The social representations of traditional midwives and their way to care

Este artigo discute, com base na Sociologia das Ausências e Emergências de Boaventura de Souza Santos, as representações sociais do saber/fazer das parteiras tradicionais. Busca salientar a necessidade de diálogo entre os diferentes saberes e sinaliza que a educação popular pode contribuir para uma ecologia de saberes e para a prática educativa dos profissionais de saúde. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTBased on the Sociology of Absences and Emergencies by Boaventura de Souza Santos, this paper discusses the social representations of the know-how of traditional midwives. It seeks to highlight the need for a dialog between different knowledge and indicates that popular education can contribute to an ecology of knowledge and to the educational practice of health professionals