Espaço de trocas culturais e de construção de identidades sociais entre habitantes e transeuntes na Vila de Ressano Garcia

Abstract

The work discusses the space for cultural exchanges and the construction of social identities between inhabitants and passers-by in the village of Ressano Garcia. It is intended to understand the construction process of social identity of individuals from Vilanculos residents in Ressano Garcia as passers-by to South Africa. Under theoretical guidance in the symbolic interactionism presented by Adolfo Casal e da nominalist / existentialist by C. Dudar, these made it possible to perceive that the individual self-identifies, but heter-identifies through its interaction in the information society according to the context and point of view adopted. The used methodology was of qualitative nature being instruments of collection of data, semi-structured interviews, direct observation and informal conversations, in addition to bibliographic consultations by authors who have studied the theme linked to identity in the migration context in the diaspora. Passers-by have no fixed and permanent identity. In them, identity is felt through a process that involves the construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of according to the successive integration of individuals in the various emerging social groups, where each one can identify with the group that best fits: mafoxlhana, Malian or Chelengue. Based on the statements and testimonies of the interviewees, the analysis made, it was concluded that the construction of social identities within individuals from Vilanculos as passers-by in the village of Ressano Garcia, is processed through changes categories in their relations with local inhabitants and by exchanging information experiences with other passersby in the same conditions. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)