Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: ANDERSON VICENTE TARGINO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : ANDERSON VICENTE TARGINO
DATE: 16/12/2025
TIME: 16:00
LOCAL: online
TITLE:

We don't need the police, we are justice": Legal Autonomy and the Mediation Ritual in Rancho Calon 

KEY WORDS:

Calon; Legal pluralism; Structural racism; Criminal subjection; Legal anthropology.

PAGES: 60
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUMMARY:

This paper analyzes the legal culture of the Calon gypsies in the cities of Serra Negra do Norte and Cruzeta (RN), examining the tensions between their autonomous conflict resolution practices and the Brazilian state legal system. The research combines ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches, using participant observation, open interviews, and daily monitoring of interactions between gypsies and public institutions. Based on references such as Silvio Almeida, Michel Misse, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Roberto Kant de Lima, and Erving Goffman, the study discusses how structural racism, criminal subjugation, and epistemicide shape the Calon experience, producing stigmas, symbolic violence, and limits on access to state justice. The research describes the internal functioning of the ranches, highlighting the centrality of oral tradition, the moral authority of elders, and family mediation in resolving disputes. It shows that Calon justice constitutes a normative system of its own, guided by the restoration of harmony and the preservation of family cohesion, constituting a case of legal pluralism. In dialogue with the state, there is a persistence of institutional fear, mutual distrust, and practices of invisibility that hinder the realization of basic rights. It is concluded that understanding Calon justice is fundamental to thinking about intercultural public policies and recognizing the legitimacy of traditional legal knowledge in relation to the state order.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1642956 - JULIANA GONCALVES MELO
Interna - 1215344 - JULIE ANTOINETTE CAVIGNAC
Interna - 1149572 - LISABETE CORADINI
Externo à Instituição - LUIZ FÁBIO SILVA PAIVA - UFC