The youth as seen by the State: significations for young participants of the peace building circles from the perspective of sociohistorical psychology

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20240036

Keywords:

societies, youth, human rights

Abstract

This study grasped the meanings of how the State sees “young” participants in peace building circles, which took place at the Judicial Center for Restorative Justice in Goiânia from January 2021 to March 2022. This is a qualitative research based on the theoretical assumptions of Vygotskian sociohistorical psychology and on the historical-dialectical materialist method. Data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews with four young people living in the metropolitan region of Goiânia who participated in the peace building circles and had been accused of committing infractions or criminal acts. The systematizations and analyzes were processed by meaning cores. From the analysis of the reports, the senses and meanings of how the State sees the interviewed youth were extracted under the aspect of territoriality, gender, social class and skin color: marginal; dangerous; stereotyped; enemies of the state; criminals; unworthy of having rights.

Author Biographies

Eliane Gouveia Martins, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiá

Mestra em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC Goiás), é Doutoranda em Psicologia na PUC Goiás. 

Divino de Jesus da Silva Rodrigues, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás

Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC Goiás) at the School of Social and Health Sciences (Psychology Course and Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Psychology - Line of research: Psychosocial Processes) and at the School of Teacher Training and Humanities (Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Education - Line of research: Education, Society and Culture). Coordinator of the GT: Socio-Historical Psychology and the Brazilian Context of Social Inequality of the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP). Coordinator of the Childhood, Family and Society Research Group (GIFS) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC Goiás). Line of Research: Studies of violence against children, adolescents, young people and women. Member of the Youth and Education Research Group at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC Goiás). Line of Research: Education, Society and Culture and Research Group: Psychology, Society and Education - Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Line of Research: History and Memory of Psychology in Goiás. Member of the Ethics Committee of the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (CEP/PUC Goiás). Advisor to the Dean of Extension and Student Support; Advisor to the Research Committee (COAP) of the Research Coordination/PROPE/PUC Goiás.

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Published

2025-03-31

How to Cite

Martins, E. G., & Rodrigues, D. de J. da S. (2025). The youth as seen by the State: significations for young participants of the peace building circles from the perspective of sociohistorical psychology. Estudos De Psicologia (Natal), 29(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20240036

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 3 (2024): especial

Section

Número Especial "Políticas Públicas e Sociais no Brasil Contemporâneo: perspectivas e atuações desde a Psicologia Socio-Histórica"

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