Instrumento gerador de mapas afetivos com crianças do bairro Antônio Justa: o que elas têm a falar sobre o território

Abstract

The present paper aims to describe the relationship between children from the Antônio Justa neighborhood winthin their territory. It has the strategy of highlighting the power of affections as a category for analyzing the processes of vulnerability experienced by residents of a territory and, based on that, discussing how the development process can be inserted within this discussion. Therefore, the study is based on Transactional Environmental Psychology, understanding the environment in the dynamics of the spaces with whom it occupies, in addition to Socio-Historical Social Psychology that deepens in the theme of affectivity with Sawaia (1999) and, finally , the Vygotsky’s (2007) development theory who understands it as a dialectic process of the social with the particular. To achieve the objectives, this research has a qualitative approach, as it seeks to reach subjective contents, using The Affective Map Generator Instrument (BOMFIM, 2010) as a strategy for data collection. The application of the instrument was adapted, considering the participating public. As a result, 10 meetings were held with children who participate in activities at the Sonho Azul library in the Antônio Justa neighborhood. Seven of these meetings addressed the instrument's themes, namely the sociodemographic characteristics, the design, the meanings and feelings in relation to the design, the cognitive maps, the qualities, the metaphor and the Likert scale. The other three meetings were used to integrate the group, finalize the activities and make an intergenerational exchange of experiences, taking a resident to talk about the history of the neighborhood. Thus, it was possible to collect data in an experiential and responsible way. Despite the scale not having been successfully applied, it is possible to observe that the data point to a low Esteem for the Place of children with the neighborhood, as most do not mean it, with the greater focus of representations and speeches being on homes and family relationships and friendship.