Opulence on scarcity. Exchange of objects, social relations and ambiguities in correctional institutes of Córdoba
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https://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v2.n1.5411Keywords:
young people, correctional institutes, social relationships, objectsAbstract
This article proposes to reflect on the social relations that are intertwined in the process of giving, receiving, exchanging various objects in correctional institutes in the city of Córdoba. Across the analysis of situations as “the visit”, “the arrangement of the bedroom”, “to smoke and share in the sector”; discusses ways to weave ties to the outside, upgrade memory on the street and produce exchanges and strengthen certain values within the group that lives in institute. The description of these situations also means, investigate the mechanisms and circuits through which incorporate different meanings to objects, and also, they shape the subjectivity of people. Thus, the article shows the dynamics means that, in institutional contexts marked by deprivation and scarcity, young men exchanges and use the ambiguity, as a way for one to construct abundance and power.Downloads
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