The seeds of Marielle Franco: Afrodiasporic agency at the online-offline nexus

Based on our fieldwork with Rio de Janeiro favela activists and social movements, this paper looks into how Black female activists, during the COVID-19 pandemic, engaged with multimodal resources and practical sociolinguistic imaginations that yielded forms of agency within an unequal social matrix. While engaging with a critique of the liberal model of agency as the triumph of individual autonomy, this paper ethnographically looks to modes of agency that unfold at the online-offline nexus as a capacity to act that emerges from pain and suffering, within limits of the language that wounds, and in the context of surviving capitalist inequities. This modality of agency becomes visible in the mourning movement for Marielle Franco, a Black favela councilwoman brutally murdered in 2018. Ethnographically, we discuss the Afrodiasporic agency of mourners as ‘watering Marielle's seeds', that is, as expanding Marielle's sociolinguistic imaginations of language diversity, access to semiotic resources, and Black Atlantic cooperation. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Paradigms of immunization management: the use of quantitative methods as decision support in times of Covid-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro

The state of Rio de Janeiro has come to be considered the state with the highest lethality rate, with one death for every 20 infected by the "new virus", according to bulletins from the Ministry of Health (BRASIL, 2021). The first phase of the vaccination campaign against the disease in the state had only 488,320 doses of the immunizer. Given the scarcity of resources, public managers had the challenge of prioritizing the distribution of vaccines among age groups in order to minimize the impacts of mortality. Therefore, it became imperative to identify to which age group the initial vaccine supply should have been prioritized in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The objective of the research is to provide information to support the problems encountered by the public administration regarding the management of immunizers. The study area is the state of Rio de Janeiro, where data from the main epidemiological observatory sites in the state of Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic were used, using statistical techniques such as tabular and parametric description, measures of central tendency, percentages, and the linear interpolation method to calculate the population estimate by age. The distribution of the first batch of vaccines was simulated proportionally across the respective age groups. The study variables were lives saved and years saved, and simulations of 81 scenarios were performed, distributing the vaccines among the 10 possible age groups. The results obtained showed that by concentrating the application of available vaccines in the older population, a greater number of lives saved are obtained, regardless of the effectiveness of the immunization. As for the variable years saved, it can be seen that the population between 70 and 79 years old is the one that presents the best result in relation to the other age groups. It is suggested that further studies be carried out to empirically estimate the efficacy against death of available vaccines, due to the existence of an increasingly robust database.

The Case of the Case: The Writing and Application of the Method

Este caso objetiva promover uma reflexao sobre o processo de escrita de casos para ensino e direcionamentos para aplicação do método. Em 2020, João Luiz Marinho, doutorando em Administração na Universidade do Aprendizado (UNIAPRE), foi desafiado pelo professor Fernando a escrever o seu primeiro caso para ensino para aplicação na disciplina de Estratégias Organizacionais, da qual era estagiário em docencia. Porém, muitos questionamentos sobre a construção e aplicação de casos para ensino sondavam os pensamentos de João, uma vez que este nao tinha experiencias anteriores com o método, possuía pouca prática na docencia e a migração das aulas para a modalidade on-line era novidade. Assim, a proposta foi fazer com que os alunos se colocassem no lugar de João, a fim de propiciar um debate sobre a escrita e aplicação de um caso para ensino na modalidade on-line. Sugere-se sua aplicação nos cursos de pos-graduaçâo lato sensu e stricto sensu em Administração, nas disciplinas de Metodologia e Casos para Ensino.Alternate :This case aims to promote a reflection on the teaching case writing process and directions for applying the method. In 2020, João Luiz Marinho, a doctoral candidate in Administration at the University of Learning (UNIAPRE), was challenged by Professor Fernando to write his first teaching case for application in the Organizational Strategies discipline, of which he was an intern in teaching. However, many questions about the construction and application of teaching cases probed João's thoughts, since he had no previous experience with the method, he had little practice in teaching, and the migration of classes to the online mode was very new. Thus, the proposal is to make students put themselves in João's place, in order to provide a debate on the writing and application of a case for online teaching. It is suggested that it be applied in lato sensu and stricto sensu graduate courses in Administration in the disciplines of Methodology and Teaching Cases.

Clinical Features, Laboratory Findings Outcomes in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (Mis-C) Following Covid-19 Infection - a Multicenter, Observational, Ambidirectional Cohort Study in Rio De Janeiro State, Brazil

Objectives: As of March 5th, 2022, around 1.585 cases of MIS-C and 98 deaths (6,4%) were reported in Brazil. The state of Rio de Janeiro State (RJ) having 94 cases (5,9%) and 4 deaths (4,2%)1.Our aim was to evaluate clinical and laboratory features, and management of MIS-C in seven pediatric hospitals in RJ, Brazil. Method(s): Multicenter, observational, ambidirectional cohort study in seven tertiary hospitals in RJ(Brazil), assessing medical charts of pediatric inpatients (0-18 years) diagnosed with MIS-C according to WHO/CDC criteria, from August, 2020 to February, 2022. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze distributions of continuous variables, frequencies, and proportions. Result(s): A total of 112 cases of MIS-C were enrolled. The mean age was 4.2 years and thre was male predominance (59,8%). All cases had a SARS-CoV-2 contact (29.5% close contact;31.3%:positive PCR;serology:43.8%).Only 12.5% had comorbidities. Length of stay (LOS) was 7 days.Median duration of fever was 8 days. Most common symptoms were: rash(67%);gastrointestinal (67%);conjunctivitis (42%);neurological(39.6%);cardiovascular(37.5%);cervical lymphadenopathy (36.6%), and shock/hypotension(28.6%).Co-infection occurred in 3 patients. Forty-four patients fulfilled criteria for Kawasaki disease. Most patients were admitted to PICU(12;62,5%) for amedian of 2 days. Respiratory distress was seen in 18,7%;hypotension:28,6%, and shock in 23,2%. Main laboratory findings were: high C-reactive protein in 95%;D-dimer:77%, anemia:77%, thrombocytosis:63%;transaminitis:43.8%, lymphopenia:38%;hypoalbuminemia:34%;thrombocytopenia: 29%;hypertriglyceridemia:28%, and high pro-BNP in 27%. Echocardiogram was performed in 91/112 patients;abnormal in 70,3%;exhibiting myocardial dysfunction( 25%);pericardial effusion(21%);coronary dilation/aneurysms(11%) and, valvulitis (14.5%). IVIG+corticosteroids (CTC) were administered in 59.8%(67/ 112);18.6%(18/112) IVIG only;10.7%(12/112) CTC only;3.4%(4/112)biologics, and 15(13.3%) received no treatment. ASA low dose in 77.7% (87/112) and moderate/high dose in 34.8%. Oxygen support was needed in 27,7%;vasoactive amines:18,7%;dialysis:5,3%, and transfusion:18,7%.One patient died from a cytokine storm syndrome. Conclusion(s): Our study reports a higher number of MIS-C cases in RJ than the number reported to Brazilian authorities, highlighting underreporting. Our patients were younger, had fewer comorbidities, cardiovascular/gastrointestinal/renal involvement, shortest LOS in ICU, and a higher frequency of myopericarditis.

Global Communications Newsletter Conferenc Report

From November 30 to December 02 2022, the IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM) returned to Brazil for its fourteenth edition. LATINCOM was held in the wonderful city of Rio de Janeiro, which had the privilege to offer attendees all its fantastic beauties comprising landscapes with a series of green mountains cascading down to the coast. LATINCOM's journey to Rio de Janeiro started in Medellín, Colombia, in 2009, Bogotá, also in Colombia, in 2010. It first appeared in Brazil, Belém, in 2011. Then it moved to Cuenca, Ecuador, in 2012, Santiago, Chile, in 2013, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in 2014, Arequipa, Peru, in 2015, Medellin, Colombia, in 2016, Guatemala City, Guatemala, in 2017, and Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2018. LATINCOM was held for a second time in Brazil, in Salvador, 2019. The conference was forced to go online in 2019, hybrid in 2021, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and then finally returning to the face-to-face format in 2022, in Rio de Janeiro. This brought to the 14th edition a remarkable characteristic, as it represented the return to in-presence conferences after the Covid-19 outbreak. LATIN-COM is held annually and attracts submissions and participants from around the globe. In 2022, the program was organized in three intensive days, including four keynote speeches, four tutorials, two workshops, and 16 technical sessions.

