“Aqui a gente faz tudo que o Estado não faz: um estudo psicossocial sobre formas de resistências ao necrocapitalismo no Jardim Paraná

Abstract

This is a participatory research of ethnographic inspiration, supported by the theoretical framework of Critical Social Psychology. Its main objective was to understand forms of resistance to the policy of death characteristic of neoliberal capitalism present in the daily lives of workers at Instituto Caminho da Paz, an NGO located in Jardim Paraná, São Paulo. To do so, first, the author carried out an extensive literature review on Necropolitics, Necrocapitalism, racism and modes of resistance. It also collected data about the context of the pandemic and food insecurity in Brazil today. The empirical material was collected during eight months of fieldwork in the territory, recorded in the Field Diary and Photo Album. Photographic records were used as a resource capable of reaching field phenomena that pass through the unspoken. Subsequently, the material was organized and analyzed through the discussion of three cases: "Case 1: Community Kitchen", "Case 2: Income Generation" and "Case 3: Community Garden". As transversal aspects to all cases, we characterize: “The community focused on the common good”, “Solidarity practices” and “Humour.” Thus, the research characterized the psychosocial, material and symbolic conditions, which help to understand how the collective production of resistance can be produced in the current context, based on the experience lived in the field