PILOTTING THE STOVE AND THE TANK: domestic work dynamics of the armed organization Vanguarda Popular Revolucionaria(1968-1971)

• Grant number: 23/07320-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2023
• End date: July 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Edilene Teresinha Toledo
• Grantee: Rafaela Mendes Bastos Oliveira
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This article proposes, through an Oral Life History interview, to understand the domestic work dynamics of the armed organization "Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária". In view of a perspective of the Social Reproduction Theory an focusing on the relations of militants from different social backgrounds within the organization. It starts from the notion that the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária was, among the armed organizations, the one with the most heterogeneous composition, mixing workers, soldiers (military)and students. Therefore, the objective of the research is to understand what were the forms of organization of the movement with regard to domestic work, understanding and comparing the different perspectives and interpretations of domestic work for different militants.