Category: Peripheries/favelas

Journal article – Situando o sujeito das periferias urbanas

June 6, 2020

Essa apresentação do Dossiê Subjetividades Periféricas foi publicado na revista Novos Estudos CEBRAP, 39: 1, pp. 9-17   Resumo Este dossiê apresenta os resultados de pesquisas recentes que tomam por desafio pensar a relação entre periferias e subjetividade, ou, como a denominamos aqui no plural, subjetividades periféricas. Nesta introdução, situamos a literatura sobre periferias e … More Journal article – Situando o sujeito das periferias urbanas

Brazil’s urban inequalities will exacerbate the impacts of Covid-19

April 17, 2020

This blog post was written for the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre Blog   Covid-19 is exposing social inequalities the world over, but homelessness, poverty, and segregation in Brazil’s unequal cities leave large swathes of the country’s population especially vulnerable, writes Matthew Richmond (LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre).   Social distancing measures are exposing social inequalities … More Brazil’s urban inequalities will exacerbate the impacts of Covid-19

Journal article – Narratives of crisis in the periphery of São Paulo

February 18, 2020

This article was published in the Journal of Latin American Studies   Abstract Between 2014 and 2018, a period marked by major political and economic upheaval, Brazilian politics shifted sharply to the Right. Presenting qualitative research conducted over 2016–17, this article examines this process from the perspectives of residents of a peripheral São Paulo neighbourhood. … More Journal article – Narratives of crisis in the periphery of São Paulo

Journal article – Hygienisation, gentrification, and urban displacement in Brazil

October 27, 2019

This article, co-written with Jeff Garmany (University of Melbourne) was published in the journal Antipode. It is available (with open access) here   Abstract This article engages recent debates over gentrification and urban displacement in the global South. While researchers increasingly suggest that gentrification is becoming widespread in “Southern” cities, others argue that such analyses … More Journal article – Hygienisation, gentrification, and urban displacement in Brazil

The pacification of Brazil’s urban margins: How police and traffickers co-produce insecurity

October 3, 2019

This blog post was written for the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC) blog   Violence resulting from conflicts between criminal groups and police has risen steadily across much of Latin America in recent years. The effects tend to be most felt in marginalised urban neighbourhoods, where widespread poverty and weak provision of essential … More The pacification of Brazil’s urban margins: How police and traffickers co-produce insecurity

Journal article – “Hostages to both sides”

June 21, 2019

This article was published in the journal Geoforum   Abstract Research on security and governance in marginalised urban spaces in Latin America has pointed to complex cycles of conflict and negotiation between state and non-state actors. However, many questions remain about the dynamics of such arrangements and how they may be affected by top-down policing … More Journal article – “Hostages to both sides”

Revolt of the peripheries in Brazil: Why low-income voters in wealthy regions swung from the PT to Bolsonaro

December 17, 2018

This blog post was written for the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre blog   Shifts in the social and institutional conditions of the urban peripheries of Brazil’s major cities have altered political subjectivities and weakened affinities with the once-dominant Workers’ Party of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. With a “revolt of the peripheries” brewing, … More Revolt of the peripheries in Brazil: Why low-income voters in wealthy regions swung from the PT to Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro’s Conservative Revolution

October 20, 2018

Jair Bolsonaro’s core support lies with wealthy Brazilians. But the far-right figure wouldn’t have gotten this far if he hadn’t also established a formidable base among the poor. I analyse Bolsonaro’s popular appeal, the contradictions in his new electoral coalition, and where the left’s rebuilding process should begin in this article for Jacobin.