Investigar o fenómeno dos sem‑abrigo. Em defesa de uma política ontológica declarada e preocupada

Quantification and pathological individualization are the two dominant trends within homelessness research. In acquiring near-exclusive status in this research, they constitute a regime of truth and produce a series of unsustainable negations: they deny that they produce the realities which they stu...

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Main Author:	João Aldeia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2012-06-01
Series:	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
Subjects:	homelessness ontological politics power regime of truth research methodology
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/4964

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title	Investigar o fenómeno dos sem‑abrigo. Em defesa de uma política ontológica declarada e preocupada
title_short	Investigar o fenómeno dos sem‑abrigo. Em defesa de uma política ontológica declarada e preocupada
title_full	Investigar o fenómeno dos sem‑abrigo. Em defesa de uma política ontológica declarada e preocupada
title_fullStr	Investigar o fenómeno dos sem‑abrigo. Em defesa de uma política ontológica declarada e preocupada
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publisher	Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
series	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
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publishDate	2012-06-01
description	Quantification and pathological individualization are the two dominant trends within homelessness research. In acquiring near-exclusive status in this research, they constitute a regime of truth and produce a series of unsustainable negations: they deny that they produce the realities which they study, they deny that other realities may be produced, they delegitimize any alternative methodological perspectives, and render power relationships and domination invisible, thus obscuring the injustice of life on the streets. As an alternative to this regime of truth, this article argues for the mobilization of a declared ontological politics that is concerned with the welfare and dignity of homeless people.
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Investigar o fenómeno dos sem‑abrigo. Em defesa de uma política ontológica declarada e preocupada

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