Mariana Prandini Assis, Author at Public Seminar

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The Inherent Violence of the Mining Industry

What two recent disasters in Brazil tell us about the neoextractivist economy

April 11, 2019 • by Mariana Prandini Assis

When three years ago the Fundão dam burst in Mariana, a city located in the state of Minas Gerais, it was deemed the worst mining disaster in Brazilian history. As affected communities and nature still struggle to recover, and victims continue their fight for just reparation, last January another social-environmental episode occurred ...

The Inherent Violence of the Mining Industry

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Gender Ideology and the Brazilian Elections

Bolsonaro represents a hegemonic, masculine, and violent form of inhabiting the world

November 13, 2018 • by Mariana Prandini Assis and Ana Carolina Ogando

Jair Bolsonaro, the recently elected Brazilian president, is now well known, both nationally and internationally, for his misogynistic and homophobic declarations. During a parliamentary debate in 2014, Bolsonaro told one of the few women members of Parliament, Deputy Maria do Rosário, that he would not rape her because she was too ugly ...

Gender Ideology and the Brazilian Elections

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A Coup in Brazil, Despite Legal Formalities

June 8, 2016 • by Mariana Prandini Assis and Pablo Holmes

The latest political events in Brazil have caused perplexity around the globe. The country once deemed to be not only an emerging global power, but also a positive example of democracy and stability in a region with a long history of political turmoil and authoritarianism, has ...

A Coup in Brazil, Despite Legal Formalities

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Friends of Brazil, Foes of Democracy

A response to Heloisa Pait

September 25, 2015 • by Mariana Prandini Assis and Pablo Holmes

With her piece “Real Friends of Brazil,” Heloisa Pait seems to suggest a Schmittian reading of contemporary Brazilian politics. In a nutshell, she divides the world in two antagonistic groups. On one side, there are the “real friends of Brazil,” people like her who support the calls for impeachment of ...

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Women in the Rulings of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

Moving beyond the single story

May 11, 2015 • by Mariana Prandini Assis

After a long battle with the mainstream of human rights discourse and institutions dating from at least the era of the League of Nations, feminists organized in a transnational movement [1] have succeeded in placing women’s issues at the centre of human rights debates.

Here I want to take a step back ...

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The Brazilian Discontents behind the World Cup Stage

Se mancha la pelota? (Does the ball get stained?)

June 10, 2014 • by Mariana Prandini Assis

In a few days, the eyes of millions of people around the world will be fixed on their TV screens, following a ball rolling in some shining green field in Brazil. They will be expecting to witness one of the most exciting World Cups in history; after all, we Brazilians ...

The Brazilian Discontents behind the World Cup Stage

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Hard Lessons on Rape Culture: Dispatch from Brazil

May 7, 2014 • by Mariana Prandini Assis and Ana Carolina Ogando

“I don't deserve to be raped! No one deserves to be.” These were the words printed on the signs made by thousands of Brazilian women who decided to join a massive online campaign launched through Facebook some weeks ago. The campaign aimed to protest against the highly misogynist views made ...

Hard Lessons on Rape Culture: Dispatch from Brazil

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Rolezinho: Politics in Brazil’s Shopping Malls?

January 24, 2014 • by Mariana Prandini Assis

Since last December, Brazilian shopping malls have become the stage for a new style of youth gathering: the rolezinho. Roughly translated as “little excursions” or outings, the rolezinhos can be characterized as planned meetings (via social network) of a large group of youth from poor neighborhoods, with the intent of seeing each other, flirting, eating ...