Introduction: A Call to Engage with Denial

Cruz was appointed as head of the General Directorate of Public Health in 1903, at a time when yellow fever had killed a thousand people in the city of Rio de Janeiro alone the previous year. The newspaper printed a portrait of a man suffering from a grisly tumor in late October 1904 and claimed that vaccines caused his ailment.8 The newspaper explained that vaccines were the, "monster that pollutes the pure and innocent blood of our children with the vile excretions expelled from sick animals, of a nature that contaminates the system of any living being. "9 This newspaper article argued that it was providing the public with the "information" it needed to evaluate the government's mandates.10 It is an example of coordinated efforts to spread mis/disinformation by the press as part of the effort to create a public campaign against Alves' public health policy. Uprisings, which were also taking place in the industrial workers' neighborhoods and the Afro-Brazilian districts with fierce hand-to-hand combat, were eventually put down and citizens were pressured to retreat by the army advancing by land and the threat of bombardment by the navy docked just offshore.11 The state used repressive measures (imprisonment, beatings, interrogation, and internal exile) and put the instigators, including Senator Lauro Sodré and military officers, on trial following the uprising.12 The government declared a "state of siege" and the uprising was controlled in three days.13 However, although the government had survived the assault, the Alves administration was forced to abandon its vaccine mandate and smallpox continued to plague the country for several more years, slowing plans to modernize.

Smoking on COVID-19 pandemic: neurobiological aspects of drug abuse in lasting stress conditions

One of the biggest global public health crisis began in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. That emergency was the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the disease COVID-19, a highly transmissible acute respiratory syndrome. The pandemic declaration by the WHO in March 2020 caused the world to take on several measures to combat and contain the virus. Initially, social isolation and lockdown were the main initiatives, as there were no forms of treatment or prevention of the disease. These restrictive measures generate a change in the habit of the population that triggered serious physical and psychological impairments. One of the consequences was the increase in the use of substances of abuse and, consequently, substance use disorder, including tobacco. During the pandemic, cigarette consumption increased from 10 to 30% worldwide, whereas smoking is the main cause of preventable death and a risk factor for several diseases. Along with alcohol, nicotine has a greater addictive power than illicit drugs. Substance use disorders and COVID-19 have a synergistic effect, in this way, we seek to integrate neurochemical, cognitive and behavioral aspects that led to increased consumption and/or relapse in nicotine consumption and the used therapy.

COVID-19 in Brazil: The Experience of Collecting Citizen Data in the City of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil was one of the countries with the highest fatality rates during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and this lethality within the country did not occur uniformly. Some areas, such as favelas, which normally already have structural difficulties, have been further damaged during the pandemic. In the city of Rio de Janeiro there are 453, 571 households and 2.2 million residents living in favelas. Even with so many people living in these territories, the production of official data on COVID-19 in the favelas was patchy or inconsistent. Based on this problem, the COVID-19 Unifying Panel in Favelas was created, using different sources to compose its methodology, reaching the number of 159, 071 cases and 7977 deaths in favelas in the city of Rio de Janeiro and some in the Metropolitan Region. These numbers are higher than those of 142 countries, including Denmark, Venezuela, and Paraguay. With the advancement of vaccination in Brazil, the numbers of severe cases has decreased, but there is still a long way to go in terms of awareness and data production, especially in favela territories. © TheEditor(s) (ifapplicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, 2022.

