scholarly journals Braiding stories, singing memories: narratives and displacements of a refugee woman

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Júlia Motta
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Evangelical Church ◽  
Refugee Woman ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
New City ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Using ethnography and a research methodology developed for this research project, this article sets out to describe the trajectories of a female refugee and the relationship she has established with her new city of residence. Ruth was born in Angola, but grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is 35 years old and has lived in Rio de Janeiro since 2014. She has three children and works as an actress and singer. She reconnects to her roots and reinvents herself in the new territory through spending time with Congolese women in a market in Madureira and in an evangelical church in Brás de Pina. The methodology, using photos, drawings and objects, reveals the experiences of a Black refugee woman in the city where she has come to live. The article intends to reflect on the way these women have reinvented themselves based on the place of the frontier and how they have given different meanings to their identities in their new place.

Studying National Commemoration and Political Celebrations in Africa: The Online Archive African Independence Days

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. vii-xxviii
Author(s):  
Marie-Christin Gabriel ◽  
Carola Lentz
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Online Archive ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

AbstractThe Department of Anthropology and African Studies (ifeas) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz hosts a comprehensive archive on African Independence Day celebrations. Created in 2010, the archive is one of the outcomes of a large comparative research project on African national days directed by Carola Lentz. It offers unique insights into practices of as well as debates on national commemoration and political celebrations in Africa. The archive holds more than 28,000 images, including photographs, newspaper articles, documents, and objects from twelve African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, and Tanzania. It primarily consists of an online photo and newspaper archive (https://bildarchiv.uni-mainz.de/AUJ/; https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-ifeas-eng/departmental-archives/online-archive-african-independence-days/); some of the material is also stored in the physical archive on African Independence Days at ifeas as well as in the department's ethnographic collection (https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-ifeas-eng/ethnographic-collection/). Most of the material concerns recent celebrations, but the collection has been complemented by some documentation of earlier festivities. Archives hold many stories while they also have a story to tell in their own right. This article discusses both aspects. It first traces the history of the Online Archive African Independence Days at ifeas. It then provides an overview of the different categories of material stored in the archive and tells a few of the many stories that the photos, texts and objects contain. We hope to demonstrate that the archive holds a wealth of sources that can be mined for studies on national commemoration and political celebrations in Africa, and, more generally, on practices and processes of nation-building and state-making.

scholarly journals Temporal analysis of the relationship between dengue and meteorological variables in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001-2009

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 2189-2197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Fagundes Gomes ◽  
Aline Araújo Nobre ◽  
Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Temperature ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Dengue, a reemerging disease, is one of the most important viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes. Climate is considered an important factor in the temporal and spatial distribution of vector-transmitted diseases. This study examined the effect of seasonal factors and the relationship between climatic variables and dengue risk in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2001 to 2009. Generalized linear models were used, with Poisson and negative binomial distributions. The best fitted model was the one with "minimum temperature" and "precipitation", both lagged by one month, controlled for "year". In that model, a 1°C increase in a month's minimum temperature led to a 45% increase in dengue cases in the following month, while a 10-millimeter rise in precipitation led to a 6% increase in dengue cases in the following month. Dengue transmission involves many factors: although still not fully understood, climate is a critical factor, since it facilitates analysis of the risk of epidemics.

Africa, China, and the Global South Novel: In Koli Jean Bofane’s Congo Inc.

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-339
Author(s):  
Duncan M. Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Global South ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Cell Tower ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) presence in Africa has fundamentally changed globalization patterns. Most scholarship interrogates whether the Chinese presence is either a “new colonialism” or a “win-win” for development by focusing on economic or social scientific factors. In contrast, this article examines China as a trope in Congo Inc. (2014) by In Koli Jean Bofane. Congo Inc. is one of the first African novels to take the Africa-China relationship as central theme, depicting how Congolese actors negotiate the PRC’s presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The article examines the unexpected partnership of a trickster, Isookanga, and a stranded Chinese national, Zhang Xia, analyzing their partnership according to the relationship between time and globalization. The argument uses the concept of the postcolony’s durées to demonstrate how the narrative creates a global South temporality, which differentiates Africa-China patterns of globalization from previous instantiations. These durées include Isookanga’s digital consciousness enabled by a PRC-built cell tower; allusions to Chinese history; and Isookanga and Zhang Xia’s collaboration on Eau Pire Suisse. In sum Congo Inc.’s innovative temporality, embodied by the term mondialiste, signals a shift in type of postcolonial narrative toward the global South novel.

scholarly journals Profiles and Developmental Goals in Different Families of Rio de Janeiro

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Fontes Pessôa ◽  
Dandara Ramos ◽  
Lenise Vivas
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Abstract The study of child development goals has been of interest in psychology for decades, however, little is known about the goals of non-nuclear families. The objective of this study was to analyze inter and intragroup differences in the profiles of autonomy, interdependence and related autonomy of couples in different family arrangements in the city of Rio de Janeiro, as well as to investigate the association of these profiles with the development goals they have for their families’ children. Fathers and mothers of children up to two years old were interviewed in 50 families (10 single-parent, 20 reconstituted and 20 nuclear). The results indicated an association between the autonomy and valorization of heteronomy goals in reconstituted families and higher interdependence scores in non-nuclear families. It is concluded that the family configuration can influence the relationship between autonomy and goals, and that the autonomy trajectories vary between family arrangements.

scholarly journals Congolese perception of the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of the city of Uvira

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
Kibukila Fabrice ◽  
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Nyakio Olivier ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Black Race ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
The Media ◽  
The City

