Abstract

QUERINO, Rosimár Alves; CARRASCO, Amanda Suellen Costa  and  ARAGAO, Ailton de Souza. Adolescent on the threshold: Perceptions of adolescents of the ProJovem collective on used territory and enforcing rights. Aletheia [online]. 2019, vol.52, n.1, pp. 66-84. ISSN 1413-0394.

The objective of this study is to understand the perception of adolescents of ProJovem Collective about the territory used and effectiveness of rights. This is an exploratory research with a qualitative methodology developed with eight adolescents from the Minas Gerais’ municipality. The data construction occurred with the focus group technique and the Photo Voice methodology. The thematic content analysis guided the data’s treatment. The qualitative methodology permitted the adolescents to be involved in the reflection on the vulnerabilities present in the territory. The study allowed the apprehension of diverse perceptions about the used territory and the ways how, on the threshold between vulnerabilities, violence and rights, the adolescents produce sociabilities and elaborate their life projects. The results evinced that the adolescents’ health promotion requires the overcoming of prejudices and the creation of spaces for listening and empowerment of the subjects, fundamental to the reformulation of social policies and programs.

Keywords : used territory; vulnerabilities; empowerment; teenagers.

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