Sociabilidade e memória: as formas de interação de aposentados no calçadão da Rua Halfeld em Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This research sought to examine the forms of sociability, such as the gambling and conversation, developed by retirees who frequent the Halfeld St. boardwalk in Juiz de Fora -MG, on the ideia of George Simmel's sociability concept. As well as to understand if there is, through these social networks, the creation of that notion of belonging that allows them to establish themselves as groups which, in turn, sustain private memories, using the Maurice Halbwachs's notion of collective memory of space as tab. The chosen method for the ethnography's production was the participant's observation coupled with elements of visual anthropology, such as video and photographs. It was understood that there are rules of coexistence and own recollections groups, endowed with private values and forms. It was also understood that the conversation and gambling creates a symbolic link between the participants and the boardwalk, experienced in everyday life.