Experiences in territory: Vulnerability and health problems in peri-urban neighborhoods of paraná (entre ríos-Argentina)

Abstract

In the following article we investigate health/ illness problems from the experience of subjects who live in peri-urban neighborhoods in Paraná city (Entre Ríos, Argentina). Based on a collaborative ethnography during the years 2017-2018 – which included in-depth interviews, audiovisual recordings and action-research with residents of peri-urban neighborhoods of Paraná city, visits to Health Centers, interviews with professionals and administrative staff, as well as with some Organizations that work in health promotion and prevention of illnesses and/or grievances– the processes of social determination of health-illness-death in vulnerable territories are investigated. Based on a reconstruction, we fundamentally delve into the consequences and dynamics that the existence of an open-air dump embodies in the lives of those who inhabit the territory, which is the epicenter for addressing various sanitary situations. Deepening in the determinations involves a journey through socio-historical, political and cultural situations of this territory that make an impression on the corporalities and in the ways of understanding the processes of health / illness and experiencing them.