Browsing by Subject "Brazil"

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    3rd Conference of Texas Brazilianists (poster), October 7, 2006
    (2006-10-07) Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
    The University of Texas and the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will hold the 3rd Conference of Texas Brazilianists Saturday, October 7, 2006. The program will include paper presentations during morning and afternoon sessions; a plenary wrap-up discussion in the afternoon; and cultural activities in the evening. Scholars from around the state of Texas will explore contemporary issues in Brazilian politics, social development, citizenship, inequality, national identity, and more.
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    3rd Conference of Texas Brazilianists (program), October 7, 2006
    (2006-10-07) Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
    The University of Texas and the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will hold the 3rd Conference of Texas Brazilianists Saturday, October 7, 2006. The program will include paper presentations during morning and afternoon sessions; a plenary wrap-up discussion in the afternoon; and cultural activities in the evening. Scholars from around the state of Texas will explore contemporary issues in Brazilian politics, social development, citizenship, inequality, national identity, and more.
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    A litany of white men : the Brazilian textbook industry and the reproduction of old canons
    (2017-05-04) Sanchez, Giovana Romano; Roncador, Sônia
    This work investigates the structural motives for the reproduction of a traditional white and male narrative in Brazilian history textbooks. To understand the resistance to change, this study combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies, analyzing both the content of a popular high school history collection and looking at textbook’s contexts of production, evaluation and use in class. First, a content analysis with an intersectional approach applied to all three volumes of História, Sociedade e Cidadania reveals the extent to which the main protagonists in the narrative are white, male, and in positions of power—and to which women, especially indigenous, black and Asian women, are underrepresented. The second part of the project leaves the book to investigate the structures of production, evaluation and uses of textbooks in Brazil, drawing from official documents and semi-structured interviews with a school teacher, textbook editors and a federal evaluator. This work argues that, even though in the last decade the black and indigenous movements were guaranteed legal rights towards representation in the curricula, a combination of four factors—the market, the state, the existing systems of oppression and the ways books are used in class—contribute to the maintenance of a canonical version of history in Brazilian textbooks
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    A View of Brazil: The Culture and Geography
    (2010) Lara, Agustin
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    The Accidental President of Brazil: An Interview with Fernando Henrique Cardoso
    (Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2007) Pees Scott, Catherine
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    The Aeneid of Brazil : Caramuru (1781)
    (2012-05) Mora García, Belinda; Arias, Arturo, 1950-; Lindstrom, Naomi; Roncador, Sonia; Arroyo, Jossianna; Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge
    This dissertation concerns the epic poem Caramuru (1781) by José de Santa Rita Durão. I propose both a post-nationalist or postcolonial reading of Caramuru, as well as a pre-nationalist or historical analysis. The first part of this dissertation focuses on the form itself, particularly the genre of epic poetry to which Caramuru belongs. The title of this dissertation references Virgil’s Aeneid, while the comparisons between this and other epics focus on the conventions of epic poetry, placing Caramuru within the context of other epic poems. Traditionally, and even recently, Caramuru has consistently been compared to Luis de Camões’ Os Lusíadas. I have tried to establish a closer connection with Virgil’s Aeneid, rather than Os Lusíadas, as the model epic for Caramuru. Chapter One focuses on the topic of imitation, specifically the many similarities with the plot of Virgil’s Aeneid. Chapter Two offers a historiographical approach to how the readings of colonial texts changed over time, including a historical background of Caramuru, which was written soon after the fall of the so-called enlightened despotism of Portugal under the Marques de Pombal. The second part of this dissertation is a close reading of the text itself, and focuses on the colonial discourse present in the poem. Chapter Three is an analysis of the religious discourse in Caramuru, which reflects the preoccupations of an Augustinian monk living in the Age of Enlightenment. Chapter Four concerns the representations of Amerindian resistance in the poem, particularly of two characters who belong to the insubordinate Caeté tribe. The last chapter focuses on the issue of gender and how women are represented in Caramuru. The main woman protagonist is a Tupinambá woman who becomes a prototype for Iracema, a well-known fictional character from nineteenth-century Brazil. Santa Rita Durão was born in Brazil but lived most of his adult life in Portugal, plus 15 years in Italy. He wrote that the motivation to write this poem was his ‘love of homeland’ or nationalist sentiment, even though the nation of Brazil was yet to exist at the time he wrote Caramuru.
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    Affirmative action in Brazil : affirmation or denial?
