The archeology of work psychodynamics in Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of the text is to present data that constituted the archeology of work psychodynamics in Brazil. Methodology: individual interviews were conducted with Dejours and 16 Brazilian researchers who contributed to the introduction and dissemination of it in the country and researchers that currently use this regard in their researches. For the interviews, the survey had considered as a criteria the researchers that had been in the CNAM and the components of the GT (working group) on Psychodynamics of the work of Anpepp (National Association of Postgraduate and Research in Brazil). Results are presented considering four aspects: the roots of the Psychodynamics in Brazil; the expansion of the Psychodynamic in Brazil; divergences and convergences between the French and Brazilian context; and critics and limits concerning the Psychodynamics. Afterwards conclusions are presented.