Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery

This research interprets the marginalized neighborhood of Serrinha as a place in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil, by examining the relations between the physical neighborhood and internal social networks. I use concepts from the anthropology of materiality and an interdisciplinary understanding of...

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Main Author: Sue-Yeon Ryu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dalhousie University Libraries 2021-03-01
Series:The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography
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Online Access:https://ojs.library.dal.ca/JUE/article/view/10862
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description This research interprets the marginalized neighborhood of Serrinha as a place in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil, by examining the relations between the physical neighborhood and internal social networks. I use concepts from the anthropology of materiality and an interdisciplinary understanding of place attachment to examine how the social and physical dimensions of place coalesce within Serrinha. I employ data from eight weeks of ethnographic research and Scannell and Gifford’s tripartite model of place attachment to frame the everyday experiences and affects of Serrinha residents, especially to illustrate Serrinha outside of the typical stereotypes of favelas. In doing so, the study analyzes the symbolic significance of brick as the material of choice for Serrinha’s self-built houses and asserts that the brick is a metaphor for local and global relationships. Ultimately, this research argues that autoconstruction of the house with brick constitutes a significant social and emotional process of attachment in Serrinha.
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spelling doaj.art-96c06f43a9cb420bb6f0966b19d072ae2022-12-21T20:14:58ZengDalhousie University LibrariesThe Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography2369-87212021-03-0111112010.15273/jue.v11i1.108629992Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban PeripherySue-Yeon Ryu0Ohio UniversityThis research interprets the marginalized neighborhood of Serrinha as a place in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil, by examining the relations between the physical neighborhood and internal social networks. I use concepts from the anthropology of materiality and an interdisciplinary understanding of place attachment to examine how the social and physical dimensions of place coalesce within Serrinha. I employ data from eight weeks of ethnographic research and Scannell and Gifford’s tripartite model of place attachment to frame the everyday experiences and affects of Serrinha residents, especially to illustrate Serrinha outside of the typical stereotypes of favelas. In doing so, the study analyzes the symbolic significance of brick as the material of choice for Serrinha’s self-built houses and asserts that the brick is a metaphor for local and global relationships. Ultimately, this research argues that autoconstruction of the house with brick constitutes a significant social and emotional process of attachment in Serrinha.https://ojs.library.dal.ca/JUE/article/view/10862material analysisplace attachmentperipheryidentityautoconstruction
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Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery
The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography
material analysis
place attachment
periphery
identity
autoconstruction
title Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery
title_full Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery
title_fullStr Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery
title_full_unstemmed Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery
title_short Why We Love It Here: Exploration of Affection and Attachment in a Brazilian Urban Periphery
title_sort why we love it here exploration of affection and attachment in a brazilian urban periphery
topic material analysis
place attachment
periphery
identity
autoconstruction
url https://ojs.library.dal.ca/JUE/article/view/10862
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