A construção das redes sociais nas populações reassentadas no distrito Municipal da KaTembe: caso da comunidade de Chamissava

Abstract

With this work, we seek to understand social capital as a strategy activated by the resettled from the Chamissava community to ensure the social networks created in their places of origin, so we focus especially on those who remain where they were relocated. For this purpose, we made a triangulation between Simmel's (2002) sociability theory and Fukuyama's (2000) Social Capital theory. We adopt a qualitative approach based on which we privilege the interpretations of the interviewees with a view to demonstrating that the multiple and complex connections, ties and relationships among the resettled are a determinant part of the process of formation of social networks. The data reveal that social capital within the community is not evenly distributed, with resettlers who share and others who adopt a more individualized life. As a result, the work shows that there is a complex "web" of relationships between the resettled in the community of Chamissava, which provides, on the one hand, the formation of social networks and, on the other hand, the constitution of social networks as mechanisms for social integration. As for the conclusion, the monograph shows that the relationships and networks that are established among the resettled are structured by the feeling of belonging, cooperation and coexistence in that space