L Spesny
Biographic Data
| ID | 40421 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Spesny |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Spesny |
| SIGNATURE | SPESNY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1506-2119 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Law as a Necropolitical Tool
This article explores the necropolitical foundations of police violence in Brazil via a genealogical approach of analysis of criminal codes, creation decrees, and other legal documents and insights from ethnographic research. In this paper I argue that antiblackness determines the role of the police in contemporary Brazil and has inscribed its place in law. Historically, the police had the legal duty to repress and punish enslaved people; but the…
The “ethical” soldier? How the Military Police in Rio de Janeiro practice human rights morality
The Pacifying Police Unit was created to implement proximity policing strategies in some favelas of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was set to reconfigure the relationship between the Military Police and the residents of these neighborhoods, historically based on violence and fear. Drawing from a yearlong ethnography of the daily work of a Pacifying Police station, I argue that this new perspective of policing has set human rights as a dis…
Favelas
Favelas is the word used in Brazil to designate areas commonly known as slums. However, the term suggests more than territories defined by scarcity, lack of basic services, and poor housing. Favelas expanded as a colonial legacy of slavery and of the growing divide between the urban haves and have‐nots. Today they are present in most metropolises in the country; although varying in size and location, they shape the urban and social landscape of B…
Urban Warfare
Urban warfare refers to a range of military operations conducted in cities. Cities have a political, economic, social, and cultural significance that are determinant in warfare tactics. When compared to other landscapes, the sociopolitical and infrastructural specificities of cities make them the most challenging of war operations. Urban violence has shaped the dynamics of cities around the world in different forms. As with all conflicts, urban o…
Les politiques du corps
L 'étude de la santé comme enjeu politique et le parcours de l'histoire du sida en Afrique du Sud dans le contexte post-apartheid est l'objet de cet ouvrage.L'auteur présente l'expérience de personnes atteintes du sida qui racontent comment ils vivent leur maladie.Il met aussi en évidence les inégalités sociales, raciales et de genre dans l'Afrique du Sud contemporaine.Fassin nous montre comment la réalité du sida en Afrique du Sud ne peut être a…
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Les politiques du corps
L 'étude de la santé comme enjeu politique et le parcours de l'histoire du sida en Afrique du Sud dans le contexte post-apartheid est l'objet de cet ouvrage.L'auteur présente l'expérience de personnes atteintes du sida qui racontent comment ils vivent leur maladie.Il met aussi en évidence les inégalités sociales, raciales et de genre dans l'Afrique du Sud contemporaine.Fassin nous montre comment la réalité du sida en Afrique du Sud ne peut être a…
Favelas
Favelas is the word used in Brazil to designate areas commonly known as slums. However, the term suggests more than territories defined by scarcity, lack of basic services, and poor housing. Favelas expanded as a colonial legacy of slavery and of the growing divide between the urban haves and have‐nots. Today they are present in most metropolises in the country; although varying in size and location, they shape the urban and social landscape of B…
Urban Warfare
Urban warfare refers to a range of military operations conducted in cities. Cities have a political, economic, social, and cultural significance that are determinant in warfare tactics. When compared to other landscapes, the sociopolitical and infrastructural specificities of cities make them the most challenging of war operations. Urban violence has shaped the dynamics of cities around the world in different forms. As with all conflicts, urban o…
The “ethical” soldier? How the Military Police in Rio de Janeiro practice human rights morality
The Pacifying Police Unit was created to implement proximity policing strategies in some favelas of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was set to reconfigure the relationship between the Military Police and the residents of these neighborhoods, historically based on violence and fear. Drawing from a yearlong ethnography of the daily work of a Pacifying Police station, I argue that this new perspective of policing has set human rights as a dis…
The Law as a Necropolitical Tool
This article explores the necropolitical foundations of police violence in Brazil via a genealogical approach of analysis of criminal codes, creation decrees, and other legal documents and insights from ethnographic research. In this paper I argue that antiblackness determines the role of the police in contemporary Brazil and has inscribed its place in law. Historically, the police had the legal duty to repress and punish enslaved people; but the…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work)