Pandemia da covid-19, orfandades e políticas públicas no consórcio nordeste : uma análise a partir da antropologia

Abstract

This research proposes a theoretical-conceptual anthropological analysis of the social phenomenon of orphanhood caused by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, as well as the legal wording of public policies for the social protection of children and adolescents orphaned by covid-19 in the Northeast region of Brazil, focusing on the Consórcio Nordeste. In this sense, anthropological analytical tools are mobilized that contribute to critical reflection and analysis of parental and family transformations related to the condition of orphanhood by covid-19. In addition, the legislative frameworks of the social assistance programmes studied are compared and problematized in anthropological terms, paying attention to the state's mobilization of notions classically addressed by anthropology, such as age, family and kinship. Based on this, the social situation of orphanhood is conceptualized and characterized, and the social policies of northeastern states aimed at covid orphans are described and analyzed as discourses that guide government action.