Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Gisele Gonçalves Melles de. Scrap as the complementary reverse of contemporaneity. Pesqui. prát. psicossociais [online]. 2015, vol.10, n.2, pp. 397-404. ISSN 1809-8908.

The main objective of this article is to discuss the meanings associated to refuse/scrap nowadays, presenting a report about an experience conducted in a university campus, exploring scrap workshop spontaneous creation, as part of an investigation into the meanings assigned to it. We focus on the concept of refuse/scrap - whose meaning is associated with worthless material- and the relationships it maintains, both on the economic level and in terms of social relations, and also as object and scientific research method. We can observe that scrap metal ceases to be just worthless object, to become a means and a path, which enables world readings, interference and escape routes in world developments. We conclude, therefore, that in all its complexity, scrap history (personal and social history), despite being considered worthless as its greatest feature, can provide - considering its lack of meaning - the possibility of reframing, becoming a method in reverse, as a negative, of the contemporary.

Keywords : Scrap; Method; Reframing; Contemporary.

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