The State of Brazilian Politics – A Black Feminist Perspective: An IG Live with Dr. Tassiana Oliveira
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Political scientist and scholar of Brazilian Studies Dr. Tassiana Oliveira will share her critical insights on the state of Brazilian politics.
On Thursday, January 26th at 6:30 PM EST, join us for an IG Live on “The State of Brazilian Politics: A Black Feminist Perspective - An IG Live with Dr. Tassiana Oliveira.”
About the Event: The state of Brazilian politics is at the center of global discourse, given the recent fascist invasion of the Brazilian Presidential Palace and Supreme Court by supporters of the ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro; Lula's narrow win for presidency against Bolsonaro; and the current presidential cabinet's agenda to emphasize a “new Brazil” by centering communities that were overlooked and marginalized during Bolsonaro’s administration.
Recently, there have been several Black feminist political victories in Brazil: Anielle Franco, activist, sister of Marielle Franco, and executive director of the Marielle Franco Institute, is the Minister of Racial Equality; environmentalist Marina Silva is the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change; Erika Hilton became the first travesti elected to the country’s federal legislature; and the re-election of Olivia Santana, the first Black state deputy from Bahia. While Black women and gender expansive people have and continue to be at the vanguard of political movement building in the country, they are also disproportionately impacted by socio-economic conditions and inequities that impact their quality of life, health outcomes, and political access.
Our featured guest, political scientist and scholar of Brazilian Studies Dr. Tassiana Oliveira, will offer critical insights on the historical, current, and future state of Brazilian politics from a Black feminist perspective.
About Dr. Tassiana Oliveira: Tassiana Moura de Oliveira (she/her) is a Black woman from the Northeast of Brazil, political scientist and scholar of Brazilian studies, especially judicial politics, judicialization of policies, and relations between law and society in Brazil. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning in which she analyzes the judicialization of Covid-19 related policies on the sub-national level of the judiciary system in Brazil. She is also interested in race and politics in Brazil, and environmental racism in quilombos in Brazil. She is a lecturer at the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University at Albany (SUNY).