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Valdetário Carneiro. Stigma. Ethics of understanding. Sciences of Complexity.
Born in Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte, Valdetário Carneiro (1959-2003) became one of the best known names in the state, as a precursor of the so-called “Novo Cangaço”, a type of organized crime characterized by surrounding small towns and robbing their bank agencies. Methodologically, this dissertation assumes a descriptive character by detailing biographical data and facts through journalistic articles, interviews with biographers, family members and some people of Caraúbas. The theoretical basis of the research is the Science of Complexity, through which the awareness of contradictions is conceived as an important foundation in the understanding of social phenomena and an essential condition for an education capable of producing relevant knowledge. In addition to his criminal record, there is the figure of a man who overcomes immediate labels and reveals the complexity of living in multiple belongings. Valdetário, the marginal strategist, made his life a stage on which he plays a multifaceted drama and constituted one of those expressions that, although tragic, carried deep meanings about what we are and what we can be as human beings.