The street and social representations for the population of street of Manaus

Abstract

The work presents some meanings of the street from the point of view of the population that makes it their home, dealing with the different meanings it assumes for the subjects. Social representations result from information and collective actions carried out by small groups, and they reflect on defined attitudes. The research was carried out during the second wave of covid-19 with people who live on the streets in Manaus through conversation circles and artistic expression activities. As a result, it was possible to observe how the meaning of street follows a negative result in terms of health, food, housing, safety, comfort and sociability, with crime, fear and the lack of adequate food being the factors most correlated to the definition of what it's life on the street. The representation of the street is sometimes painful and sometimes a place of affection, the way the street is characterized in its complexity.