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Mass Death and Disappearance in Contemporary Necropolitical Democracies: Brazilian and Mexican cases

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Based on ethnographic research in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Sonora, Mexico, we analyze mass deaths and disappearances under (formally) democratic regimes. A comparison by contrast reveals the similarities and differences between these two places. We establish a dialogue with the structural perspective of necropolitics and studies of victims’ experiences in different national contexts. We seek to link the notion of the necropolitical environment with analysis of practices of valorization of human life. To do so, we start by analyzing the experiences of people whose lives, as well as those of their families, are socially devalued (valuation studies). The concept of maternal body emerges from this analysis, enabling us to understand the dynamics of friction between the necropolitical environment and the emergence of possible forms of life, defined on the basis of inter-corporeal links between the families and their dead or disappeared loved ones.
Fundamentando-nos nas pesquisas etnográficas que realizamos no estado do Rio de Janeiro, no Brasil, e na cidade de Sonora, no México, analisamos a morte e o desaparecimento em massa no quadro de regimes (formalmente) democráticos. Uma comparação por contraste permite-nos evidenciar dinâmicas de semelhanças e contrastes entre estes dois lugares. Estabelecemos um diálogo com a perspectiva estrutural da necropolítica e trabalhos que analisam experiências de vítimas em diferentes contextos nacionais. Propomos relacionar a noção de ambiente necropolítico com uma análise de práticas de valorização da vida humana. Para tanto, partimos dos pontos de vista de experiências de pessoas cujas vidas, bem como aquelas de familiares e próximos, são socialmente desvalorizadas (valuation studies). Desta análise emerge a noção de corpo materno que nos permite compreender dinâmicas de fricção entre o ambiente necropolítica e a emergência de formas de vidas possíveis, definidas a partir de laços intercorporais entre as famílias e os entes queridos mortos ou desparecidos.
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hal-04715554 , version 1 (30-09-2024)

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Paola Díaz, Jussara Freire. Mass Death and Disappearance in Contemporary Necropolitical Democracies: Brazilian and Mexican cases. Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2023, 20, ⟨10.1590/1809-4341.2023v20a20600⟩. ⟨hal-04715554⟩
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