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Thesis Chapters by Andressa Caldas
Sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento O que esperar da RIO+20, Jun 2012
Although several research projects have been carried out on the history and anthropology of quilo... more Although several research projects have been carried out on the history and anthropology of quilombola communities, contemporary quilombola mobilization is still an invisible category for scholarship on racial politics, black mobilization and social movements. Chapter 2 discusses the way that the quilombola movement has formed and shaped its demands through the politicization of ethnicity and rights-based discourse, mainly after the 1988 Constitution. It is divided into two sections. The first explores a broader and more general analysis of an incipient national quilombola movement. I seek to show the peculiar manner in which quilombola organisations have learned from distinct “politics of identity” experiences, while at the same time, incorporating strategies from other social movements (indigenous, landless and (mostly urban) black movement). The movement has thus simultaneously emphasised its specificities as an autonomous social movement, while advocating inclusion in universal public policies, without sacrificing the distinctiveness that defines quilombos. In the second part of this chapter, I return to the Alcântara case to explore how quilombola communities and local organizations since the 1980s have mobilized and developed political strategies to defend their rights. Focusing on the framing process, I examine the influence of the alliances favoured by quilombolas as well as the design of strategies for visibility and empowerment. I support this analysis of quilombola mobilization, in general, and on the Alcântara case, in particular, with conceptual tools elaborated in the field of contentious politics and social movements.
In the first part of Chapter 3, I address the gap between multicultural constitutions and state implementation of ethnic and collective rights by examining the Brazilian legal and institutional framework concerning quilombolas, and advances and defeats of secondary legislation concerning quilombola land titles. In the second part, I explore the extent to which the 1988 Constitution affected efforts to resist displacement of Alcântara quilombola communities by the state. Using the example of the inter- ministerial group created in 2004 for developing a sustainable development plan of Alcântara, I also consider how the Brazilian state and its heterogeneous internal forces have concomitantly guaranteed and denied quilombola land rights. Overall, I seek to investigate the extent to which there has existed or not a fit between movement demands (particularly ethnical land rights) and the state legal framework.
Books by Andressa Caldas
La Regulación Jurídica del Conocimiento Tradicional: la conquista de los saberes, 2004
Trata del conflicto crucial por la apropiación y la regulación de la biodiversidad. En vista de l... more Trata del conflicto crucial por la apropiación y la regulación de la biodiversidad. En vista de la importancia y la urgencia del problema, el libro de
la profesora brasilera Andressa Caldas que presento en estas líneas
constituye un aporte muy oportuno a los debates actuales y futuros
sobre el tema. Con una mezcla excepcional de rigor analítico jurídico, agudeza política y sensibilidad a los conflictos sociales, la autora
examina el estado del derecho de la propiedad intelectual sobre los
recursos biológicos, así como sus orígenes y efectos políticos y económicos. En un campo donde las normas y los debates son muy recientes y están, literalmente, cambiando día a día, y donde las
investigaciones académicas son escasas, este libro constituye un
análisis pionero que ofrece al lector una introducción sólida al tema
de la regulación jurídica del conocimiento tradicional.
Papers by Andressa Caldas
... En primer lugar, des-de el punto de vista del derecho económico internacional, el libro hace ... more ... En primer lugar, des-de el punto de vista del derecho económico internacional, el libro hace un balance completo de la regulación sobre la propiedad intelectual y sobre elconocimiento tradicional en materia de diversidad biológi-ca. ...
Las fronteras en la actualidad son expresiones de realidades multiples, al extremo de que en una ... more Las fronteras en la actualidad son expresiones de realidades multiples, al extremo de que en una frontera se pueden encontrar varias en simultaneo; porque se trata de la confluencia de situaciones asimetricas y heterogeneas. No solo que existen diferencias frente al otro distinto, sino que tambien se presentan una multiplicidad de aristas, tales como: economicas, politicas, sociales y culturales. De alli que las politicas que se disenen deban seguir esta logica plural y no continuar con el error de tener una sola propuesta para la totalidad y que esta sea elaborada de manera distante de la frontera y con desconocimiento de la misma.
Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR, 1999
1. The problem of crime proliferation and concomitant support for harsh order laws limits the wor... more 1. The problem of crime proliferation and concomitant support for harsh order laws limits the work of national Brazilian human rights organizations in Brazil. Fear of violence and a growing sense of insecurity within society lead individuals support harsh order laws. Within this context, human rights defence of criminal is limited because, “the disposition of groups to defend the rights of persons suspected of criminal violence wanes in the face of anti-crime (and anti-human rights) sentiment” (Cavallaro, 2001: 7). This obstacle is telling of two more general phenomena within Brazilian society. First, the problem speaks to the way the poor are criminalised within Brazilian society. According to Brazilian historian Cecilia Coimbra, throughout Brazilian history the poor have been portrayed as the ‘dangerous class’ through the media, public discourse and everyday language used to express growing fears of crime (2001). Human rights abuses against the poor are more acceptable when the po...
Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR, 2005
Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFPR, 1999
Sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento O que esperar da RIO+20, Jun 2012
Although several research projects have been carried out on the history and anthropology of quilo... more Although several research projects have been carried out on the history and anthropology of quilombola communities, contemporary quilombola mobilization is still an invisible category for scholarship on racial politics, black mobilization and social movements. Chapter 2 discusses the way that the quilombola movement has formed and shaped its demands through the politicization of ethnicity and rights-based discourse, mainly after the 1988 Constitution. It is divided into two sections. The first explores a broader and more general analysis of an incipient national quilombola movement. I seek to show the peculiar manner in which quilombola organisations have learned from distinct “politics of identity” experiences, while at the same time, incorporating strategies from other social movements (indigenous, landless and (mostly urban) black movement). The movement has thus simultaneously emphasised its specificities as an autonomous social movement, while advocating inclusion in universal public policies, without sacrificing the distinctiveness that defines quilombos. In the second part of this chapter, I return to the Alcântara case to explore how quilombola communities and local organizations since the 1980s have mobilized and developed political strategies to defend their rights. Focusing on the framing process, I examine the influence of the alliances favoured by quilombolas as well as the design of strategies for visibility and empowerment. I support this analysis of quilombola mobilization, in general, and on the Alcântara case, in particular, with conceptual tools elaborated in the field of contentious politics and social movements.
In the first part of Chapter 3, I address the gap between multicultural constitutions and state implementation of ethnic and collective rights by examining the Brazilian legal and institutional framework concerning quilombolas, and advances and defeats of secondary legislation concerning quilombola land titles. In the second part, I explore the extent to which the 1988 Constitution affected efforts to resist displacement of Alcântara quilombola communities by the state. Using the example of the inter- ministerial group created in 2004 for developing a sustainable development plan of Alcântara, I also consider how the Brazilian state and its heterogeneous internal forces have concomitantly guaranteed and denied quilombola land rights. Overall, I seek to investigate the extent to which there has existed or not a fit between movement demands (particularly ethnical land rights) and the state legal framework.
La Regulación Jurídica del Conocimiento Tradicional: la conquista de los saberes, 2004
Trata del conflicto crucial por la apropiación y la regulación de la biodiversidad. En vista de l... more Trata del conflicto crucial por la apropiación y la regulación de la biodiversidad. En vista de la importancia y la urgencia del problema, el libro de
la profesora brasilera Andressa Caldas que presento en estas líneas
constituye un aporte muy oportuno a los debates actuales y futuros
sobre el tema. Con una mezcla excepcional de rigor analítico jurídico, agudeza política y sensibilidad a los conflictos sociales, la autora
examina el estado del derecho de la propiedad intelectual sobre los
recursos biológicos, así como sus orígenes y efectos políticos y económicos. En un campo donde las normas y los debates son muy recientes y están, literalmente, cambiando día a día, y donde las
investigaciones académicas son escasas, este libro constituye un
análisis pionero que ofrece al lector una introducción sólida al tema
de la regulación jurídica del conocimiento tradicional.
... En primer lugar, des-de el punto de vista del derecho económico internacional, el libro hace ... more ... En primer lugar, des-de el punto de vista del derecho económico internacional, el libro hace un balance completo de la regulación sobre la propiedad intelectual y sobre elconocimiento tradicional en materia de diversidad biológi-ca. ...
Las fronteras en la actualidad son expresiones de realidades multiples, al extremo de que en una ... more Las fronteras en la actualidad son expresiones de realidades multiples, al extremo de que en una frontera se pueden encontrar varias en simultaneo; porque se trata de la confluencia de situaciones asimetricas y heterogeneas. No solo que existen diferencias frente al otro distinto, sino que tambien se presentan una multiplicidad de aristas, tales como: economicas, politicas, sociales y culturales. De alli que las politicas que se disenen deban seguir esta logica plural y no continuar con el error de tener una sola propuesta para la totalidad y que esta sea elaborada de manera distante de la frontera y con desconocimiento de la misma.
Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR, 1999
1. The problem of crime proliferation and concomitant support for harsh order laws limits the wor... more 1. The problem of crime proliferation and concomitant support for harsh order laws limits the work of national Brazilian human rights organizations in Brazil. Fear of violence and a growing sense of insecurity within society lead individuals support harsh order laws. Within this context, human rights defence of criminal is limited because, “the disposition of groups to defend the rights of persons suspected of criminal violence wanes in the face of anti-crime (and anti-human rights) sentiment” (Cavallaro, 2001: 7). This obstacle is telling of two more general phenomena within Brazilian society. First, the problem speaks to the way the poor are criminalised within Brazilian society. According to Brazilian historian Cecilia Coimbra, throughout Brazilian history the poor have been portrayed as the ‘dangerous class’ through the media, public discourse and everyday language used to express growing fears of crime (2001). Human rights abuses against the poor are more acceptable when the po...
Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR, 2005
Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFPR, 1999