A construção da diferença: jovens na cidade e suas relações com o outro

Abstract

The present work discusses the construction of 'otherness' understood as a permanent elaboration of the position of the subject facing the demands of contemporary subjetivation. The notion of difference is evoked in order to deal with the subjective movement, open & unstable, in the construction process of the other & of self. The contemporary city is brought here, through the discursive production of young people, in an intervention-research project, in which about 60 youth in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with ages between 11 & 13, from five different institutions, were invited to talk about their relationships with the other in the city. In this project, named City Workshops, the youth debated about their difficulties in living together with the other & about the conflicts & the strangeness inherent in this relationship. Through the analysis of group narratives, it was possible to establish the most significant figures of 'otherness' such as 'the loner,' 'the poor' & 'the fox,' which, regarded here as 'scales,' determine new productions of meaning in the relationship I- the other in the city. We discussed how these figures of otherness are related to conflicts produced by contemporary demands, such as, individualization & the need to be included in the consumption society. References. Adapted from the source document.