Chaos as a strategy and “protection” as a commodity in São Paulo’s “Cracolândia”

Author(s)

Thiago Godoi Calil ^[1] ; Aluizio Marino ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Departamento de Geografia - Brasil

^[2] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Laboratório Espaço Público e Direito à Cidade - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Cadernos Metrópole; v. 26, n. 61 2024-09-30.

Abstract

Abstract The article presents a recent analysis of Cracolândia between 2017 and 2023, when the policy of dispersing homeless people in the territory was resumed through violent operations conducted by public security agents. After providing a brief history of the most recent police operation, which was called Operação Caronte (Charon Operation), the dispersion of people and the spread of flows are discussed as a strategy to create chaos and enable political commodities, practices, and negotiations on the border between legal and illegal. The study used the following methodologies: field research, critical cartography, consultation with the media, and experiments, aiming to produce knowledge jointly with collectives and civil society organizations operating in the territory. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 22/06741-1 - Public space in dispute: the moral associated with the drug device under the fragmentary socio-spatial logic - approximations between São Paulo, Bogotá and Medellín.
• Grantee: Thiago Godoi Calil da Costa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral