“Nós somos completamente outros”: uma análise da ocupação urbana Fidel Castro em Uberlândia - MG

Abstract

The present study is a result of the Master's research of the Post-Graduation Program in Social Service of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (PPGSS / UFJF), whose objective was to analyze how participation in the Fidel Castro occupation, in the city of Uberlândia - MG , of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem-Teto - MTST contributed to the process of forming a critical and reflective consciousness of reality. We sought to understand the vision of the subjects before and after joining the movement, thus identifying possible transformations in perception and analysis about reality, the world and itself. To construct this study, we opted for a theoretical-methodological basis that seeks to understand the totality of relations, historical and dialectical materialism. In this way, this is a qualitative research that aims at understanding the perception of the subjects inserted in a specific territory that is the occupation of the MTST. To reach the objectives proposed in this work, we began a survey of studies related to the MTST, as well as authors and productions related to the theme of the formation of the articulated consciousness to the process of production and reproduction of the capital system. With the accomplishment of the field research we try to verify in the subjects' daily life, as it happens this process of formation of the critical conscience. To do so, we used a case study of the Fidel Castro occupation. In this sense, we organized this dissertation in the following way: in the first chapter we present reflections on the process of reproduction of capital and how this process implies a specific form of space production, addressing the housing issue and the forms of struggle and resistance of the subject to guarantee this right, with focus for MTST action. In the second chapter, we briefly present the debate on social movements, analyzing how the MTST fits into this discussion. We also approach some categories and elements that were guiding for the understanding of the process of formation of the consciousness as: class, class struggle, alienation, consciousness "in itself" and "for itself", political and human emancipation. Finally, in the third chapter we present the data and analyzes collected during the field research, making articulation with the debate already presented. The final results of this study enabled us to understand that participation in an occupation of the MTST contributed to the process of forming a critical awareness of the subjects, mainly regarding the dimension and notion of rights and the need to organize and fight for their defense . Admittedly, this discussion can not be exhausted. On the contrary, the path taken for the development of research has brought new questions and questions that need investigation.