Encontros e desencontros em narrativas de haitianos na Amazônia acreana

Abstract

Between 2010 and 2014, thousands of Haitian subjects entered Brazilian territory through the border cities between Acre and Bolivia and Peru. Through this path, in the encounter with the locals and dialoguing with the discourses about their presence in Brazil, these subjects elaborated different forms of identification. In this study, we seek to understand how these dialogues influence(d) the lives of those who experienced these sociocultural circumstances, in the middle of a tense juridical/linguistic debate centred on the concept of the “legality” of their presence/permanence in Brazil. We collected data through interviews, newspapers and various other materials, gathered with the purpose of reflecting on the narratives produced by and about
these subjects. Our approach was based on the works of Stuart Hall, Paul Ricoeur, Hannah Arendt and Edouard Glissant among others, who are fundamental authors to understand the level of violent stereotyping currently assigned to populations of African descent in the American continent.