Pandemia, desigualdade social e necropolítica no Brasil: reflexões a partir da terapia ocupacional social/Pandemic, social inequality and necropolitics in Brazil: reflections from social occupational therapy

Abstract

A pandemia provocada pela CoVid-19 tem se expandido e levado à uma grave crise mundial. A partir do contexto brasileiro, este ensaio objetiva reunir, sob a perspectiva da terapia ocupacional social, reflexões sobre essa pandemia com foco nas questões socioeconômicas e políticas. Concluímos que os impactos dessa crise possuem a marca da desigualdade, uma vez que expõem a população mais pobre a maiores riscos de contaminação e à intensificação das vulnerabilidades sociais. O Estado brasileiro tem empreendido uma necropolítica, que pouco responde às demandas desses grupos populacionais e imputa à classe trabalhadora uma conta que é estrutural do capitalismo. AbstractThe pandemic caused by CoVid-19 has been expanding and leading to a serious global crisis. From the Brazilian context, this essay aims to gather, from the perspective of social occupational therapy, reflections on this pandemic with a focus on socioeconomic and political issues. We conclude that the impacts of this crisis have the mark of inequality, since it exposes the poorest population to greater risks of contamination and to the intensification of social vulnerabilities. The Brazilian State has undertaken a necropolitics, which produces few responses to the demands of these population groups and charges the working class with a bill that is structural of capitalism.Keywords: Pandemics, social inequality, occupational therapy.ResumenLa pandemia causada por CoVid-19 se ha expandido y ha llevado a una grave crisis mundial. Desde el contexto brasileño, este ensayo tiene como objetivo reunir, desde la perspectiva de la terapia ocupacional social, reflexiones sobre esta pandemia con un enfoque en temas socioeconómicos y políticos. Llegamos a la conclusión de que los impactos de esta crisis llevan la marca de la desigualdad, ya que exponen a la población más pobre a mayores riesgos de contaminación y a la intensificación de las vulnerabilidades sociales. El Estado brasileño ha emprendido una necropolítica, que responde poco a las demandas de estos grupos de población y carga a la clase trabajadora con una cuenta que es estructural del capitalismo.Palabras clave: Pandemia, desigualdad social, terapia ocupacional.

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