Care trajectories of COVID-19 patients: from preventive measures to rehabilitation

This study aims to analyze the care trajectories of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were hospitalized and are currently undergoing rehabilitation regarding their use of and access to the healthcare network (HN). An evaluative, qualitative study was carried out based on interviews with patients in the city of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The care trajectories were reconstructed at three different occasions that express their experiences with the healthcare and support network during the pandemic: prevention, support and diagnosis measures;hospitalization;post-COVID-19 care, rehabilitation and support. The results indicate that the main source of information about COVID-19 was TV newscasts. Preventive hygiene measures were the most widely adopted. The family was the main support network. There was no waiting time for admission to the municipal referral hospital. Hospitalization was very well evaluated in terms of user embracement, multidisciplinary care, virtual visits and daily contact between doctor and family members. A post-discharge "care vacuum" was identified, with no follow-up by primary health care (PHC) and other public services. Low-cost health insurance plans and private specialized post-COVID-19 services were frequently and spontaneously sought until the implementation of the rehabilitation service. In summary, solitary and discontinuous care trajectories of individuals and families shed light on several challenges to the health system, including guaranteed access to coordinated PHC and expanded offer of specialized public services and rehabilitation, aligned with the principles of humanized care, in addition to the maintenance of social support measures.Copyright © 2023 Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved.

Building emotional-political communities to address gendered violence against women and girls during COVID-19 in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro

Although the intensification of direct and indirect gendered violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic has been extensively reported globally, there is limited research on women's responses to it. Addressing calls to explore the relationships between emotional-affective atmospheres and politics during the pandemic as well as to centre analyses of gendered violence within geography, this paper explores how women in the favelas of Maré, in Rio de Janeiro have developed mutual support, (self)-care and activism in the face of the crisis. Engaging with nascent debates on responses to COVID-19, together with feminist geographical work on resistance to gendered violence, the article adapts the notion of ‘emotional communities' developed by Colombian anthropologist, Myriam Jimeno, to examine how emotional bonds created among survivors of violence are reconfigured into political action. Drawing on qualitative research with 32 women residents and 9 community actors involved in two core community initiatives in Maré, the paper develops the idea of building reactive and transformative ‘emotional-political communities' at individual and collective levels to mitigate gendered violence and wider intersectional structural violence. Emotional-political community building is premised on grassroots activism among women and organisations that develops as part of compassionate (self)-care and the quiet rather than spectacular politics of change.

Scenarios of social isolation during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This work analyses the construction of social isolation as a public problem during the first wave of COVID-19, drawing on experiences in Rio de Janeiro which, in addition to being one of the country's major cities, had among the highest mortality rates in Brazil in 2020. We consider both the legal measures enacted by government agencies to contain the contagion and media coverage on the effects of these measures at the local level. The results show that, in the absence of compulsory confinement measures, urban public spaces were deployed both by government agencies and the media in a process by which social isolation was framed as a public problem. Legal measures affected daily patterns of movement, mobility, and sociability, and intervened in the dynamics of central urban functions and in access to and use of public spaces. Media reports gave voice to levels of public agreement or disagreement with regulations and emphasised the significance of legal measures to contain the spread of the virus. Public spaces are at the core of debates about compliance with legal measures to enforce social isolation because they are privileged places where social issues become visible and problematic material expressions of relationships between citizens and the law.

COVID-19 Pandemical Period: Issues and Strategies to Make Sustainable Socialization and Recreation for Elderly People in Long-Term Care Institutions

The usual lives have been changed since the COVID-19 Outbreak took place. Elderly people suffer as much as others and their lives have been impacted a lot. This paper aims to analyze the social network use and the recreation and socialization activity participation before and after the COVID-19 pandemical appearance in long-term care institutions. In the empirical side of this research, the authors of this paper sent an email questionnaire to long-term care institutions located in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. In the theoretical side of this research, an investigation was carried out through the scientific databases. Data were analyzed using the programming languages Python, Excel, and IBM SPSS Statistics. As a result, this paper shows an apparent increase in social network use and a drop in recreation and socialization activity participation after the COVID-19 pandemical appearance in long-term care institutions. The presented findings are the first step, which can be part of future studies analyzing the potential growth in social network use among elderly people by comparing elderly residents with non-residents in the long-term care institutions. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of COVID is the property of MDPI and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

The show must go on: proposals to measure the economic value of Grassroots Music Venues

