Contribuições da psicologia para a análise de desapropriações de comunidades dos espaços urbano e rural cearenses

Abstract

This paper discusses the contributions of Psychology to the analysis of expropriations of poor communities in the urban space of Fortaleza and in rural areas in the countryside of Ceará, understanding these actions as marks of socio-spatial segregation processes. It is a theoretical study, anchored theoretically and methodologically in social and environmental psychologies. To deepen the discussion, results of research developed in the Laboratório de Pesquisa em Psicologia Ambiental (Locus) of the Federal University of Ceará. Among the contributions, it stands out in the ethical-political position of psychology in face of social inequalities, in this work characterized by segregation actions. We concluded the need to analyze the processes of expropriation beyond their physical and legal aspects, understanding how communities and the construction of urban and rural space from symbolic, socio-affective, historical and political symbols that involve social actions.