Da dor ao dom: memória e trajetória do ser transplantado

Abstract

This article focuses on the topic of organ transplantation and, more specifically, on the life of recipients after transplantation. The objective is to understand changes in the modes of subjec tivity and sociability, considering that, although the incorporation of practical-cognitive elements arising from biomedicine is a key element of the analysis, its apprehension must be carried out from biographically determined situations. Therefore, based on ethnographic data produced in field research, the article presents and analyzes the trajectories of two transplant recipients, highlighting changes in lifestyle, worldview and social relations associated with organ transplantation. At the end, the article proposes a critical evaluation of the concept of biossociability.