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on private grassroots music venues (GMVs) increased the difficulties in their business model, showing the vulnerability of their economic sustainability. This paper proposes ways to measure the economic value of GMVs in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil, seeking to highlight the important role of such venues and of public and private support for their maintenance. To this end, an online survey was applied to 180 GMVs goers and 188 non-goers, based on the contingent valuation method. The data shows GMVs play an important role within the musical ecosystem and generate positive externalities for the city. Both goers and non-goers tend to understand this importance and identify GMVs as businesses that generate cultural and economic value for the city, showing a non-use value of the good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Cultural Trends is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Care trajectories of COVID-19 patients: from preventive measures to rehabilitation

This study aims to analyze the care trajectories of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were hospitalized and are currently undergoing rehabilitation regarding their use of and access to the healthcare network (HN). An evaluative, qualitative study was carried out based on interviews with patients in the city of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The care trajectories were reconstructed at three different occasions that express their experiences with the healthcare and support network during the pandemic: prevention, support and diagnosis measures;hospitalization;postCOVID-19 care, rehabilitation and support. The results indicate that the main source of information about COVID-19 was TV newscasts. Preventive hygiene measures were the most widely adopted. The family was the main support network. There was no waiting time for admission to the municipal referral hospital. Hospitalization was very well evaluated in terms of user embracement, multidisciplinary care, virtual visits and daily contact between doctor and family members. A post-discharge "care vacuum" was identified, with no follow-up by primary health care (PHC) and other public services. Low-cost health insurance plans and private specialized post-COVID-19 services were frequently and spontaneously sought until the implementation of the rehabilitation service. In summary, solitary and discontinuous care trajectories of individuals and families shed light on several challenges to the health system, including guaranteed access to coordinated PHC and expanded offer of specialized public services and rehabilitation, aligned with the principles of humanized care, in addition to the maintenance of social support measures.

The Impact of the Pandemic on Poor Urban Neighborhoods: A Participatory Action Research Study of a "Favela" in Rio de Janeiro.

The pandemic provoked by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) devastated poor urban neighborhoods across the world, particularly in the Global South, although empirical data on this remain limited. In this article, the authors present data collected through a mixed-methods, participatory action research approach on the impacts of the pandemic in Cidade de Deus, a "favela," or poor informal settlement, in Rio de Janeiro. The authors find that the indirect consequences of COVID-19, in particular economic and mental health problems, were experienced as more severe than the direct effects of the virus itself, despite high rates of infection and mortality. The study also revealed that residents relied heavily on one another through local systems of mutual aid to address immediate crises. These findings suggest that the pandemic provoked a complex and diverse set of challenges and actions in the economic, social, physical, and mental spheres of poor urban neighborhoods.

From Shelter to Platform: The Instituto Bola Pra Frente in the Muquico Complex, Rio de Janeiro

The paper discusses the role of the Instituto Bola Pra Frente in the Muquico Complex, Rio de Janeiro, building from a historical analysis of the region and three theoretical references: the concepts of space and place, as developed by Yi-Fu Tuan;the concept of relational infrastructures, as described by Abdoumaliq Simone;and the effectuation approach to entrepreneurship, as proposed by Saras Sarasvathy. The crossing of these three theoretical references aim to understand some of the phenomena identified in the first stages of research: the dialectical tension between place/space, pause/movement and periphery/city;the fluid forms of action and organization that turn improvisation into a way of life;the numerous examples of creativity/industriousness that go beyond plans and market laws. The paper concludes with an analysis of the Institute's activities during the global Covid-19 pandemic, which coincides with the emergence of a stronger protagonism of the local youth.

Paradigmas da gestão de imunizantes: o uso de métodos quantitativos como suporte à decisão em tempos de Covid-19 no estado do Rio de Janeiro

