Open AccessCross-border integration and social representation: the binational bridge and the boatman on the Franco-Brazilian border
Author(s) -
Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa,
Miguel Dhenin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diálogos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2177-2940
pISSN - 1415-9945
DOI - 10.4025/dialogos.v24i2.53400
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , representation (politics) , subject (documents) , social representation , object (grammar) , sociology , economic geography , geography , political science , computer science , social science , artificial intelligence , law , library science , medicine , politics
This paper discusses cross-border projects and their respective social representations to local groups. We present as a case study the boatmen who pilot their boats between Brazil and France on the construction of the Binational Bridge. Catraieiros are currently responsible for much of the logistics between Amapá and French Guiana. Our theoretical framework is based on the literature on Regional Integration and Social Representation. We applied interviews to one third of the catraieiros. We concluded that in the Subject-Representation-Object relationship, the group that understood itself as responsible for the dialogue between two cities built a negative and threatening representation on the Bridge.