Policing the Favelas in Rio de Janeiro: Cosmologies of War

03.04.2024 14:00 - 15:00English

Welcome to the book launch of Tomas Salem’s ethnography of the military police in Brazil and its relation to the far-right.

Photo: Tomas Salem

Tomas Salem‘s book Policing the Favelas in Rio de Janeiro examines the daily life of police officers spearheading the war on drugs in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, at a moment of rupture and contestation over the future of Brazil.

By looking at how colonial and cultural notions of warfare shape the interactions between the police and the communities they are set to patrol, the book highlights the material and ideational dimensions of war as a cosmological force shaping Brazilian social relations, subjectivities, landscapes, economies, and politics. Through rich and nuanced ethnography it offers a critical perspective on the link between militarized policing and 21st century forms of authoritarianism.

The book presentation will be followed by a conversation with Antonio De Lauri and Lara Côrtes.

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Bergen Global
Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
03.04.2024
14:00 - 15:00
English
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Tomas Salem
PhD Candidate, UiB

Tomas Salem is a social anthropologist with research interests in militarization, gender, and post-colonial theory.

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Lara Côrtes
Adviser, LawTransform

Lara Côrtes is the coordinator for LawTransform (CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation) and is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at CMI for the project PluriLand: Theorizing Conflict and Contestation in Plural Land Rights Regimes focusing on the case of Brazil.

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Antonio De Lauri
Research Professor, CMI

Antonio De Lauri is a research professor at CMI and the director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. He has conducted ethnographic research in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Europe and has published on issues related to war and post-war, humanitarianism, human rights, and borders.

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Tomas Salem

PhD Candidate, UiB

Tomas Salem is a social anthropologist with research interests in militarization, gender, and post-colonial theory.

He is an affiliated to the Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing research project and has studied the Brazilian police forces for over a decade. His first book is due for publication in April 2024.

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Lara Côrtes

Adviser, LawTransform

Lara Côrtes is the coordinator for LawTransform (CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation) and is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at CMI for the project PluriLand: Theorizing Conflict and Contestation in Plural Land Rights Regimes focusing on the case of Brazil.

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Antonio De Lauri

Research Professor, CMI

Antonio De Lauri is a research professor at CMI and the director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. He has conducted ethnographic research in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Europe and has published on issues related to war and post-war, humanitarianism, human rights, and borders.

See personal page.

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