Nutricide of the black population in times of Covid-19

analyzing the impacts of the encounter of crises in current Brazil

Authors

  • Nádja Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Thayonara Santos Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

For a large part of the Brazilian population, the human and constitutional right to food has been severely curtailed in recent years, especially since the beginning of Jair Bolson- aro’s mandate. From a syndemic approach, we understand in this article the intersections between social markers of difference and the sociopolitical, economic, and health crises, which have intensified since Covid-19 in the production of vulnerabilities. We aim to investigate how the extinction, since 2019, of important policies aimed at food security- ty has contributed to the growth of nutricide in the country. To do so, we use a qualitative approach, through bibliographic and documentary research, examining health indicators, news, vetoes, government measures, and public policies related to food. Thus, the nutricide is one more consequence of the necropolitical policies in place in Brazil today, strongly impacting the black population, especially those living in rural areas of the Northeast.

KEYWORDS:
Necropolitics. Black Population. Nutricide. Anthropology of Health. Food and Nutrition Insecurity.

Photo: Nádja Silva

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Author Biographies

Nádja Silva, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Mestranda em Antropologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Thayonara Santos, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Mestranda em Sociologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Foto: Nádja Silva

Published

2022-12-05

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Section

Ethnographies about a sindemics: Covid-19 and interactions