Control devices: Archaeological analysis of the religious establishments of Tocantins

Análisis arqueológico de los establecimientos religiosos de Tocantins

Abstract

This article aims to examine the power relations involved in the constitution of institutions in the State of Tocantins, especially religious establishments, associated with health and education. To do this, we use the recognized qualitative-interpretive method of Discourse Analysis aimed at the heuristic description of the meanings present in the article titled "Tocantins tiene más establecimientos religiosos que instituciones de educación y salud, revela IBGE" (Jardim, 2024), published in Jornal Opção. In this way, the notions of device operations, statement, discursive formation and episteme are mobilized, from which the reading of the outlined object is verticalized. As a result of this research, it was verified, beyond the scope of the proposition outlined for this article, the internal constituents of the news statement, the alignment of the device and the anchoring of the knowledge arranged in the object in a progressive discursive formation and in a egalitarian episteme.