O Estado do Rio de Janeiro chegou a ser considerado o de maior taxa de letalidade, com uma morte a cada 20 infectados pelo "novo vírus”, segundo boletins do Ministério da Saúde (BRASIL, 2021). A primeira fase da campanha de vacinação contra a doença no estado contou com apenas 488.320 doses do imunizante. Diante da escassez de recursos, os gestores públicos tiveram o desafio de priorizar a distribuição das vacinas entre faixas etárias visando minimizar os impactos da mortalidade. Com isso, tornar-se imperativo identificar a que faixa etária deveria ter sido priorizada a oferta inicial da vacina no estado do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo da pesquisa é subsidiar com informações os problemas encontrados pela administração pública quanto a gestão de imunizantes. A área de estudo é o estado do Rio de Janeiro, onde foram utilizados dados dos principais sítios de observatórios epidemiológicos do estado do Rio de Janeiro no início da pandemia de covid-19, utilizando técnicas estatísticas como descrição tabular e paramétrica, medidas de tendência central, porcentagens, além do método de interpolação linear para calcular a estimativa populacional por idade. A distribuição do primeiro lote das vacinas foi simulada de modo proporcional nas respectivas faixas etárias. As variáveis de estudo foram vidas salvas e anos salvos, sendo realizadas simulações de 81 cenários e distribuindo as vacinas dentre as 10 possíveis faixas etárias. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que ao concentrar a aplicação de vacinas disponíveis na população mais idosa, obtém-se maior quantidade de vidas salvas, independente da eficácia do imunizante. Quanto a variável anos salvos, percebe-se que a faixa populacional de 70 a 79 anos é a que apresenta resultado superior em relação às demais faixas etárias. Sugere-se a realização de estudos que procurem estimar de forma empírica a eficácia contra morte das vacinas disponíveis, em função a existência de uma base de dados cada vez mais robusta.

Protagonismo feminino frente à pandemia de Coronavírus no Rio de Janeiro

O presente artigo analisa os impactos da pandemia de Coronavírus e a agência das mulheres na sociedade civil e política em seu enfrentamento na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. O artigo está estruturado em três seções. A primeira analisa o impacto da pandemia às mulheres e apresenta dados específicos sobre o Rio de Janeiro. A segunda seção investiga os impactos específicos às mulheres faveladas e apresenta ações de enfrentamento na sociedade civil. Por fim, a terceira seção avalia a ação das parlamentares na Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro e na Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Foram utilizados dados referentes à produção legislativa e entrevistas com lideranças de favelas da cidade. Conclui-se que, num cenário em que o Poder Executivo esteve muitas vezes ausente, coube às mulheres na sociedade civil e no parlamento, as principais iniciativas de combate aos efeitos perversos da pandemia.Alternate : This article analyzes the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and women's agency on civil and political society in their confrontation in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The article is structured in three sections. The first one analyzes the impacts of the pandemic on women and presents specific dataabout Rio de Janeiro. The second section investigates the specific impacts on women in the slums andpresents actions to confront civil society. Finally, the third section evaluates the action of state deputiesin the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro and in the City Council of Rio de Janeiro. Data on legislative production in both houses and interviews with favela leaders in the city were used. It is concluded that, in a scenario where the Executive Power was often absent, women in civil society and in parliament lead the main initiatives to combat the perverse effects of the pandemic.Alternate : Este artículo analiza los impactos de la pandemia de coronavirus y la agencia de las mujeres desde la sociedad civil y política en su enfrentamiento en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro. El artículo está estructurado en tres apartados. El primero analiza el impacto de la pandemia en las mujeres y presenta datos específicos sobre Río de Janeiro. La segunda sección investiga los impactos específicos sobre las mujeres de los barrios marginales y presenta acciones de enfrentamiento desdela sociedad civil. Finalmente, el tercer apartado evalúa la actuación de los diputados estatales en la Asamblea Legislativa del Estado de Rio de Janeiro y en el Ayuntamiento de Rio de Janeiro. Se utilizaron datos sobre la producción legislativa en ambas cámaras y entrevistas con líderes de favelasde la ciudad. Se concluye que, en un escenario donde el Poder Ejecutivo estuvo a menudo ausente, las acciones de mujeres en la sociedad civil y en el parlamento fueron las principales iniciativas para combatir los efectos perversos de la pandemia

CASE STUDIES & TEACHING CASES Queremos! Case: challenges of a startup in the pandemic

