Hide and rule: Accumulation by disappearance and necro‐periurbanisation in Brazil
Short Abstract This paper examines how peri‐urban spaces are governed through concealment and obfuscation. Focusing on the Baixada Fluminense near Rio de Janeiro, it connects land fraud (‘grilagem’) to the obfuscation of violence, proposing the concept of ‘accumulation by disappearance’.
Jan Simon Hutta
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Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction
ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
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Goldberg, K. Meira, Walter Aaron Clark, and Antoni Pizà, eds. "Transatlantic Malagueñas and Zapateados in Music, Song and Dance: Spaniards, Natives, Africans, Roma." Newscastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019. [PDF]
Nocilli, Cecelia
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Re-reading gender: comparative questions, situated meanings, Latin American paradoxes [PDF]
Redclift, ESN
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Futures of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Future Personas in Scenarios
ABSTRACT Scenario reports, holding a long‐standing tradition in foresight and futures studies, act as an essential document for organizations to prepare for possible, plausible, and alternative futures. Focusing on descriptions and representations of everyday life, we examined 29 future persona narratives from six publications—covering a wide field ...
Gerhard Schönhofer +3 more
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Abstract Colombia's response to Venezuelan displacement—driven by economic collapse, political instability, and humanitarian need—through the Temporary Protection Status programme has been praised internationally for its inclusive approach and positive effects on both migrants and host countries.
Nieves Fernández‐Rodríguez
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When survival becomes politics: Necessity activism and identity work under precarity
Abstract Collective action is essential for tackling social, institutional, and environmental challenges, often fueled by shared identities, common norms, and a belief in the possibility of change. However, the impact of participating in collective action on individual identities, and how this knowledge can shape future efforts to maintain engagement ...
Lucia Garcia‐Lorenzo +2 more
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Recensione di Eugenia Allier-Montaño, Emilio Crenzel (edited by), The Struggle for Memory in Latin America. Recent History and Political Violence, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 [PDF]
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ABSTRACT This article employs Frantz Fanon's sociogenic method to analyze the MustFall# student protest movement as an illustration of the psychic afterlife of colonialism in postapartheid South Africa. Fanon's sociogeny, which locates the formation of subjectivity in the reciprocal interplay between the psychic and the political, offers a framework ...
Veeran Naicker
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