The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos Basin

The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos Basin

<em>This paper discusses a symbolic domination exerted by employees of Petrobras over outsourced workers aboard the Offshore Oil and Gas Production Units in the Campos Basin. This phenomenon is expected to the legitimized through consensus around an ideology constructed and reproduced by the c...

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Main Author: Rodinele Ribeiro de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Essentia Editora IFFluminense 2014-01-01
Series:Vértices
Subjects:
Offshore work. Petrobras. Campos Basin. Outsourcing. Identities.
Online Access:http://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/2894
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spelling doaj-89089232ce7e4270988ad3a9baa6917a2021-02-02T00:11:15ZengEssentia Editora IFFluminenseVértices1415-28431809-26672014-01-0115318120210.5935/1809-2667.201300374339The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos BasinRodinele Ribeiro de Sousa0Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro<em>This paper discusses a symbolic domination exerted by employees of Petrobras over outsourced workers aboard the Offshore Oil and Gas Production Units in the Campos Basin. This phenomenon is expected to the legitimized through consensus around an ideology constructed and reproduced by the corporate discourse of Petrobras. While rooted in the historical difficulties faced to effectively make the Campos Basin a locus of symbolic affirmation of the company, such an ideology – characterized as "triumphalist" – is what nurtures the aspirations of many workers to join the "offshore world" and, by doing so, reinforces it.</em>http://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/2894Offshore work. Petrobras. Campos Basin. Outsourcing. Identities.
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The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos Basin
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Offshore work. Petrobras. Campos Basin. Outsourcing. Identities.
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title The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos Basin
title_short The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos Basin
title_full The "offshore world" as a field: domination and work on board the rigs in the Campos Basin
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publishDate 2014-01-01
description <em>This paper discusses a symbolic domination exerted by employees of Petrobras over outsourced workers aboard the Offshore Oil and Gas Production Units in the Campos Basin. This phenomenon is expected to the legitimized through consensus around an ideology constructed and reproduced by the corporate discourse of Petrobras. While rooted in the historical difficulties faced to effectively make the Campos Basin a locus of symbolic affirmation of the company, such an ideology – characterized as "triumphalist" – is what nurtures the aspirations of many workers to join the "offshore world" and, by doing so, reinforces it.</em>
topic Offshore work. Petrobras. Campos Basin. Outsourcing. Identities.
url http://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/2894
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