THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH LOVE: AN ETHNOCARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE PRACTICE OF SOLIDARITY ACTION IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHUVEIRO SOLIDÁRIO/RN
Moral Sociology of Love; Conviviality; Social Phenomenology of Agapic Acting; Ethnocartography.
This research aims to analyze love in its practical and dynamic conception and expression from the voluntary human actions and relationships of solidary volunteering. Solidarity volunteering that has in its scope the practical actions of the agapic action developed and applied in its activities and processes of the actions of the Chuveiro Solidário Natal-RN towards homeless people. The research work, through the study of relevant literature on the theoretical matrices of love and the use of ethnocartographic methodology, proceeded with field research through ethnographic experiences and semi-structured interviews, in addition to mapping the activities and processes developed by the volunteers in the actions of the Chuveiro Solidário Natal/RN. The study allowed, through the mapping of the volunteer actions of the Solidarity Shower, the creation of Spaces-Environments of Transitional Coexistence for the development of love practices through its Agapic Process, To Welcome-Hear-Support. The study also allowed us to understand that the practice of the continuous Agapic Process present in the actions of volunteers in the Chuveiro Solidário Natal-RN enhances the recognition of people living on the streets. He noted that the Agápico Process transforms the reality of homeless people in its physical, emotional and social dimensions through the voluntary actions of the Chuveiro Solidário of Natal RN. He observed that love can be socially apprehended and studied through practices and processes recognized in solidarity voluntary actions. He concluded that love can indeed transform a given social reality, but it needs continuous reinforcement of its practices and processes.