Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The region known as Cracolândia, the drug use and the ethics of harm reduction are central themes in this dissertation.A Craco Resiste, a social movement of people who intervene in Cracolândia, is the object of this research.Ethnography is the primary methodology and comes from experiences of more than five years of fieldwork, activism and research in Cracolândia, supported by reports and group knowledge from drug users, ex-crack/cocaine users, workers and activists.The text goes through reflections about what drugs are and focuses on the experiences of people who use them.A trajectory of cocaine and crack/cocaine is built considering the experiences of drug users as important as academic productions; Cracolândia is also situated in this perspective.Resistances organized by social movements and activists in this territory are presented as precursors of the conceptions and practices of A Craco Resiste, which, in turn, is contextualized in the Fluxo [place of drug consumption inside the region].This master's dissertation also exposes the complexities of Cracolândia, the uses of drugs and the care for these users.
Author: Roberta Marcondes Costa
Language: Portuguese
Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2783996509