Abstract:
Payasos Sin Fronteras works in refugee camps and other settings marked by conflict and violence, resorting to ludic activities and clowning as strategies to defend human rights and act directly on situations of social vulnerability. This text aims to explore the role of art in promoting a better quality of life for people in these situations, based on the work of Payasos Sin Fronteras with refugee populations. To this end, an exploratory and descriptive bibliographical review is carried out to assist in the understanding of the case study, articulating literature on refuge and comicity with the practical dimension - whose main sources are the organization's reports and publications. It is verified in this debate that the social function of laughter instrumentalized by the PSF contributes to the promotion of the resilience of refugee populations, strengthening a perspective of "consideration" about their situation of vulnerability, that is, of attentive observation, approximation and construction of possibilities and existence alternatives.
Keywords:
Payasos Sin Fronteras; art; refugee populations; infancy