    (2012-12) Torres, Dalila Noleto; Hooker, Juliet
    Affirmative action for blacks has been implemented in recent years mainly as racial quota system at public universities in Brazil. The topic became nationally debated when the racial quota system of the University of Brasilia was adopted. Racial quotas were questioned in the Brazilian Supreme Court with the argument that they were unconstitutional. At the same time, the previous governments has been favorable of inclusive policies and extended the scope of affirmative action adoption. However, why the conservative reaction to racial quotas continued to socially and institutionally expand in spite of their implementation in many universities? The focus of this thesis was to frame these reactions in an institutional perspective by hypothesizing in this research that institutional racism could be addressed as non-recognition of black Brazilians as full subjects of rights considering their identity fragmentation due to the processes of racial formation that undermined racial solidarity, identification, and political participation through miscegenation. In order to investigate the identity framing of institutional racism, the racial quotas system at the University of Brasilia was chosen for policy process analysis. The Advocacy Coalition Framework was the choice of analysis because it permits to observe the policy process since the discussions that aimed to insert the problem of black exclusion in the higher education subsystem to the evaluation of policy implementation based on the approved documents to the broad implications considering the scope of actions from those who shared the beliefs by which coalitions are motivated to act. The results point to the maintenance of racial democracy in the coalition actors’ beliefs that affirm the non-existence of race, the impossibility of black identity, and advocate for the no-racist character of Brazilian identity due to its population racial mixing. Therefore, the hypothesis presented indications of being politically relevant since this research found indications that institutional racism can be framed as non-recognition of black identity by those responsible for its implementation, consciously or not led by individuals through the institutional gaps that do not present any mechanism of coercion or reward for managers to be interested in the full development of affirmative action.
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    Affirmative Action in Brazil : mapping the significance of transformations in the state and the Movimento Negro Unificado
    (2006-12) Irwin, Amanda, 1981-; Hunter, Wendy
    This research suggests that the historical context of the 1990s in Brazil provoked the state and the Movimento Negro Unificado (MNU) to undergo specific political transformations with regard to their traditional views, ideologies and preferred strategies for dealing with race and racial inequality. The majority of mainstream literature on affirmative action suggests that the appearance of affirmative action was accompanied by radical shifts in the states policy on race (Gomes 2005, Htun 2004, Medeiros 2005, Mitchell 2006 and Vieira 2005). On the other hand, this literature rarely, if ever, considers the shifts in policies and organizing that occurred in the MNU in order for a policy of affirmative action to become a possibility (Hanchard, 1994). This research corrects for this inefficiency in the mainstream literature by re-centering the significant role that the shifts and ruptures in the MNU had in making affirmative action and other institutional efforts for overcoming inequality and racism in Brazil a possibility. By exploring the historical moment that gave rise to affirmative action, and comparing the state and MNUs traditional posture on racial inequality with the new posture that emerged alongside affirmative action policies, it is possible to re-think the nature of the shifts in the state and the MNU and the ways those shifts made policies like affirmative action a possibility. Therefore, this thesis suggests that opting for a politics of Affirmative action represents a re-articulation of the Movimento Negro, just as much as it represents a shift in the Brazilian states policy and rhetoric on race. Furthermore, this research suggests that affirmative action was a bottom-up policy, nurtured by the dynamics of the historical moment and made possible by the MNUs intense pressure on the state. This research also examines how the shifts in the state and the MNU, which facilitated specific changes in their methods and motivations for dealing with racial inequality, are still shaping the very nature of the current affirmative action debate in Brazil.
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    Affirmative Action in Brazilian Higher Education: Actors, Events, and Networks, 1992 – 2008
    (Texas Education Review, 2024) Somers, Patricia A.
    This unfinished manuscript (written February 2008) originated as a working paper published here to illustrate Pat's organizational approach, writing process, and commitment to engaged scholarship. The article contains several incomplete sections, but the editors added notes to provide some explanations and a complete set of references. The paper focuses on African Brazilians' struggle for race equity, leading to legislation and regulations institutionalizing affirmative action practices in Brazilian higher education. Rather than complete the paper, the editors believe that presenting her work in this form, on a subject she sincerely cared about, serves as a meaningful tribute to her legacy.
