Exploring the Expression and Practice of Collective Agency among Rio De Janeiro Favela Residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contesting and (Re)Framing The Dominant National Narrative through Community-Based Newspapers

• In Event: The Politics of Protest

Brief Overview

We explore the ways residents of two Rio de Janeiro favelas have expressed collective agency while addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue their efforts constitute a generative effort to contest the dominant governance narrative they confront.

Authors

• Desiree Poets, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Catherine Grimes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Max O. Stephenson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Helena Vasconcellos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University