Opus Dei in Brazil: work and social practices in the public space

• Grant number: 12/10264-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Ronaldo Romulo Machado de Almeida
• Grantee: Asher Grochowalski Brum Pereira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/06482-0 - The Opus Dei in Brazil, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The research aims to verify, by the elaboration of a social-historic board of the Opus Dei in Brazil, how the social practices of the institution configure themselves in the public space through the ressignification of the category work. Moreover, I propose to analyze how this discursive configuration specifies itself in São Paulo and, principally, in this state´s capital. The hypothesis is that in Brazil, where Opus Dei developed itself more expressively in that state and in its capital, the category work appears connected to social practices codified in the sphere called scientific-educational and assumes the form of scientific-intellectual work, from that originates the Cultural Centers, in which are juxtaposed the scientific discourse and the Christian-Catholic values. (AU)