As fronteiras do lugar na vida dos jovens: um estudo nos bairros de Nordeste de Amaralina e Nova Brasília de Itapuã em Salvador-BA

Abstract

This study presents an analyze of the young’s access to the structure of opportunities – the “places” effect – in the neighborhoods Nordeste de Amaralina and Nova Brasilia of Itapuã, observing how they present themselves and what they mean to this group, once they are regarded as a vivid place, the place of being, with objects and actions. We analyzed how a structure of opportunity, regarding the respect gave to education and work, can interfere in the choices and future of this generation, when studying and work are seen as the main source of social integration. To achieve this goal, we sought to understand the effect of the place in the life of these citizens, with age range from 15 to 29 years old, and how social segmentation has been impacting in the access to jobs and education, as well as, how the coexistence in the housing places, with the lack of goods and the violence, can impact in the life project of the youth at these places. As mentioned, this research reflects the reality of Nordeste de Amaralina and Nova Brasilia de Itapuã . Two groups were chosen to the implementation of the interviews: A ) young in the ‘“nem nem”’ (neither work nor study) condition. B) a university student from the outskirt. A study of the process of a change of willingness, from the path of education and work, regarding the importance of these personal experiences to the integration of a new generation in the society was carried out. Hitherto, all the discussion highlights how the social dynamics in big cities is maintained by the huge gap between the social classes in Brazilian metropolis. It is patent that different boundaries appear in the life path of the young people. Concerning Nova Brasilia, the distance from the center of the city, while to those who live in Nordeste de Amaralina, the violence and the stigmatization of the territory helps to reshape the life path of the youth. For this reason, the results of this research call the attention to the direct interference, and sometimes decisive, of the neighborhood in the life of this social group, supporting the idea that the geographic –territory or social economics- works as a segregation mechanism that makes harder the access to the structure of opportunities, denying them what we call the “right of the city”. Key words: Segregation. Place effect. Habitus . Youty. Suburb.