Cardboard Houses: What is the street for those who live on it?
homeless; life stories; cities; human rights; citizenship
The research seeks to explore the socio-historical phenomenon of homelessness, which refers, mainly in large urban centers, to a reality relegated to the marginality of everyday life, evidencing deep social and economic asymmetries that suppress rights, identities and the discourses of an entire population. Thus, from the experiences built in the field, dialoguing with the life stories of four people who live on the street, in Rio de Janeiro, in the Flamengo neighborhood, we seek to understand what the street is for those who live in it, the implications of living in these controlled spaces, in addition to the vision of the people who make up this population, on fundamental aspects of their lives.