Silêncios Da Dor: Enfoque Geracional E Agência No Caso Do Desastre Radioativo De Goiânia, Brasil
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https://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.104Keywords:
Agency and Trauma, Radiation Narratives, Traumatic Memories, Social Suffering, Politics of Memory, <br><b>Palabras claves, </b>, Trauma e Agência, Narrativas e Radiação, Memórias Traumáticas, Sofrimento Social, Política da MemóriaAbstract
The text focuses on the Goiânia radiological disaster from the point of view of young people’s narratives, expressed in 2004, about their experiences as children back in 1987. The research draws on observations made in long term fieldwork with these young people as they hid their identities as disaster victims in the public sphere. Hence, in contexts in which the remembrances configure traumatic memory from this disaster and engender the cesium persona, I argue that their silence is a form of agency. I sustain as well that the understanding of the social and emotional impacts of a critical event implies taking into consideration the situation of social vulnerabilities of the people affected, including those which are produced over generations.
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Este texto focaliza o desastre radioativo de Goiânia, Brasil, a partir das narrativas enunciadas, em 2004, por jovens que vivenciaram a catástrofe, em 1987, enquanto crianças. A pesquisa foi motivada pela constatação, através do trabalho de campo realizado ao longo das últimas décadas, que estes jovens ocultavam no cenário público o pertencimento do desastre. Desta forma, em contexto em que as lembranças configuram a memória traumática e instituem uma persona césio, problematizo o silêncio como uma forma de agencia. Argumento também que a compreensão dos impactos sociais e emocionais de um evento crítico demanda uma reflexão sobre as situações de vulnerabilidade social dos grupos envolvidos entre as quais aquelas engendradas pela geração.
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