O espaço geográfico, os surdos e o(s) processo(s) de inclusão/ exclusão social na cidade de Santa Maria/RS

Abstract

This work aims at analyzing the matter of the deaf community social inclusion/exclusion in relation to hearing people, besides analyzing their spacialization/territorialization in Santa Maria city/RS. In the same way, it tries to identify the places most visited by deaf people in this city; identify the main problems in the relation the deaf community x the hearing people community ; the school role while responsible for a social inclusion and the deaf focalized according to social movements and/or new social movements. The methodology used was the Case Study, consisting in a qualitative research, utilizing sources such as: bibliographies, observations and interviews. Considering this study, it was possible to verify that there are few places visited by the deaf in Santa Maria city. Some of these places are the School for the Deaf in Santa Maria city/RS, the Deaf Association, the City Athletic Center, and one of the Shopping Malls in the city. It was also verified that the deaf social inclusion in the geographical area of Santa Maria city/RS is a slow process in continuous construction, mainly through the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) diffusion to the hearing community. In relation to the School, the researchers are against the simple deaf people insertion into hearing people classes, defending a proper school for the deaf, because they believe it is really a social inclusion. It was verified that the deaf constitute a new social movement, justified by the historical fights of deaf movements and supporters in their rights conquest. Based on these results, this study made possible a reflection upon the importance of the deaf mobility in the geographical area and also their participation in the general community while different subjects and with the right of having specific language and culture, independently on being the majority or minority in relation to the population numerical data.