Representations of droughts emigrants from the northeastern semiarid

Abstract

Climatic changes and their projections of worsening in the Brazilian Northeast increase concerns about the impact in the environment, economy and the lives of communities. Among the most studied social impacts are the temporary or permanent migrations that integrate what is called climatic refugees. The semiarid Northeast is a vast region in the Brazilian territory that suffers with severe conditions caused by the dry climate, with long periods of drought that obligates people to refugee in the largest cities of the seaside to survive. This Brazilian northeasterner, or drought victim, is the most fragile in the social hierarchy and who is most quickly affected by the regular lack of rains in the region. This article analyzes the social representations of northeasterner emigrants based on scientific literature, media and literature, aiming to understand this phenomenon and to contribute to the resilience of communities in a context of worsening of this extreme climatic phenomenon. As a result, it finds various northeasterner emigrant representations, prejudice, drought impacts, social and political drama, relationships of domination, people memory and their needs of organizing public policies.