Segue o “fluxo”! Emoções a partir de uma etnografia numa cena de uso de crack no centro da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The research discusses the social consequences of problematic crack consumption by residents and regulars of an occupation in downtown Rio de Janeiro, especially those stigmatized as "nóia" or "crackheads", in other words, individuals who have built their own sense of life around crack consumption. To do this, I try to understand the social context in which they live, their habits, demands and emotions. Thus, through an ethnography of the Colombo occupation, I think about the social representations surrounding the problematic use of crack, analyzing the extent to which these representations are internalized or not by the users and residents of the researched scene. I also try to examine the emotionalgrammarsrelated to problematic crack use, based on the accounts and life stories of the users and residents of the sceneresearched. Here, shameemerges as a central affect, traversing the life trajectories of myinterlocutors, givingmeaning and contributing to the construction of an identitybased on an image that has the other's perception of you as a reference. Finally, I would like to propose thatshame can beunderstood as the way in which the occupation'sresidents and visitors end up internalizing the "culture of avoidance". Shame arises as an expression of a certain resentment at the waythey are seen and treated by "others" and isreflected in theirown "construction of self".