Etnografia com crianças e adolescentes que fazem frete com carro de mão na feira-livre de Rio Tinto

Abstract

This monograph aims to analyze the work experience between children and adolescents in the free trade fair of the county of Rio Tinto, located in Paraíba, Brazil. The Public Market, located in the center of the county, is a space given by the city hall to hold the fair, which takes place every Saturday. There are many kids who hold tradeshows at tradeshows, they are called fretarts by marketers and customers. These groups of boys were the mainfocus of this research. Through ethnographic methodology, with participant observation, notes in field journals, interviews with fretistas, mothers of fretistas, clients, local merchants and merchants, along with the use of the camera, it was possible to seek an anthropological approach to the theme. In this context, we discussed the discussion on child labor for adults, children and adolescents, a discussion that was very complex in the understanding of each of the social actors involved, given the legislation in force. Transporting the fair between the children also allows for numerous meetings and conversations between freight groups and customers, which often arise due to the familiarity and / or neighborhood of the bonds of the community where they reside. At that moment, the research revealed sociability dynamics that refer to a complex network in which, in addition to the young people, families, merchants, clients, authorities and local institutions contribute to the organization of the work of these young people and to the resolution of problems. the conflicts arising from his presence at the fair. The research also showed the ambiguity of the situations experienced by these boys during their stay at the fair, in the limits between work and leisure. Good humor and jokes expressed in their behaviors appear as a counterpoint to working conditions, in which they carry weights, often under a scorching sun. This work of course completion aims, finally, to approach the knowledge of the more specific areas of the anthropology of the child, urban anthropology and visual anthropology. In this sense, the assembly of an ethnographic video accompanied the elaboration of this monograph, as part corresponding to one of the chapters.