Empowering Brazil's impoverished communities through critical decision-making. A communitarian communicative strategy

有效沟通，理解和被理解，优先考虑重要信息，或区分可靠和虚假新闻，需要通过社会化和教育学习认知和社会技能。这些技能在不同的社会部门并不相同（Freire 1992:71），但却是必不可少的，因为我们依赖于获取、分析和分类信息来做出明智的决定。在经历当前的大流行时，它们尤其重要。在巴西这个拥有2.1亿人口的官方发展援助国家，四分之一的人口生活在贫困线以下，不仅受到病毒感染的直接影响，而且还受到资金不足的保健服务混乱和社会不安全的影响。此外，当地减轻COVID-19影响的努力受到假新闻的阻碍（Ricard & Medeiros 2020）。这一现象引出了以下问题：假新闻如何影响弱势群体，塑造他们对大流行病的看法，以及大流行病应对网络如何利用传播来支持缓解战略。这个跨学科项目属于AHRC/GCRF的职权范围，将语言、文化和跨文化交流与发展研究、游戏化和医疗保健结合起来。该项目以保罗·弗莱雷（Paolo Freire）的教育哲学为基础，以社会语言学理论为框架，特别是批判性语言意识（Fairclough 1995）、话语和权力（Van Dick 2003 & 2009）、通过家庭扫盲实践获得教育和信息（Rogers 2003）以及获得医疗保健（Angelelli 2004），重点关注贫困大都市地区的弱势群体及其获得与COVID-19相关的信息、沟通和决策的途径。来自不同学科（语言、文化、批评性话语、游戏化、跨文化交流、社区和社会、护理和社会护理）的研究人员和专业人员共同努力，使高风险的弱势群体受益，即goi<e:2>尼亚（Goiás州）合作社的无家可归者、贫民窟居民和拾荒者。鉴于我们团队之前在这些社区的经验和所获得的信任，我们处于独特的地位，可以进入这些网站，研究这一现象，并带来创造性和创新的方法，以增强人口中最脆弱群体的能力。开展这项研究至关重要，因为研究结果将支持并为当地控制大流行的努力提供信息，例如社会和技术科学网络（FIOCRUZ）和中央贫民窟（CUFA）在贫民窟应对COVID-19的行动计划。我们认为，在COVID-19夺去这些被忽视和弱势群体更多生命之前，开展这项研究并实施我们的战略的时机已经到来。参考文献安杰利，C.（2004）。医学口译与跨文化交际。剑桥：剑桥大学出版社。费尔克劳，N.（1995）。批评语篇分析。批判性语言研究对语言的批判性研究埃塞克斯:朗文。弗莱雷P.（1992）。希望教育学。伦敦/纽约：连续。richard， J., Medeiros， J.,（2020）。利用错误信息作为政治武器：巴西的新冠肺炎和博尔索纳罗，《哈佛肯尼迪学院错误信息评论》，1(2),1-6。罗杰斯，R.（2003）。家庭读写实践的批评性话语分析——权力在印与绝版。新泽西：lawrence Erlbaum Associates， Inc.Van Dijk， T.（2003）。精英话语与种族主义。圣人的出版物。凡戴克。t(2009)。拉丁美洲的种族主义与话语。普利茅斯，英国：列克星敦图书公司。

Communicating effectively, understanding and being understood, prioritizing essential information, or differentiating between reliable and fake news, require cognitive and social skills learnt through socialization and education. These skills are not equal across social sectors (Freire 1992:71), but are essential because we depend on accessing, analysing and categorizing information to make informed decisions. They are particularly important when living through the current pandemic. In Brazil, an ODA country of 210 million people, a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, experiencing not only the direct effects of the virus infection, but also the impact from the disorganization of underfunded health services and social insecurity. Additionally, local efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 are hindered by fake news (Ricard & Medeiros 2020). This phenomenon begs the questions of how fake news impacts vulnerable groups shaping their perception of the pandemic, and how communication is used by the pandemic-response networks to support mitigation strategies. This interdisciplinary project falls within the remit of AHRC/GCRF by bringing Language, Culture, and Intercultural Communication together with Development Studies, Gamification and Healthcare. Grounded in Paolo Freire's philosophy of education and framed by theories from sociolinguistics, specifically in critical language awareness (Fairclough 1995), discourse and power (Van Dick 2003 & 2009), access to education and information through family literacy practices (Rogers 2003), and access to healthcare (Angelelli 2004), this project focusses on vulnerable groups in deprived metropolitan areas and their access to information, communication and decision-making in relation to COVID-19.Researchers and professionals from various disciplines (languages, culture, critical discourse, gamification, intercultural communication, communities and society, nursing and social care) work together to benefit vulnerable groups at higher risk, i.e. homeless, Favelas dwellers, and garbage pickers in cooperatives in Goiânia (state of Goiás). Given our team's previous experiences with these communities and the trust gained, we are in the unique position to access the sites where we can study this phenomenon and bring creative and innovative ways to empower the most vulnerable sectors of the population. Conducting this research is imperative because the results will support and inform local efforts to control the pandemic, such as the plan of action of the social and technical-scientific network (FIOCRUZ) and CUFA (Central Unica de Favelas) to confront COVID-19 in slums. We believe the time has come to conduct this research and to implement our strategies before COVID-19 claims even more lives among these neglected and vulnerable groups.ReferencesAngelelli, C. (2004). Medical Interpreting and Cross-cultural Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Fairclough, N. (1995). Critical Discourse Analysis. The critical study of language. Essex: Longman.Freire, P. (1992). Pedagogy of Hope. London/New York: Continuum.Ricard, J., Medeiros, J., (2020). Using misinformation as a political weapon: COVID-19 and Bolsonaro in Brazil, The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 1(2), 1-6.Rogers, R. (2003). A Critical Discourse Analysis of Family Literacy Practices- Power In and Out of Print. New Jersey: Lawfrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.Van Dijk, T. (2003). Elite Discourse and Racism. Sage Publications.Van Dijk. T. (2009). Racism and Discourse in Latin America. Plymouth, UK: Lexington Books.