“Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa

Pursuing the broader political effects of the relationship between violence, mobility, and inequality, the article describes some of the grounded political-economies (re)producing social inequalities in Brazil and South Africa, and a discontinuous experience of the urban space. This fragmented spati...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz, Lenin Pires
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
ES
EU
FR
PT
Publicado: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/6c147304ec5e4b639bac6637d427699d
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:6c147304ec5e4b639bac6637d427699d
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6c147304ec5e4b639bac6637d427699d2021-12-01T08:40:33Z“Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa2079-5971https://doaj.org/article/6c147304ec5e4b639bac6637d427699d2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1333https://doaj.org/toc/2079-5971Pursuing the broader political effects of the relationship between violence, mobility, and inequality, the article describes some of the grounded political-economies (re)producing social inequalities in Brazil and South Africa, and a discontinuous experience of the urban space. This fragmented spatial experience is produced by the simultaneous operation of a discursive apparatus projecting a split ideal of “city”, and grounded social mechanics, in the intersection of values and power relations. In Johannesburg, South Africa, we’ve described the creation of Maboneng, a “urban development project”, to highlight the role of social mobility and growing class aspirations as powerful political vehicles for neoliberal markets reissuing old apartheid socio-spatial divisions. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we’ve explored the relationship between the State and its margins to understand the production of the milícia as a violent anti-modern capitalist venture, aiming to control the circulation of people, capital and political support in the city. Siguiendo los efectos políticos más amplios de la relación entre violencia, movilidad y desigualdad, el artículo describe la forma en que algunas políticas económicas arraigadas (re)producen desigualdades sociales en Brasil y Sudáfrica, una experiencia discontinua del espacio urbano. Esta experiencia espacial fragmentada es producto de la operación simultánea de un aparato discursivo que proyecta un ideal escindido de “ciudad” y mecanismos sociales arraigados, en una intersección de valores y relaciones de poder. En Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, describimos la creación de Maboneng, un “proyecto de desarrollo urbano”, para destacar el rol de la movilidad social y de las crecientes aspiraciones de clase como potentes vehículos políticos para que los mercados neoliberales reediten viejas divisiones socio-espaciales del apartheid. En Río de Janeiro, Brasil, analizamos la relación entre el Estado y sus márgenes a fin de entender la producción de la milícia como riesgo capitalista antimoderno violento que tiene el propósito de controlar la circulación de personas, capital y apoyo político. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1221Elizabete Ribeiro AlbernazLenin PiresOñati International Institute for the Sociology of Lawarticleviolencemobilitysocial inequalitiesviolenciamovilidaddesigualdades socialesSocial legislationK7585-7595ENESEUFRPTOñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 1365-1391 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
ES
EU
FR
PT
topic violence
mobility
social inequalities
violencia
movilidad
desigualdades sociales
Social legislation
K7585-7595
spellingShingle violence
mobility
social inequalities
violencia
movilidad
desigualdades sociales
Social legislation
K7585-7595
Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz
Lenin Pires
“Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
description Pursuing the broader political effects of the relationship between violence, mobility, and inequality, the article describes some of the grounded political-economies (re)producing social inequalities in Brazil and South Africa, and a discontinuous experience of the urban space. This fragmented spatial experience is produced by the simultaneous operation of a discursive apparatus projecting a split ideal of “city”, and grounded social mechanics, in the intersection of values and power relations. In Johannesburg, South Africa, we’ve described the creation of Maboneng, a “urban development project”, to highlight the role of social mobility and growing class aspirations as powerful political vehicles for neoliberal markets reissuing old apartheid socio-spatial divisions. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we’ve explored the relationship between the State and its margins to understand the production of the milícia as a violent anti-modern capitalist venture, aiming to control the circulation of people, capital and political support in the city. Siguiendo los efectos políticos más amplios de la relación entre violencia, movilidad y desigualdad, el artículo describe la forma en que algunas políticas económicas arraigadas (re)producen desigualdades sociales en Brasil y Sudáfrica, una experiencia discontinua del espacio urbano. Esta experiencia espacial fragmentada es producto de la operación simultánea de un aparato discursivo que proyecta un ideal escindido de “ciudad” y mecanismos sociales arraigados, en una intersección de valores y relaciones de poder. En Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, describimos la creación de Maboneng, un “proyecto de desarrollo urbano”, para destacar el rol de la movilidad social y de las crecientes aspiraciones de clase como potentes vehículos políticos para que los mercados neoliberales reediten viejas divisiones socio-espaciales del apartheid. En Río de Janeiro, Brasil, analizamos la relación entre el Estado y sus márgenes a fin de entender la producción de la milícia como riesgo capitalista antimoderno violento que tiene el propósito de controlar la circulación de personas, capital y apoyo político. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1221
format article
author Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz
Lenin Pires
author_facet Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz
Lenin Pires
author_sort Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz
title “Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
title_short “Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
title_full “Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
title_fullStr “Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
title_full_unstemmed “Places you shouldn't go to”: (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
title_sort “places you shouldn't go to”: (im)mobility, violence and democracy in brazil and south africa
publisher Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/6c147304ec5e4b639bac6637d427699d
work_keys_str_mv AT elizabeteribeiroalbernaz placesyoushouldntgotoimmobilityviolenceanddemocracyinbrazilandsouthafrica
AT leninpires placesyoushouldntgotoimmobilityviolenceanddemocracyinbrazilandsouthafrica
_version_ 1718405358778580992