ANDRADE, S. M.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8100896187868015; ANDRADE, Simone Meneses de.
Resumen:
The present research presents the representations of the geographical space of children
Roma in the city of Sousa-PB. With the help of drawings, we sought to know how
girls and boys see their space, if gypsy culture and the values of nomadic ancestors
are factors that influence their representations, if they differ in relation to the
gender and what is the meaning of this space. Therefore, the elements of the drawings were
grouped into themes, these were analyzed and served as a subsidy to understand
the values contained in the space of gypsy children, the influence of fixed life becoming evident
in the city and the personal values of each participant, in addition to individuality and collectivity
expressed as meanings of space90. In no time will the Roma cultural aspects
were represented. This denotes the evident cultural loss of the new generation of Roma
sedentarized, being possible possible interventions, so that this fact is reversed and the
preserved gypsy culture.