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0179/2026 - Risks and protection against violence: semiotic constructions of Street Adolescents
Risco e proteção frente às violências: construções semióticas de adolescentes em situação de rua

Author:

• Givanildo da Silva Nery - Nery, GS - <givanildogsn@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9004-8689

Co-author(s):

• Marilena Ristum - Ristum, M - <ristum.ufba@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-2199
• Rosely Cabral de Carvalho - Carvalho, RC - <roselycarvalho056@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1060-2780
• Dora Teixeira Diamantino - Diamantino, DT - <doratdiamantino@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7732-2708


Abstract:

In the context of adolescents experiencing homelessness, risk and protection constitute a duality related to the development of self-care strategies and social survival. These elements shape ways of life in the street environment that involve the production of multiple signs. The objective of this study was to analyze the semiotic constructions of homeless adolescents regarding risks and forms of protection. This is a qualitative, interpretative study conducted with four homeless adolescents, with data collected through a sociodemographic questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The analysis was carried out using Cultural-Semiotic Psychology as a theoretical framework and through processes of categorization and subcategorization of information. The participants' narratives point to processes of defamiliarization, lack of social protection and depoliticization. Signs from collective culture, such as "aggression" and "the evil heart of people", were associated with forms of physical, psychological, social and institutional violence. Other signs from personal culture, such as "paying attention to people's characteristics" and "acting politely", were presented as useful forms of social protection, affective, emotional and behavioral regulation in the cycle of relationships in the world of the street.

Keywords:

Homeless people. Violence. Adolescence. Human Rights

Content:

Risks and protection against violence: semiotic constructions of Street Adolescents


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Nery, GS, Ristum, M, Carvalho, RC, Diamantino, DT. Risks and protection against violence: semiotic constructions of Street Adolescents. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/Jul). [Citado em 25/09/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/risks-and-protection-against-violence-semiotic-constructions-of-street-adolescents/20077



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