Catástrofe, subjetividad femenina y reconstrucción: Aportes y desafíos desde un enfoque de género para la intervención psicosocial en comunidades afectadas por el terremoto

Abstract

This paper intends contribute, from a gender approach, to the development of psychosocial interventions and understanding of the problematic-that the subjectivity of women- raises the disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27, 2010. From a qualitative methodology was carried out micro-social analysis, which methodological device considered: 1. In-depth interviews with women social leaders of organizations of the regions of Maule and Bio-Bio 2. Review of secondary sources, 3.Opinion of experts on gender issues. The results are placed in discussion with the model proposed by Gaborit (2006) and show the formation of a "female subjectivity's earthquake ", that product of the breakdown of care spaces, reconstruct their subjectivity through community participation, becoming protagonists in the reconstruction of everyday life. Copyright 2010 by Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica.