“Vocês acham que me corto por diversão?” Adolescentes e a prática da automutilação

Abstract

This work was developed in the Graduate Education in the Federal University of Uberlândia-UFU program, research line Education in Science and Mathematics. The guiding research questions were: What teenagers from two public schools in Uberlândia says about the practices of self-mutilation? What are some strategies suggested by teenagers from two public schools in Uberlândia to work with the body theme that encourages the discussion of self-harm at school? For this study aimed to analyze what they say teenagers, two schools (state and municipal) public schools in the city of Uberlândia, on self-mutilation practices. And as specific objectives: to identify the positions of teenagers across the styling self-mutilation and why this practice; up possible strategies suggested by teens to work with the body theme that encourages the discussion of self-harm at school. The theoretical guided up centrally in the body of studies, self-mutilation, gender and education. From a methodological point of view, the study falls within the framework of qualitative research with ethnographic education, and the collection of information was done through observations, questionnaires, discussion groups targeted to (the) adolescent education key. From the information and analysis we concluded that the words of (the) students (as) allowed us to take the self-mutilation as a practice whose meaning trigger notions such as illness, depression, pain, suffering, group practice, identity formation and adolescent subjects . The practice of self-harm is justified in various forms - depression, affective-love problems, family and others. The highest incidence of the practice is among girls and this is marked by hegemonic standards of gender and socio-culturally constructed. The suggested strategies to work with the body theme that encourages the discussion of self-injury at school, involves conducting conversations, projects and lectures in and outside of school.