Concepções e historicidades nas fronteiras do conhecimento acadêmico sobre trabalho escravo contemporâneo a partir das teses da (BDTD) produzidas no Brasil entre (1995-2015)

Abstract

This research carries out a Sociology of Knowledge with the investigation of historicities, conceptions and a cartography on contemporary slave labor (CSL). The starting point is the set of doctoral theses on the subject, in the time span from 1995 to 2015. I dealt with the dispute over the concept of contemporary slave labor, which still presents itself as one of the limits of academic knowledge (under discussion), as well as the Academy's dialogue in the public policy debates related to the CSL and related themes in the Federal Senate (FS). The objective of this research is, then, to foster the debate on the theme based on the systematic readings related to the theme. Methodologically, a survey was conducted with the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (DLTD) database on the subject of contemporary slave labor. The authors are contemporary, such as the works of Figueira (et al., 2004; 2008; 2013; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2020), Sakamoto (2007; 2016; 2018; 2020); Girardi et al. (2008; 2014); Bales (2001), Partterson (2008); Forrester (1997); Druck (2011); Candau (2016); Cerri (2011); Pollak (1989; 1992) and the theses. Bardin's speech analysis method with Sobek software support was used for information mining. The methodological procedures used were: the bibliographic and documentary research, being the sources (the set of theses - corpus of knowledge) and the database of the Federal Senate requirements, Provisional Measures that deal with slave labor in the time lapse of this thesis. Through this research it was possible to verify the boundaries of academic knowledge about the CSL (through the selected sample), which points to a growing participation of the Academy in the public policy debates of themes related to the CSL and correlated to the FS. It was found that there is a change in contemporary forms of slavery, which is advancing to large centers, reaching new profiles and with higher levels of education, which amplifies the problem, since large cities are considered to have pockets of poverty, vulnerability in breadth, size, and greater scope and where conditions analogous to slavery are developing under the aegis of the categories of invisibility, structural inequalities and violation of fundamental rights and human dignity. It is recommended for future researches some identified fronts, but whose scope did not make it possible to enter the present investigation, which are: from the data of rescued workers, an even more comprehensive level of depth can be reached, with a combined analysis of the profile of the CNAES related to these rescues, the narratives of the subjects, municipalities and cities, economic profile, vulnerability index, HDI, among other factors to better understand the material conditions of the territories where the practice of contemporary slave labor occurs. As for the bibliometric study, the analysis points out possible explorations in relief, in relation to the rankings of authors, journals, qualis, social impact of scientific productions, in order to have a clearer position of academic production and its extrapolation beyond the institutional walls. Furthermore, in relation to the category of invisibility of the CSL, it is possible to carry out a proposal of quali-quantitative research, based on the elaboration of a scale on the degree of consciousness about contemporary slavery.