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WP361 My language is the barrier: Reflections on English, corporate belonging and racialised exclusion in Brazil
2026
I am British. I speak English, and Brazilian companies pay me to teach it. But Brazil does not really need my language. So why does it keep demanding it? …
Key words: Brazil, Exclusion through English, Gatekeeping, institutional discourse
WP337 Arts-activist literacies across a lifespan: An ethnographic biography of Ítala Isis and the (in)Visible Cities Movement in Rio de Janeiro
2025
This article presents an approach to biographical writing developed through ethnographic fieldwork on social movement literacies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From that wider range, the focus is on arts-activist literacies across the lifespan of one …
Key words: arts activism, Brazil, ethnography, insecuritisation, Literacy Studies
WP334 The pragmatics of hope among survivors of a terrorist attack
2025
This paper examines how survivors of a terrorist attack in Fortaleza, Brazil, and their allies navigated its aftermath. Through a focus group and interviews with students, professors, and other professionals—some present during the attack, others …
Key words: Brazil, hope, insecuritisation, survival
WP245 Transidiomaticity and transperformances in Brazilian queer rap: Toward an abject aesthetics
2018
Queer rap has been said to be shining in the homophobic world of hip-hop lately, especially on the New York contemporary music scene. Considered by many as the new kids on the block, queer rappers have been breaking down mainstream ways of composing, …
WP228 The semiotic politics of affect in the Brazilian political crisis
2017
This paper investigates the geopolitical dynamics of hate and hope during the 2016 impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff, the first female president of Brazil. To do so, it engages with recent theoretical and analytical developments in the …