Dissertation Research: "Revitalizing" Salvador: Race, Gender, Black Women and Community Organizing in Brazil

这篇论文的研究项目-将在巴西的萨尔瓦多德巴伊亚进行，由得克萨斯大学（奥斯汀）的一名文化人类学学生-测试关于妇女在邻里政治运动中的作用的假设，以及参与的形式如何影响其活动的相对成功。该项目审查了新兴的邻里运动的努力，以阻止或改变城市重建项目的进程，这些项目旨在加强休闲旅游，但这样做是以牺牲黑人住宅社区为代价的。作为理论基础，研究者借鉴了女性主义理论，批判种族理论和最近的工作在城市政治。研究的重点是黑人妇女作为主要行动者参与这些社会运动及其在基层动员中的作用。 数据收集战略包括人种学访谈、调查、参与者观察、基于地理信息系统的绘图和档案研究。这项研究的结果将有助于身体的理论，黑人妇女的组织，在巴西的种族关系，和城市空间。该学生与费拉德桑塔纳州立大学人文科学系建立了合作关系，从而加强了国际科学界的合作。 该项目的其他更广泛的影响包括，它直接回应了世界银行和美洲银行对“非裔拉丁美洲人”在经济和政治发展中的地位表示的关切。

This dissertation research project--to be conducted in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, by a cultural anthropology student from the University of Texas (Austin)--tests hypotheses regarding the roles of women in neighborhood political movements, and how the forms of participation affect the relative success of their activities. The project examines the efforts of emerging neighborhood movements to block or change the course of urban renewal projects that are intended to enhance leisure tourism but do so at the expense of black residential communities. As a theoretical foundation, the researcher draws from feminist theory, critical race theory, and recent work in urban politics. The research focuses on the participation of black women as major actors in these social movements and their role in grassroots mobilization. Data collection strategies include ethnographic interviews, surveys, participant observation, GIS-based mapping and archival research. The results of this study will contribute to the body of theory regarding black women's organizing, race relations in Brazil, and urban space. The student has established a collaborative affiliation with the Department of Human Sciences at the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, thus enhancing cooperation in the international scientific community. Additional broader impacts of the project include its direct responsiveness to concerns expressed by the World Bank and Inter-American Bank about the status of "Afro-Latinos" in economic and political development.