Abstract
This paper analyzes the ways through which the Social Assistance Reference Centers (CRAS) is organized, based on collective experiences and community practices carried out by the territory-teams, highlighting the processes of dissent and consensus in working relations. Methodologically, based on discourse analysis, 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted collectively with each CRAS team from two states of the Brazilian southern region. The results indicate that working internal differences without trying to homogenize them, composing transdisciplinary and horizontal practices, proved to be a powerful way of organizing the work teams. Besides, the power in the production of territorialization actions, with and from the territory, was also reported through its significant and singular possibilities. Finally, the community practices with groups and collectives in CRAS are pointed as one of the potent vectors in facing the ethical-political suffering produced by social inequalities.
Keywords:
Psychology; CRAS; Collective Experiences; Democratic Processes