowledge concerning their life story and garbage collection. Results indicate that these workers are mostly men, with low level of education, age group between 40 and 81 years, with former devaluated and depreciated occupations and no informal economic activities. In this in case, one cannot ignore the inherent factors to the activity: low wages, precarious working conditions, and factors generated from it (health problems, competition, solidarity, prejudice, discrimination) that mark the itineraries that these actors of the garbage collection explore.Este artigo objetiva identificar quem é o catador de lixo na atualidade, além de analisar o que o levou a desempenhar esta atividade. Para tanto, realizamos pesquisa bibliográfica e de campo que possibilitaram compreender a trajetória de vida dos catadores relacionada ao trabalho com o lixo. Os resultados indicam que eles são, sobretudo, homens, com baixo nível de escolaridade, mais de 40 anos, possuindo um histórico em que suas ocupações são desvalorizadas e subalternizadas. Neste caso, nossas análises consideraram os fatores inerentes à atividade do lixo: baixos rendimentos, precárias condições de trabalho... E os gerados a partir dela: concorrência, solidariedade, estigmas.Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense2010-05-13info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/1809-2667.2009000910.5935/1809-2667.20090009Revista Vértices; Vol. 11 No. 1/3 (2009); 109-124Revista Vértices; Vol. 11 Núm. 1/3 (2009); 109-124Revista Vértices; v. 11 n. 1/3 (2009); 109-1241809-26671415-2843reponame:Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online)instname:Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Campos dos Goytacazesinstacron:IFFluminenseporhttps://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/1809-2667.20090009/12Moraes, Carlos Antonio de Souzainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-01-27T08:57:48Zoai:ojs.editoraessentia.iff.edu.br:article/19Revistahttps://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/PUBhttps://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/oaiessentia@iff.edu.br1809-26671415-2843opendoar:2022-01-27T08:57:48Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online) - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Campos dos Goytacazesfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
Catadores da sobrevivência: a “matéria viva” no cenário do lixo
title Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
spellingShingle Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
Moraes, Carlos Antonio de Souza
Garbage collectors
Garbage
Life reports
Catadores de lixo
Lixo
Relatos de vida
title_short Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
title_full Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
title_fullStr Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
title_full_unstemmed Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
title_sort Collectors of survival: the “living material” in the scene of garbage
author Moraes, Carlos Antonio de Souza
author_facet Moraes, Carlos Antonio de Souza
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Moraes, Carlos Antonio de Souza
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Garbage collectors
Garbage
Life reports
Catadores de lixo
Lixo
Relatos de vida
topic Garbage collectors
Garbage
Life reports
Catadores de lixo
Lixo
Relatos de vida
description The purpose of the article is to discuss the identity of the garbage collector in the present time, and analyze what led this person to engage in such activity. Thus, we carried out an essentially qualitative methodology (based on field observations and interviews with 10 collectors) that could provide the knowledge concerning their life story and garbage collection. Results indicate that these workers are mostly men, with low level of education, age group between 40 and 81 years, with former devaluated and depreciated occupations and no informal economic activities. In this in case, one cannot ignore the inherent factors to the activity: low wages, precarious working conditions, and factors generated from it (health problems, competition, solidarity, prejudice, discrimination) that mark the itineraries that these actors of the garbage collection explore.
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