Camila Ferreira Marinelli We are happy to share that Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá, one of our Research Collaborators in the Project ‘Capturing new education models among Indigenous and Quilombola minorities in Brazil’, has won the Photography Award in 1st place for ‘Images created by photographic cameras: Wild and anthropic environment’. The prize is given by the National Council for Scientific … Read more
The Coronavirus (Covid 19) has changed the way our current world operates completely. New changes are being introduced every day. Fife Centre for Equalities understand that some people will find it harder to adapt to the changes. The centre has created a simple survey for people to share with them their concerns https://centreforequalities.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-equality-concerns-survey/ https://centreforequalities.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-equality-concerns-survey Alternatively, … Read more
By Evgeniya Pakhomova As the new reality of the world affected by the COVID-19 was becoming inevitable, many countries have witnessed an increase in the number of deniers of the virus, commonly known as COVID-dissidents. Russia was no exception here: if anything, it has a growing and blurry variety of practices and views endorsed by … Read more
By Sophia Rosenblatt The press conference looked the same as it did every day. Andrew Cuomo—New York governor and emerging stud of the pandemic (see. Cuomosexual[1])— front and centre, framed on a TV screen which displayed “Breaking News” beneath him and death tolls by state to the right. These press conferences have been daily, broadcasted … Read more
Among Covid-19’s many challenges, indigenous populations in Brazil are particularly vulnerable, with greater vulnerability to infectious diseases and dependent on medical system that presents problems of articulation with the state and municipal health departments. For this reason the Xakriabá People are monitoring their own territory carefully and preliminary results are already available. These results hope … Read more
By Betty Andrews The Washington Post[1] actively fact checks dubious claims made by politicians and public figures and, during his time in office, Donald Trump has made false claims frequently enough to warrant an entire webpage dedicated to compiling them. As of April 3rd, he had made 18,000 false or misleading claims over the course … Read more
*** this blog post is translated into English below *** Um passeio por Pinhões quilombola Muito se tem falado em Comunidade Quilombola. Eu nasci na Comunidade Quilombola de Pinhões, no entanto, cresci sem que a comunidade, a família e a escola despertassem em mim o interesse por minha ancestralidade. Após perceber que nossas tradições precisam … Read more
We want to congratulate Annabelle von Moltke on her new job at the Cairo Office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Egypt, as an Intern with the Labour Mobility and Human Development unit. We wish her success and all the best in this new phase. We would also want to thank her for all … Read more