Juventude e afetividade: tecendo projetos de vida

Abstract

This research has searched the understanding of important aspects the affectivity of young from two distinct realities: the young people of an rural area in the countryside of Ceará state (Brazil´s Northeast) and the young people of urban area in Fortaleza, capital of Ceará. . We related the affectivity (feelings and emotions) of the young people for the place where they live with the project of life of these citizens. We used an historical and cultural perspective, that emphasizes the dialectic t he search of the overcoming of the dichotomy, such as affectivity/rationality, subjective/objective. The research has investigated the question of the Project of Life of young individuals, adopting an objective reality lived by the individuals, and also a subjective dimension of historical men . The research had as objective to analyze the projects of life of young individuals of both Cruz (CE), a rural town, and Fortaleza (CE), an urban city), observing the affectivity in relation to the environment of which they were part. 38 individuals of both sex took part in this research, with ages varying between 13 and 19 years - being 19 young inhabitants of urban environment and 19 of agricultural environment. For apprehension of the affection, the method used was the affective maps (Bomfim, 2003) and for a deepening of questions related to the project of life we used interviews based on a questionnaire. The analysis of the data was made in a qualitative way, focusing its contents, with a complementary statistic analysis. Among the conclusions, we noticed that enviromental issues are not determinative but have some influences on young people´s Projects of Life, and that the dissemination of social practices that encourage critical positioning among young citizens are necessary.