Research Policies and Resistance Policies in Times of Incitement of Violence Processes

Abstract

In this article, we take Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben’s studies to problematize psychology and the direct demands to produce strategies against violent practices that have been escalating in the contemporary Brazilian context. We designate three main analyzers to the present discussion: the first is a scene experienced in a park in the city of Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul, which serves as an example to discuss how psychology approaches these daily-life issues of vulnerability related to knowledge production; the second regards to movements performed by several groups throughout Brazil, during the election period, under the hashtag “#elenão”; finally, the third analyzer focuses on the campaign period for the second term of the 2018’s presidential election when the public space was used to discuss candidates’ presidential proposals. The ethical-epistemological and political bet of our research is linked to daily struggles that constitute a space of resistance to violent practices incited on a daily basis. We argue that struggles are not only related to the affirmation of the possibility to exist in society, but also to the impossibility of not struggling.

Social Psychology; Resistance; Research Policies