Todo mundo quer ir pra São Paulo: experiências de vida e trabalho de migrantes dos carnaubais piauienses (2000-2024)

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the life experiences of workers from the city of Cocal de Telha, in Piauí, who migrated in search of better living and working conditions to the Southeast region of the country, particularly to São Paulo. The research is based on narratives and memories of the migrants themselves through the methodology of Oral History, and explores the various dimensions of the trajectories of these subjects, from the conditions in their place of origin, the motivations for leaving, to the challenges faced in their migratory destinations, considering the multiple migratory destinations, with a special focus on Cubatão, São Paulo. The expectations that motivate the displacement, the realities faced in the labor market, and the strategies for adaptation and survival amid precarious housing conditions are analyzed, being characterized as a migration that occurs in the rural-urban direction. The analyses emphasize the importance of establishing solidarity networks, which takes as a reference the studies of sociologist Antônio Cândido (1997), in the migratory process and the class relations that shape the experiences of these workers. Finally, the circularity of the migratory cycle is addressed, considering the return to the homeland and the identity and cultural transformations that mark these experiences.