Crianças indígenas Kaiowá abrigadas e em situação de reinserção familiar: uma análise em torno da rede de proteção à criança e ao adolescente

Abstract

The dissertation introduces the results of research developed with network agents for child protection, at the cities of Dourados and Caarapó. The objective was to identify how such agents understand the experience of Kaiowá children who experienced shelters in the city, the adoption by non-indigenous families and the endeavors of reintegration into the community of origin. The comprehension of how agents and institutions involved in protecting the rights of Kaiowá children see the specificity of the indigenous child condition, it demanded the accomplishment of the agencies ethnography that are part of the protection network. During the work there was the dialogue associated with works of Anthropology of the Child and others related with the Law, besides the appropriation of ethnographies contributions about the Kaiowá. The concept of Barnes’ social networks was used to analyze the relationship between the network agents for children and adolescents protection. The research discusses the process of revictimization in which Kaiowá children are submitted when "they fall into the network", emphasizing the meanings and expectations that people and institutions involved in child protecting develop around of the indigenous shelters.