Criada em 2010, no Rio de Janeiro, a Queremos! surgiu com uma proposta ¡novadora de aproximar fãs e artistas através de uma estrutura de finandamento coletivo, que possibilitava a viabilização de shows em localidades que normalmente não estariam contempladas nas turnês originais. Após um reposicionamento do modelo de negocios em 2013, a empresa abandona o modelo de crowdfunding que a fez famosa para se especializar na produção de eventos ao vivo, o que lhe possibilitou, além de uma incursão para os EUA entre 2013 e 2016, a expansão da marca com forte presença nas principais capitals brasileiras nos anos seguintes. No entanto, após seu melhor ano em 2019, a empresa foi surpreendida pela pandemia da COVID-19, que afetou drasticamente o setor de entretenimento e live-events no Brasil e no mundo. O caso coloca o leitor no papel dos sócios da empresa, de forma a refletir sobre os desafios estratégicos e operacionais que a Queremos! teve de enfrentara partir da proibição dos eventos ao vivo devido à pandemia. O caso é indicado para alunos de graduação e pós-graduação de cursos de administração e produção cultural preocupados em discutir temas e conceitos ligados à área de planejamento em tempos de incerteza, análise de risco, gestão da mudança, modelagem de negócios, e inovação em startups.Alternate :Creada en 2010, en Río de Janeiro, Queremos! ideó una propuesta innovadora para acercar a fans y artistas a través de una estructura de crowdfunding que hizo posible realizar espectáculos en lugares que normalmente no estarían cubiertos en las giras originales. Tras un reposicionamiento del modelo de negocio en 2013, la empresa acaba abandonando el modelo de crowdfunding que la hizo famosa para especializarse en la producción de eventos en directo, lo que le permitió, además de una incursión en EE. UU. entre 2013 y 2016, expandir la marca con fuerte presencia en las principales capitales brasileñas en los años siguientes. Sin embargo, luego de su mejor año - 2019 la empresa fue sorprendida por la pandemia de COVID-19, que afectó drásticamente el sector de entretenimiento y eventos en vivo en Brasil y en el mundo. El caso pone al lector en el papel de los socios de la empresa, para reflexionar sobre los desafíos estratégicos y operativos que Queremos! tuvo que enfrentar desde la prohibición de eventos en vivo debido a la pandemia. El caso está indicado para estudiantes de grado y posgrado de carreras de administración y producción cultural, preocupados por discutir temas y conceptos relacionados con el área de planificación en tiempos de ¡ncertidumbre, análisis de riesgos, gestión del cambio, modelado de negocios e innovación en startups.Alternate :Created in Rio de Janeiro in 2010, Queremos! came up with an innovative proposal to bring fans and artists together through a crowdfunding structure, which made it possible to perform shows in locations that normally would not be covered in the original tours. After repositioning the business model in 2013, the company abandoned the crowdfunding model that made it famous and focused on the production of live events. This enabled an expansion to the USA between 2013 and 2016 and gave the brand a strong presence in the main Brazilian capitals in the following years. However, after its best year in 2019, the company was surprised by the COVID-19 pandemic, which drastically affected the entertainment and live events sector in Brazil and worldwide. The case puts the readers in the role of the company's partners in order to reflect on the strategic and operational challenges that Queremos! had to face from the prohibitions on live events due to the pandemic. The case is recommended for undergraduate and graduate students of administration and cultural production courses concerned with discussing topics and concepts related to the area of planning in times of uncertainty, risk analysis, management of changes, business modeling, and innovation in startups.

Addressing Multilateralism in Interregional Forums: Evidence from the Dialogue between the European Union and Latin America 1

The emergence of economic, political, social, and health crises brings to light the fact that, in a globalised world, isolated state responses are insufficient to face upcoming international challenges. Cooperative action, not only between states but also between regions, has become crucial. A salient case is the relationship between the European Union and Latin America. This biregional partnership is characterised by its foundation on common values inherited from a shared historical background. These values are closely related to a liberal standpoint that promotes multilateral cooperation as a way to find solutions to global issues. By studying this case, this paper aims to understand how interregional dialogue can become a driver of multilateralism and how it might reflect a political will to foster multilateral agreements. The expected result is a complex assessment of the EU - Latin American interregional dialogue examining how the official speech on multilateralism has evolved over the years and identifying whether multilateralism is a priority in the biregional agenda.