Covid-19 in Brazil in an era of necropolitics: resistance in the face of disaster.

Autor: Muniz RC; Researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Ferradas FM; Researcher undertaking a joint degree between the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Brasilia, Brazil., Gomez GM; Associate Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands., Pegler LJ; Assistant Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Disasters [Disasters] 2021 Dec; Vol. 45 Suppl 1, pp. S97-S118. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 07.
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12528
Abstrakt: The Covid-19 pandemic has been a massive disaster in Brazil, causing more than 350,000 deaths as of April 2021. Moreover, President Jair Bolsonaro suggested that already marginalised groups should take what came to them, as if they were an expendable surplus in his necropolitical perspective. However, civil society initiatives are emerging to tackle the impacts of this crisis. This paper adds to current literature on the forms and levels of resistance to disasters, using primary and secondary data pertaining to three key Brazilian groups: domestic workers; the urban poor in favelas; and indigenous Amazonians. The analysis indicates that their historical, political resistance has been a foundation upon which to develop disaster mitigation and their actions have built on and gone beyond previous modes of organising. More specifically, their responses have replaced a 'present-absent' federal government, entailed local, innovative adaptations, led to new public-private sector relations, and may offer the prospect of consolidation.
(© 2021 The Authors Disasters © 2021 Overseas Development Institute.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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