Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha

In Brazil’s mid-term elections on 6 October, all eyes will be on São Paulo, where polls show a three-way tie between the right’s “old guard” candidate, a young, extremist YouTuber, and the left-wing nominee, backed by President Lula. The result will be a harbinger for politics in post-Lula Brazil.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazilian urban peripheries, this article proposes a theoretical reflection on normative multiplicities and their relations to the dynamics of violence in contexts of sharp conflict.

Since 2003, with the progressive increase of car theft rates, the regulation of car recycling has become a public issue. As the main destination for stolen cars, car recycling is a historically stigmatised activity in Brazil. In this short article, we analyse the different aspects of regulating an illegal market through law enforcement.

No estado de São Paulo, as notificações de roubos e furtos de veículos cresceram entre 2003 e 2014. Desde então, esse tipo de crime tem diminuído. O que explicaria essa oscilação?

Experts Workshop Port Cities Fighting Transatlantic Drug Trafficking, Hamburg International Maritime Museum, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Foundation Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Organiser), Julia Kramer (Organiser), Dr. Jonas von Hoffmann (Organiser), Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha (Organiser), PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez (Organiser), Eduardo Valencia (Organiser)

Experts from diverse fields gather to explore the challenges of illicit drug trafficking from Latin America to Europe and beyond. Focusing on ports as key hubs, they examine underlying dynamics and emerging trends, available data and common misconceptions, community impacts and civil society’s role.

Sin Miedo: Autonomous Securities Across the Global South, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City Organisers: Security in Context Network Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha (Organiser)

This workshop aimed to bring together leading scholars and practitioners to engage in a dynamic exchange of ideas, experiences, and research on practices that respond creatively to the precarisation of life, and that challenge traditional paradigms of security. Our goal is to foster a collaborative environment where alter-securities across the Global South can be discussed and strengthened.