Espaço público e ocupação por vendedores informais no centro comercial de Araguaína - TO.

Abstract

In this work we suggest carrying out a study on the dynamics of public spaces and their occupation by informal economy workers in the commercial center of Araguaína. The present work arises from my professional trajectory, having my origins in a family of merchants that transited through the cities of Araguaína (TO) and Marabá (PA), both 'medium cities' in the context of the Legal Amazon. This reality leads me to build the research, where the main objective of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of this segment from the perspective and experiences of informal sellers present in the commercial center of Araguaína, seeking to understand what perception these subjects have in relation to the city and the work developed there, in addition to issues arising from the social, economic and political order of the category. All in the light of theoretical explanations about the informal sector and the precariousness of labor relations, how the dynamics of public spaces and occupations by informal sellers can help to rethink this segment and draw an approximate profile of the reality of Araguaína. Therefore, a qualitative research of the participant observation type is assumed with the application of a semi-structured questionnaire with closed and open questions and subsequent analysis of the material using Content Analysis as an instrument for analyzing the materiality of the facts. The sampling strategy ("snowball sampling") was used to access the survey respondents. The study is based on the analysis of the interviews – life and work histories of informal sellers and took as a hypothesis the dimension of the “precariousness of labor relations”.