REFLECTIONS ON THE "PACIFICATION" OF FAVELAS IN RIO DE JANEIRO AS A CONTINUITY OF COLONIALITY: REFLECTIONS ON THE "PACIFICATION" OF FAVELAS IN RIO DE JANEIRO AS A CONTINUITY OF COLONIALITY
This article explores the current process of pacification in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro through practices and discourses that perpetuate expressions of coloniality in the country. It is argued that this pacification serves as a mechanism of social control that has been in practice in Brazil since...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Desenvolvimento Social (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.periodicos.unimontes.br:article/8699 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/rds/article/view/8699 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pacificação. Favela. Colonialidade. Violência. Produção do espaço urbano |
| Sumario: | This article explores the current process of pacification in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro through practices and discourses that perpetuate expressions of coloniality in the country. It is argued that this pacification serves as a mechanism of social control that has been in practice in Brazil since colonization, affecting specific social groups based on a discourse of combating insecurity and promoting development and civility in the territories of the "other." Using the concept of coloniality, the article discusses how pacification can manifest in the context of Rio de Janeiro. The study proposes linking this concept to contribute to the understanding of contemporary social struggles and the need for decolonization of knowledge and social practices. Although not a new phenomenon, pacification has increasingly become a tool associated with the organization of urban spaces in marginalized territories, with particular focus on the establishment of the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) in Rio's favelas starting in 2008. It is therefore essential to understand its connection to the production of Brazilian cities associated with the reproduction and maintenance of the continuities of coloniality in Brazil. |
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