Abstract

In this article we analyze the function and space constructed by narratives and the vulnerability in the ways of building knowledge in social psychology. Production of knowledge has become increasingly displaced from the notion of experience, being recently associated with numerical counting and a presumed ability of the researcher to objectify their field of study. We propose to make the experience of accompanying health teams in the fields of research an element of analysis and construction of a different objectivity in research, especially when these practices are directed to the production and criticism of public policies. In this way, we follow health teams that serve territories in situations of social vulnerability in the Brazilian Northeast region, stressing aspects and conditions to investigate the urban processes and governance of these populations. For such, we first present narratives about the socioenvironmental context of these territories, then some contributions of Walter Benjamin concerning the use of fragments in this paper, only then formulating stances regarding the analytical force of citations in studies. We conclude by indicating vulnerable territories as spaces of production of knowledge and resistance in urban regions. The results point out marginalized elements as ensuring the ability to know urban aspects of Brazilian cities, crossed by the affection and dialogical nature of the relations between different social actors.

Keywords:
Narratives; Vulnerability; Territory; Experience