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    African diaspora in reverse : the Tabom people in Ghana, 1820s-2009
    (2010-05) Essien, Kwame; Falola, Toyin
    The early 1800s witnessed the exodus of former slaves from Brazil to Africa. A number of slaves migrated after gaining manumission. Others were deported after they were accused of committing various “crimes” and after slave rebellions. These returnees established various communities and identities along the coastline of West Africa, but Historians often limit the scope to communities that developed in Benin, Togo and Nigeria. My dissertation fills in this gap by highlighting the obscured history of the Tabom people—the descendants of Afro-Brazilian returnees in Ghana. The study examines the history of the Tabom people to show the various ways they are constructing their identities and how their leaders are forging ties with the Brazilian government, the Ghanaian government, and institutions such as UNESCO. The main goal of the Tabom people is to preserve their history, to underscore the significance of sites of memories, and to restore various historical monuments within their communities for tourism. The economic consciousness contributed to the restoration of the “Brazil House” in Accra which was opened for tourism on November 15, 2007, after a year of repairs through the support of the Brazilian Embassy and various institutions in Ghana. This watershed moment not only marked an important historical event and the birth of tourism within the Tabom community, but epitomized decades of attempts to showcase the history of the Afro-Brazilian community which has been obscured in Ghanaian school curriculum and African diaspora history. My central thesis is that the initiatives by the Tabom people are not only influenced by economic interests, but also by the need to express the “dual” identities that underlie what it means to the “Ghanaian-Brazilian.” The efforts by the Tabom leaders to project their dual heritage, led to the visit by Brazilian President Luiz Inácios Lula da Silva “Lula” in April 2005, who also graciously supported the restoration of the “Brazil House.” Through these interactions Lula extended an invitation to the Tabom chief and members of the community to visit Brazil for the first time. This dissertation posits that Lula’s invitation highlight notions that the African Diaspora is an unending journey.
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    An ethnographic account of Minha Casa Minha Vida’s affordable housing policy
    (2023-07-27) Bechtlufft Cardoso, Matheus; Sletto, Bjørn
    This research aims to shine light into one of Brazil’s most influential affordable housing policies. In the research, I explore how successful the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program is when comparing apartment complexes in states where the access to resources and capital is drastically different. This is done by visiting three apartment complexes, those being one in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Jacarepagua and two in the city of Macapa (Jardim Acucena and Macapaba), where I attempt to find overlapping themes among the three developments that can be used to suggest whether the program is successful at attending the different needs of different states, or if the program is following one formula regardless of the location. This is done by interviews with current and formal residents of the program where experiences shared can aid with the understanding of the successes and shortcoming of a nationwide standardized affordable housing program
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    An Introduction to Brazil
    (2010) Ortiz, Elizabeth
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    Analysis of the size, accessibility, and profitability of international defense sales in times of U.S. budget uncertainty
    (2015-05) Massey, Daniel Lee; Gholz, Eugene, 1971-; Gilbert, Stephen
    Immediately prior to and following cuts to the U.S. defense budget in 2013, executives and board members from Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics specifically cited the need to increase international sales to make up for lost U.S. revenue. Some statements predict aggressive international growth in the immediate future, while others take a more moderate or long-term approach. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the international defense market is sufficiently large, accessible, and profitable for U.S. defense companies to maintain or grow overall revenue and profitability in the face of static or shrinking defense budgets in the United States.
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    Antun Saadeh in the mahjar, 1938-1947
    (2016-05) Leidy, Joseph Walker; Di-Capua, Yoav, 1970-; El-Ariss, Tarek
    Antun Saadeh (1904-1949), the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, has often been labelled a political and ideological imitator of European fascism. This association has led many to gloss over an important feature of his career: the mahjar, or Arab diaspora, particularly in Argentina and Brazil where he spent much of his life. This thesis contends that Saadeh's illiberalism emerged not as a mere echo of European fascism but from a diverse set of ideas and experiences. Central among these was his experiences and perceptions of the mahjar, which became a symbolic foil for Saadeh’s Syrian Social Nationalism. On the one hand, Saadeh conceived of the mahjar in terms that paralleled the historicist ideal of Phoenician trading colonies in Lebanese nationalism. However, Saadeh also had reservations about the dedication of migrant communities to the national cause. Reflecting this ambiguity, Arabic-language periodicals published in Argentina show how Saadeh was received in 1940s migrant society, where he found both supporters and detractors. There, Saadeh’s initially positive reception was followed by a turn against him in public debates. Nonetheless, Saadeh and his party had some success in establishing their movement in the mahjar, where younger supporters connected Saadeh to local discourses of national liberation. Viewing Saadeh from the perspective of his transnational influences and migrant audiences allows us to see him not as an exception in midcentury Levantine politics but within the wider context of nationalist politics in Lebanon, Syria, and the mahjar at the end of the Mandate era.
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    Argentina and Brazil: The Future of Integration (program), March 8, 2004
    (2004-03-08) Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
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    Argentina frente al siglo XXI: Desarrollo e integración
    (2004-03-08) Tangelson, Oscar