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic, a disease that started in the city of Wuhan, China, is wreaking havoc around the world. Like all nations, Democratic Republic of the Congo is trying, despite limited resources, to reduce the spread of this scourge somewhat by means of prevention measures, the only weapon available to humanity. The objective of this study is to share the different reactions of the Congolese population to this Covid-19 pandemic. Methodology: This is a qualitative and observational survey of 898 volunteer people living in the city of Uvira (Province of South Kivu, in Democratic Republic of Congo) and conducted during a week-long period from March 30 as of April 5, 2020. The analysis of the data was done using SPSS statistics 20 software. Results: the 15 to 30 age group was the most represented (59.1%). All of our respondents claimed to have heard of the Covid-19 (100.0%), and most of it through the media (99.3%). The majority believe that the black race is less affected than the white race (48.7%). Regarding containment measures, 77.5% of our respondents believe that these cannot be observed in the city of Uvira. The proportion of respondents believing that containment measures will not be respected was statistically high in the age group 15 years - 30 years (43.9%; p = 0.039), among respondents with a secondary education level (42.0%; p = 0.000) and among those with an average socioeconomic level (43.0%; p = 0.017). Conclusion: This study, the first in the region, has just supported the image that the Congolese population in general, and that of the city of Uvira in particular, in relation to the Covid-19.

scholarly journals Epistemic injustice, risk mapping and climatic events: analysing epistemic resistance in the context of favela removal in Rio de Janeiro

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-391
Author(s):  
Luciana Mendes Barbosa ◽  
Gordon Walker
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Risk Mapping ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Epistemic Injustice ◽  
Epistemic Justice ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Abstract. Environmental and climate justice scholarship has increasingly focused on how knowledge and expertise play into the production of injustice and into strategies of resistance and activist claim making. We consider the epistemic injustice at work within the practices of risk mapping and assessment applied in Rio de Janeiro to justify the clearance of favela communities. We trace how in the wake of landslides in 2010, the city authorities moved towards a removal policy justified in the name of protecting lives and becoming resilient to climate change. We examine how favela dwellers, activists and counter-experts joined efforts to develop a partially successful epistemic resistance that contested the knowledge on which this policy was based. We use this case to reflect on the situated character of both technologies of risk and the emergence of epistemic resistance, on the relationship between procedural and epistemic justice, and on the challenges for instilling more just climate adaptation strategies.

scholarly journals Petrographic Study of Silica-rich Continental Carbonates from São José de Itaboraí Basin (Brazil)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-228
Author(s):  
Brenda Da Silva Valente ◽  
Gustavo Do Couto Ramos Pereira ◽  
Emiliano Castro Oliveira ◽  
Sergio Bergamaschi
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Complete Replacement ◽  
Reservoir Rocks ◽  
Depositional Processes ◽  
Carbonate Material ◽  
Continental Carbonates ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

São José de Itaboraí Basin (SJIB) is located in the city of Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), at about 60 km from the Rio de Janeiro city. Despite the small size area, about 1.5 km2, this basin represents an important source of scientific knowledge, due to the occurrence of banded carbonates and exuberant fossil assemblages. In the last decade, following the discovery of massive carbonates in South Atlantic Ocean, this basin has attracted the attention due to the presence of continental carbonates, in the form of travertines which are included the Itaboraí Formation. The SJIB carbonate rocks have been recognized as possible analogues of the pre-salt reservoir rocks or at least, similar in their depositional processes. The SJIB travertines were submitted to some diagenetic influence due to the presence of silica rich fluids, similar to that found in pre-salt carbonates. The present research aims to perform a petrographic analysis regarding the silica-rich travertine facies, and to recognize textures and structures in order to provide a better understanding of the relationship between silica and carbonate. The deposits associated with silica are easily characterized by their reddish/brown coloring and their higher resistance, due to the presence of iron oxide and silica replacing the carbonate. In some extreme cases can occur the complete substitution of the carbonate fabric generating silex materials. The relationship between silica and iron oxide/carbonate allowed the development of different structures as the banding formation, probably due to mineralogical and rheological differences during recrystallization. In some regions where the diagenetic process was more intense it could be noticed a complete replacement of the primary carbonate material. While, in other cases, the diagenesis preserved structures and past textures, such as iron oxide mouldic features.

scholarly journals Temporal Analysis of the Relationship between Leptospirosis and Occurrence of Flooding Rains in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007–12.

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. i289-i290
Author(s):  
R. M. Guimarães ◽  
O. G. Cruz ◽  
V. G. Parreira ◽  
M. L. Mazoto ◽  
J. D. Vieira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Health-seeking behaviour in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: results from a cross-sectional household survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukalenge F Chenge ◽  
Jean Van der Vennet ◽  
Numbi O Luboya ◽  
Veerle Vanlerberghe ◽  
Mala A Mapatano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Use of fleuriet model for forecasting and evaluating municipal electoral results in a brazilian state

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Vinicius Pontes Bastos
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Dummy Variable ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Objective: Verify the relation between the variables in the Fleuriet model and the electoral result given by the exchange or maintenance of the party of the prefectures under analysis. Methodology: Through logistic regression it is possible to explain or predict the probability of the occurrence of the event under analysis, such event discussed here refers to the exchange of the party, which is a dummy variable that assumes a value of 1 when there is an exchange and zero otherwise, the method of estimation used to obtain the coefficients was based on maximum likelihood. Results: The relationship between the variables of the Fleuriet model and the electoral result given by the exchange or maintenance of the party in the prefectures of the group under analysis. Limitation or implication of the research: It is noteworthy that such research does not allow generalizations, being a study with reduced scope considering only the city halls of the State of Rio de Janeiro that have financial information disclosed. Originality: showing that city halls with better financial situation tend not to change the party, which was observed in the group under analysis considering the election event in 2020.

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