Aiko Ikemura Amaral
Biographic Data
| ID | 108659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aiko Ikemura Amaral |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aiko Ikemura |
| FAMILY NAME | Amaral |
| SIGNATURE | AMARAL A I |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1450-9695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From the infrastructure of food to food as infrastructure in Brazil’s urban peripheries
Infrastructural debates have examined how unequal, uncertain and fragmented service provision shapes the everyday lives of marginalised citizens, yet have largely overlooked the relations with food. In Brazil’s urban peripheries access to food is mediated by combinations of people as infrastructure, social infrastructures and infrastructures of care. Drawing upon fieldwork in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, this article makes two contributions. Fir…
Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis
This article examines the institutionalisation of indigeneity in Bolivia under the governments of Evo Morales (2006–2019) as a central component of the MAS project of crafting state hegemony. We trace the emergence of what we call the indio institucionalizado from the social mobilisations of the 1990s and 2000s through the Constitutional Assembly and the consolidation and fall of Morales and the MAS. We argue that this state‐sanctioned form of in…
Re-framing popular governance in Brazil
In the periferias of Brazil, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the role of local actors to organise and manage networks, resources and discourses to support and advance residents’ demands. In this article, we argue that the pandemic gave visibility to emerging arrangements which remain under-theorised and under-analysed. Specifically, we examine how these arrangements reveal what we label re-insurgent and entrepreneurial forms of popular governance. …
Introduction
Guest Editors: Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Philipp Horne, and DEsiree Poets
Neither Natives nor Nationals in Brazil
Bolivian migrants in Brazil are commonly categorised as 'indians' who are 'enslaved' in São Paulo's garment industry. Simultaneously, self-identified indigenous peoples in Brazilian urban centres are constantly challenged as to the authenticity of their claims to indigeneity. This article explores the racialisation of migrants based on an ethnography of two Bolivian street markets in São Paulo, as social and spatial mobilities articulate race and…
When the (face)mask slips
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks and the act of masking have become emotive subjects for social and political debate. In Brazil, one of the countries most severely affected by the pandemic, the seemingly mundane act of mask-wearing has become part of a deep social, political and economic crisis at the centre of which is the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. In this paper we explore the politics of (un)masking in Brazil from three …
Campo, gênero e academia
Neste artigo, apresentamos um debate sobre a relação entre gênero e trabalho de campo, formulado a partir de nossas experiências na Bolívia e buscando consolidar uma crítica ao machismo na academia. Com trajetórias disciplinares distintas (antropologia, ciência política, relações internacionais e sociologia), apresentamos relatos sobre como ser mulher marcou diversos momentos da nossa pesquisa, desde escolhas de lugares nos quais trabalhar e noss…
When the (face)mask slips
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks and the act of masking have become emotive subjects for social and political debate. In Brazil, one of the countries most severely affected by the pandemic, the seemingly mundane act of mask-wearing has become part of a deep social, political and economic crisis at the centre of which is the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. In this paper we explore the politics of (un)masking in Brazil from three …
Introduction
Guest Editors: Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Philipp Horne, and DEsiree Poets
Neither Natives nor Nationals in Brazil
Bolivian migrants in Brazil are commonly categorised as 'indians' who are 'enslaved' in São Paulo's garment industry. Simultaneously, self-identified indigenous peoples in Brazilian urban centres are constantly challenged as to the authenticity of their claims to indigeneity. This article explores the racialisation of migrants based on an ethnography of two Bolivian street markets in São Paulo, as social and spatial mobilities articulate race and…
Campo, gênero e academia
Neste artigo, apresentamos um debate sobre a relação entre gênero e trabalho de campo, formulado a partir de nossas experiências na Bolívia e buscando consolidar uma crítica ao machismo na academia. Com trajetórias disciplinares distintas (antropologia, ciência política, relações internacionais e sociologia), apresentamos relatos sobre como ser mulher marcou diversos momentos da nossa pesquisa, desde escolhas de lugares nos quais trabalhar e noss…
Campo, gênero e academia
Neste artigo, apresentamos um debate sobre a relação entre gênero e trabalho de campo, formulado a partir de nossas experiências na Bolívia e buscando consolidar uma crítica ao machismo na academia. Com trajetórias disciplinares distintas (antropologia, ciência política, relações internacionais e sociologia), apresentamos relatos sobre como ser mulher marcou diversos momentos da nossa pesquisa, desde escolhas de lugares nos quais trabalhar e noss…
When the (face)mask slips
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks and the act of masking have become emotive subjects for social and political debate. In Brazil, one of the countries most severely affected by the pandemic, the seemingly mundane act of mask-wearing has become part of a deep social, political and economic crisis at the centre of which is the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. In this paper we explore the politics of (un)masking in Brazil from three …
Introduction
Guest Editors: Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Philipp Horne, and DEsiree Poets
Neither Natives nor Nationals in Brazil
Bolivian migrants in Brazil are commonly categorised as 'indians' who are 'enslaved' in São Paulo's garment industry. Simultaneously, self-identified indigenous peoples in Brazilian urban centres are constantly challenged as to the authenticity of their claims to indigeneity. This article explores the racialisation of migrants based on an ethnography of two Bolivian street markets in São Paulo, as social and spatial mobilities articulate race and…
Re-framing popular governance in Brazil
In the periferias of Brazil, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the role of local actors to organise and manage networks, resources and discourses to support and advance residents’ demands. In this article, we argue that the pandemic gave visibility to emerging arrangements which remain under-theorised and under-analysed. Specifically, we examine how these arrangements reveal what we label re-insurgent and entrepreneurial forms of popular governance. …
From the infrastructure of food to food as infrastructure in Brazil’s urban peripheries
Infrastructural debates have examined how unequal, uncertain and fragmented service provision shapes the everyday lives of marginalised citizens, yet have largely overlooked the relations with food. In Brazil’s urban peripheries access to food is mediated by combinations of people as infrastructure, social infrastructures and infrastructures of care. Drawing upon fieldwork in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, this article makes two contributions. Fir…
Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis
This article examines the institutionalisation of indigeneity in Bolivia under the governments of Evo Morales (2006–2019) as a central component of the MAS project of crafting state hegemony. We trace the emergence of what we call the indio institucionalizado from the social mobilisations of the 1990s and 2000s through the Constitutional Assembly and the consolidation and fall of Morales and the MAS. We argue that this state‐sanctioned form of in…
Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works)