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Name: KAMILLY ANTUNES DE ASSIS
Publication date: 06/08/2024
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| GISELE GIRARDI | Examinador Interno |
| IGOR MARTINS MEDEIROS ROBAINA | Presidente |
| ROSELY MARIA DA SILVA PIRES | Examinador Interno |
| VERA PLÁCIDO | Examinador Externo |
Summary: The spectrum of themes in studies about families within the Humanities is diverse, making it a
well-established subject. In Geography, the trajectory of these studies develops from the issues
that encompass this group as agents of production and reproduction of socio-spatial actions and
relationships. Considering this approach, the project 'Family demographic dynamics and
migration patterns in Brazil: transformations since the 1990s' was developed, to which this
master's research is linked and expands upon, addressing female-headed single-parent families
in the Greater São Pedro region of Vitória, ES. The study aimed to understand the impacts of
female-headed households on the formation of spatialities in these women's life trajectories.
This spatial-temporal dimension involves ruptures and continuities related to aspects of unequal
gender relations, contributing to the meaning of female leadership. To achieve this, the research
was methodologically guided by a qualitative approach, through semi-structured interviews, in
which the everyday life experiences of these women were analyzed, focusing on aspects such
as residential mobility, productive work dynamics, formation of social protection networks, and
life projects. From this perspective, family leadership emerges as a process where structural
adversities coexist with a set of events, practices, and daily actions mobilized by women
towards exercising family leadership, specifically concentrating on raising their children. The
spatial dimension formed in this context is established in relation to the characteristics of
women's time use and their daily mobilities, which open up as a means and condition for
understanding their entry and permanence in this position.
