A Horizon of (Im)possibilities
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- Other Events
- Address
- Online
- Speakers
- Katerina Hatzikidi (University of Tübingen/ Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology University of Oxford/associate fellow at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of London), Eduardo Dullo (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Linda Newson (CLACS), Carly Machado (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ))
- Organiser
- Katerina Hatzikidi
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- Contact
- jenny.stubbs@sas.ac.uk 020 7862 8832
Please join us to celebrate the release of A Horizon of (Im)possibilities: A Chronicle of Brazil’s Conservative Turn the latest CLACS book published by University of London Press.â¯
Authors:Katerina Hatzikidi and Eduardo Dullo
Chair:â¯Linda Newson,â¯Professor Emerita at CLACS
Discussants:⯠Carly Machado, Associate professor at Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and Graham Denyer Willis (University of Cambridge)
The 2018 presidential election result in Brazil surprised and shocked many. Since then, numerous debates and a growing body of texts have attempted to understand the country’s so-called ‘conservative turn’. A Horizon of (Im)possibilities is the first volume in English to analyze the impact of recent political phenomena in Brazil, from the rise of Bolsonaro to the climate crisis. A gripping in-depth account of politics and society in Brazil today, this new volume brings together a myriad of different perspectives to help us better understand the political events that shook the country in recent years.
Combining ethnographic insights with political science, history, sociology, and anthropology, the interdisciplinary analyses included offer a panoramic view on social and political change in Brazil, spanning temporal and spatial dimensions. Starting with the 2018 presidential election, the contributors discuss the country’s recent –or more distant– past in relation to the present. Pointing to the continuities and disruptions in the course of those years, the analyses offered are an invaluable guide to unpacking and understanding the limits of Brazilian democracy, including what has already come to pass, but also what is yet to come.
Katerina Hatzikidi is a social anthropologist and postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded “PACT: Populism and Conspiracy Theory” project at the University of Tübingen. She is also a research affiliate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and an associate fellow at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of London.
Eduardo Dullo is associate professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, where he is also the director of the Religious Studies Centre. Dullo is a productivity research fellow of CNPq (the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).
This free event will be held online. Please note that you will need to register in advance to receive the online event joining link. Please click on the book now button below to register for this book launch taking place on 13 Dec at 17:00 GMT, UK - 2pm in Brazil and 6pm in Central Europe - please be sure to check your local time.
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