Maria Sarmento
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 911177 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Maria Sarmento |
| PRENOMES | Maria |
| SOBRENOME | Sarmento |
| ASSINATURA | SARMENTO M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais do Politécnico do Porto (CEOS.PP) |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9433-9707 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
From Social Exclusion to Employability
This study explores how people experiencing homelessness move from social exclusion to employability through everyday relational and institutional support. Based on qualitative interviews with individuals experiencing homelessness, social workers and employers in Portugal, the research examines how access to work is shaped beyond formal skills. The findings show that employability does not emerge simply from training or individual effort. Instead…
Lockdown lives
This article examines how consumers responded to the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Consumer Culture Theory (CCT). Based on 25 in-depth interviews conducted in Portugal during the first lockdown (April–July 2020), the study shows how everyday consumption was reconfigured not merely as functional adaptation, but as a cultural process involving moral reflection, identity negotiation, and emotional self-regulation. We devel…
Resilience among the chronically homeless
Balancing care and control
This study examines the lived experiences of food insecurity and volunteer work in a Portuguese solidarity restaurant using a reflexive autoethnographic approach based on two years of participant observation. Situating personal narratives within the frameworks of stigma, care ethics, and emotional labour, it explores the moral dilemmas, affective demands, and power dynamics inherent in food aid work. Findings reveal persistent tensions between in…
Mapping Marginalization
This study examines the adversities faced by chronically homeless individuals through a two‐year, multilevel longitudinal ethnography informed by Structural Violence Theory and Intersectionality. It explores how macro‐level forces (e.g., institutional fragmentation, stigma) intersect with micro‐level challenges (e.g., mental illness, substance use), shaping lived experiences of exclusion. Applying an intersectional lens, the research analyzes how…
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Resilience among the chronically homeless
Balancing care and control
This study examines the lived experiences of food insecurity and volunteer work in a Portuguese solidarity restaurant using a reflexive autoethnographic approach based on two years of participant observation. Situating personal narratives within the frameworks of stigma, care ethics, and emotional labour, it explores the moral dilemmas, affective demands, and power dynamics inherent in food aid work. Findings reveal persistent tensions between in…
Mapping Marginalization
This study examines the adversities faced by chronically homeless individuals through a two‐year, multilevel longitudinal ethnography informed by Structural Violence Theory and Intersectionality. It explores how macro‐level forces (e.g., institutional fragmentation, stigma) intersect with micro‐level challenges (e.g., mental illness, substance use), shaping lived experiences of exclusion. Applying an intersectional lens, the research analyzes how…
From Social Exclusion to Employability
This study explores how people experiencing homelessness move from social exclusion to employability through everyday relational and institutional support. Based on qualitative interviews with individuals experiencing homelessness, social workers and employers in Portugal, the research examines how access to work is shaped beyond formal skills. The findings show that employability does not emerge simply from training or individual effort. Instead…
Lockdown lives
This article examines how consumers responded to the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Consumer Culture Theory (CCT). Based on 25 in-depth interviews conducted in Portugal during the first lockdown (April–July 2020), the study shows how everyday consumption was reconfigured not merely as functional adaptation, but as a cultural process involving moral reflection, identity negotiation, and emotional self-regulation. We devel…
Homelessness and Social Issues (4 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras) · Qualitative research (2 obras) · Reflexivity (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras) · Agency (philosophy (1 obras) · Anthropology (1 obras) · Autonomy (1 obras) · Care work (1 obras)