Public Experiences of Relatives of Missing People: Competencies Towards Desingularising Social Demands and Modulations of Missing Person Reports

Abstract

By presenting three missing person cases, the paper addresses the efforts of victims’ mothers and relatives to socially inscribe their demands for justice. The meanings assigned to their problem and its possible solutions are not in tune with the interpretation rendered by police officers and justice departments. Such a lack of communication comes forth in the way mothers and relatives deploy practical resources in order to deal with their loss and develop political grammars of mobilisation.

Keywords

• desaparecimento de pessoas, justiça, problemas sociais, gramáticas políticas, comunicação social