A reconstrução da identidade social dos reassentados da província e cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This research aims to analyze how the populations that once live in Malanga, currently living in Tenga in the district of Moamba, Mahubo 14 in Boane and Chamissava in Katembe reconstructed their social identity. Its starts from the argument that population resettlement is not only about the movement of people from one place to another, but also about the transfer of values, beliefs, habits and customs, even the homogeneous feelings that constitute an individual’s social identity. The objective is to understand the reconstruction of the social identity of the population resettled in districts of Moamba, Boane and katembe in the province and city of Maputo. In terms of methodology, a qualitative method was used which consisted of administering 35 sem-strutured interviews, of which 30 were men and women who were heads of households, 3 were members of administrative council of the neighborhoods and 2 were responsible for resettlement polices. Erving Goffman’s theory was used to guide the work.The results of the research revealed that the resettled people are social actors who carry the social identity of the places where they lived most pf their lives before being resettled and act in accordance with values of their origin. However, in the resettlement places, these social actors act according to the rules of local social decorum to prevent stigmatization and to satisfy the social expectations placed on them. It was concluded that the condition of stigmatized individuals created a need for the resettled populations to adopt mechanisms for manipulating and managing their identity.