Banca de DEFESA: MÔNICA CAVALCANTE DA COSTA

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STUDENT : MÔNICA CAVALCANTE DA COSTA
DATE: 29/05/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: a definir
TITLE:

Trajectories of Women Experiencing Violence and Institutional Mediations: An
Ethnography at AMPAR (Parnamirim/RN)

 

KEY WORDS:

violence against women; AMPAR; Parnamirim; support networks; women's empowerment.

 

PAGES: 120
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUMMARY:

 

 This dissertation analyzes the role of the Associação de Amparo às Mulheres (AMPAR),
in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in addressing gender-based violence,
through an ethnographic approach focused on practices of reception, guidance, and
ongoing support for women experiencing violence. Gender-based violence is
understood as a structural phenomenon, articulated through power relations that traverse
bodies, territories, and institutions, in dialogue with authors such as Heleieth Saffioti,
Joan Wallach Scott, Judith Butler, Patricia Hill Collins, Rita Segato, and Veena Das.
Fieldwork was conducted through participant observation of AMPAR’s institutional
activities, including service provision and the workshops developed within the project
Sempre Vivas, conceived as a methodological framework that integrates attentive
listening, collective formation, and the shared production of meaning. These workshops
constituted a privileged space for narrative construction, revealing how experiences of
violence are lived, interpreted, and re-signified in everyday life. The analysis
demonstrates that AMPAR operates as an intermediary node within the protection
network for women in Parnamirim, mediating access to formal services and translating
institutional demands into practices that are accessible to the women it serves. This
dynamic highlights that protection networks do not operate in a linear or exclusively
state-driven manner, but are instead constituted through relationships, negotiations, and
situated practices.By emphasizing the central role of civil society organizations in the
implementation of public policies, this dissertation contributes to a situated
understanding of gender-based violence response networks, underscoring the
importance of care practices, listening, and mediation in producing concrete responses
to lived experiences of violence..

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 1149569 - ELISETE SCHWADE
Interno - 1274297 - PAULO GOMES DE ALMEIDA FILHO
Interna - 1691014 - ROZELI MARIA PORTO
Externa à Instituição - MARION TEODOSIO QUADROS - UFPE