Introduzindo a pesquisa: uma trajetória de encontros

Abstract

This arcle intends to present the context in which the research about the orphan mothers in Belo Horizonte arose and to point out the methodological paths that are being used to develop the research. Researchers from the UFMG, together with a group of social movements, propose to invesgate, using from qualitative to quantitave tools, the genealogy, the effects of norms on the actors involved in the question of orphan mothers, as well as to elucidate their effects on the care production and indicators. In this way, we present as intial results of the research two narratives of users who had their children sheltered and adopted by other families and a narrative of health workers. These users did not sele for this situation and insurrected against the authories that forced them to be without their children. Through the analysis of the narratives it is observed a discriminatory performance where the women were not consulted and their right of defense was curtailed by very fast processes and decisions. It was observed the urgency of movements that can weave a network of support to keep mother and son together. For this purpose, a resistance movement was created in the city, which acted to suspend the validity of the ordinance. However, the ordinance continues to be applied even without being mandatory anymore, showing that it is embedded in the collective imagination, pointing to a dispute of projects about which place women have in situations of social vulnerability in contemporary society.