Necropolitics in the Jungle
Covid-19 and the Marginalisation of Brazil's Forest Peoples
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5000737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriela Russo Lopes (0000-0002-0161-6339, CEDLA University of Amsterdam The Netherlands), Mairon G Bastos Lima (0000-0003-4235-8847, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 92-97 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/blar.13177 |
| OpenAlex | W3116890529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 6 |
COVID-19 has been particularly damaging to already vulnerable social groups, such as forest peoples. In Brazil, indigenous, Afro-Brazilian quilombolas and other racialised communities have suffered disproportionately under Bolsonaro's hands-off policy during the pandemic. We argue that, far from happenstance, this policy fits into a form of necropolitics towards forest peoples. Drawing from Achille Mbembe's seminal work, this article analyses how underlying (and sometimes overt) racism, cultural depredation, and government-supported deforestation constitute an assault now catalysed by the pandemic. Understanding forest peoples' disproportionate deaths in perspective is critical for addressing their growing vulnerability and the broader politics currently at play
Archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Deforestation (computer science · Development economics · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Jungle · Pandemic · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Ecology
Locally Based, Regionally Manifested, and Globally Relevant
Introduction
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Covid-19 violence and the structural determinants of death
Covid-19 information and self-protective behaviors among rural communities in tropical forests
The Gendered Discourses of Illiberal Demographic Policy in Poland and in Russia
Medicine, Dissent and the “Chloroquinization” of Truth
Integrating human rights in the sustainability governance of global supply chains
The impact of Covid-19 on the global forestry sector – A bibliometric analysis-based literature review
Neglect paves the way for dispossession
Dispossessions in Bolsonaro’s Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Resistance and the regimen
Cidadania dos povos da floresta e Covid-19
Gore Capitalism and Necropolitics in Brazil's Malgovernance of the Covid-19 Pandemic
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |