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1	
  
Project	
  proposal	
  
Subjectivity,	
  boundaries	
  and	
  social	
  reproduction	
  at	
  the	
  
urban	
  periphery	
  
	
  
Area:	
  Quem	
  governa	
  o	
  que?	
  
Project:	
  Os	
  padrões	
  de	
  governança	
  na	
  periferia	
  das	
  cidades	
  metropolitanas	
  
	
  
1) Research	
  questions	
  
In	
  recent	
  decades	
  the	
  peripheries	
  of	
  São	
  Paulo,	
  like	
  other	
  major	
  Brazilian	
  cities,	
  have	
  
exhibited	
  seemingly	
  contradictory	
  social	
  and	
  political	
  trends.	
  On	
  one	
  hand	
  incomes	
  
have	
  risen,	
  poverty	
  has	
  fallen,	
  and	
  the	
  State	
  has	
  strengthened	
  its	
  presence	
  in	
  the	
  
provision	
  of	
  infrastructure	
  and	
  services	
  (Marques	
  2014).	
  On	
  the	
  other	
  hand,	
  informal	
  
and	
  illegal	
  economic	
  activity	
  have	
  grown	
  alongside	
  and	
  become	
  deeply	
  intertwined	
  
with	
  the	
  formal	
  economy	
  (Silva	
  Telles	
  2010),	
  while	
  practices	
  of	
  violence	
  and	
  social	
  
control	
  by	
  both	
  State	
  and	
  non-­‐State	
  actors	
  have	
  also	
  become	
  entrenched	
  (Denyer	
  
Willis	
  2015).	
  While	
  changes	
  in	
  local	
  institutional	
  structures	
  (Feltrán	
  2011),	
  social	
  and	
  
economic	
  conditions	
  (Marques	
  2014),	
  and	
  patterns	
  of	
  crime	
  and	
  violence	
  (Feltrán	
  
2015;	
  Denyer	
  Willis	
  2015)	
  in	
  peripheral	
  neighbourhoods	
  over	
  this	
  period	
  have	
  been	
  
well	
   documented,	
   less	
   attention	
   has	
   been	
   given	
   to	
   the	
   way	
   these	
   changes	
   have	
  
influenced	
  the	
  formation	
  of	
  resident	
  subjectivities.	
  This	
  research	
  project	
  will	
  seek	
  to	
  
explore	
  this	
  issue	
  through	
  ethnographic	
  observation	
  and	
  interviews	
  with	
  residents	
  
and	
   key	
   informants	
   in	
   the	
   working-­‐class	
   district	
   of	
   Sapopemba	
   in	
   the	
   east	
   of	
   São	
  
Paulo.	
  The	
  research	
  will	
  be	
  framed	
  around	
  two	
  questions	
  in	
  particular:	
  	
  
1) What	
   influence	
   do	
   key	
   institutions	
   (eg.	
   agencies	
   of	
   the	
   State,	
   the	
   media,	
  
NGOs,	
  the	
  family,	
  religion,	
  work,	
  organised	
  crime),	
  both	
  individually	
  and	
  in	
  
relation	
   to	
   one	
   another,	
   have	
   over	
   the	
   practices,	
   attitudes	
   and	
   long-­‐term	
  
trajectories	
  of	
  residents	
  in	
  peripheral	
  neighbourhoods?	
  
2) How	
   do	
   the	
   uneven	
   influence	
   of	
   these	
   institutions,	
   and	
   the	
   growing	
   social	
  
diversity	
  of	
  peripheral	
  neighbourhoods	
  more	
  generally,	
  shape	
  social	
  relations	
  
among	
  different	
  residents?	
  
 
2	
  
In	
   addition	
   to	
   the	
   Brazilian	
   literature	
   on	
   sociability	
   and	
   social	
   reproduction	
   in	
  
peripheral	
  neighbourhoods	
  (eg.	
  Marques	
  2012,	
  Feltrán	
  2011),	
  the	
  analysis	
  will	
  also	
  
draw	
  on	
  Bourdieusian,	
  Gramscian	
  and	
  social	
  identity	
  theory	
  perspectives	
  in	
  analysing	
  
subjectivity	
  formation	
  at	
  São	
  Paulo’s	
  urban	
  periphery.	
  
	
  
2) Research	
  problem	
  
a)	
  Context	
  
Over	
   the	
   past	
   decade-­‐and-­‐a-­‐half	
   the	
   peripheries	
   of	
   São	
   Paulo,	
   like	
   other	
   major	
  
Brazilian	
   cities,	
   have	
   seen	
   rising	
   incomes,	
   falling	
   levels	
   of	
   poverty	
   and	
   increased	
  
consumption,	
   thanks	
   in	
   part	
   to	
   federal	
   government	
   interventions	
   such	
   as	
   an	
  
assertive	
  minimum	
  wage	
  policy,	
  expansion	
  of	
  credit	
  provision	
  for	
  low-­‐income	
  groups,	
  
and	
   poverty	
   reduction	
   programmes	
   (Marques	
   2014;	
   Lavinas	
   2013).	
   Evidence	
   of	
  
longer-­‐term	
  social	
  and	
  economic	
  changes	
  (Torres	
  et	
  al.	
  2006)	
  and	
  slow	
  but	
  steadily	
  
increasing	
  entry	
  into	
  post-­‐secondary	
  education	
  among	
  lower-­‐income	
  groups	
  (Comin	
  
and	
  Barbosa	
  2011)	
  suggest	
  that	
  such	
  trends	
  are	
  likely	
  to	
  be	
  sustained	
  beyond	
  the	
  
current	
  conjuncture.	
  These	
  processes	
  have	
  not	
  been	
  distributed	
  evenly	
  and	
  many	
  
residents	
  remain	
  trapped	
  in	
  poverty	
  and	
  excluded	
  from	
  public	
  policies.	
  Furthermore,	
  
deeper	
  analysis	
  suggests	
  that	
  claims	
  of	
  the	
  emergence	
  of	
  a	
  “new	
  middle	
  class”	
  in	
  
Brazil	
  (eg.	
  Neri	
  2010)	
  have	
  been	
  radically	
  overstated	
  (see	
  Scalon	
  and	
  Salata	
  2012).	
  
Nonetheless,	
   the	
   growing	
   social	
   diversity	
   of	
   the	
   urban	
   periphery	
   amounts	
   to	
   a	
  
seismic	
  change	
  for	
  Brazilian	
  society.	
  
However,	
   this	
   is	
   not	
   the	
   whole	
   story.	
   Processes	
   of	
   formalisation	
   have	
   not	
   been	
  
matched	
  by	
  a	
  decline	
  in	
  informal,	
  illicit	
  or	
  illegal	
  economic	
  activity,	
  which	
  have	
  also	
  
grown	
  precipitously.	
  This	
  counters	
  the	
  view	
  of	
  persistent	
  informality	
  as	
  evidence	
  of	
  
Brazil’s	
  “incomplete	
  transition	
  to	
  modernity”,	
  rather	
  than	
  being	
  an	
  intrinsic	
  feature	
  
of	
   Brazilian	
   modernity	
   (Silva	
   Telles	
   2010).	
   Furthermore,	
   practices	
   of	
   violence	
   and	
  
social	
  control	
  by	
  both	
  state	
  and	
  non-­‐state	
  actors	
  in	
  peripheral	
  areas,	
  often	
  involving	
  
tacit	
   co-­‐operation	
   between	
   police	
   and	
   criminal	
   groups	
   (see	
   Denyer-­‐Willis	
   2015;	
  
Feltrán	
   2010),	
   have	
   persisted	
   and,	
   it	
   would	
   seem,	
   become	
   increasingly	
  
institutionalised.	
   These	
   trends	
   suggest	
   a	
   far	
   more	
   complicated	
   and	
   less	
   optimistic	
  
 
3	
  
picture	
  than	
  narratives	
  that	
  posit	
  virtuous	
  and	
  causally	
  interlinked	
  trends	
  of	
  falling	
  
violence,	
  economic	
  growth,	
  formalisation	
  and	
  increased	
  state	
  presence	
  in	
  the	
  urban	
  
periphery	
  (eg.	
  Goertzel	
  and	
  Khan).	
  
b)	
  Theorising	
  peripheries	
  
These	
  trends	
  appear	
  to	
  contradict	
  analytical	
  approaches	
  that	
  frame	
  conditions	
  and	
  
processes	
   in	
   peripheral	
   neighbourhoods	
   in	
   terms	
   of	
   a	
   supposed	
   “absence”	
   of	
   the	
  
State,	
  formal	
  economy	
  and/or	
  civil	
  society	
  (eg.	
  O’Donnell	
  1993;	
  Leeds	
  1996).	
  In	
  fact,	
  
social	
   scientists	
   have	
   long	
   recognised	
   Brazilian	
   inequality	
   and	
   its	
   urban	
  
manifestations	
   as	
   resulting	
   from	
   asymmetric	
   integration	
   into	
   common	
   social,	
  
economic	
  and	
  political	
  systems,	
  rather	
  than	
  a	
  separation	
  of	
  “different	
  worlds”.	
  For	
  
example,	
   in	
   the	
   late	
   1960s	
   and	
   70s	
   dependency	
   theorists	
   and	
   others	
   challenged	
  
dominant	
   models	
   that	
   claimed	
   favelas	
   and	
   peripheries	
   were	
   populated	
   by	
   an	
  
unintegrated	
   “marginal	
   mass”,	
   and	
   instead	
   identifying	
   these	
   as	
   territories	
   that	
  
served	
  elites	
  as	
  a	
  source	
  of	
  cheap	
  labour	
  power	
  (eg.	
  Perlman	
  1976;	
  Kowarick	
  1980).	
  
New	
   historical	
   analyses	
   have	
   also	
   highlighted	
   the	
   role	
   of	
   political	
   clientelism	
   and	
  
economic	
  profiteering	
  by	
  elites	
  in	
  the	
  initial	
  expansion	
  and	
  subsequent	
  survival	
  and	
  
urbanisation	
  of	
  informal	
  neighbourhoods	
  (eg.	
  Holsten	
  2008;	
  Fischer	
  2008).	
  Even	
  as	
  
rising	
  violence	
  and	
  segregation	
  seemed	
  to	
  fragment	
  Brazilian	
  cities	
  during	
  the	
  1980s	
  
and	
  90s	
  (eg.	
  Ventura	
  1994;	
  Caldeira	
  2000),	
  in	
  fact	
  connections	
  across	
  these	
  divides	
  
persisted	
  and	
  urban	
  borders	
  remained	
  highly	
  “permeable”,	
  even	
  if	
  access	
  to	
  some	
  
spaces	
  became	
  increasingly	
  regulated	
  (Carvalho	
  2013;	
  Fernandes	
  2012).	
  
Instead	
   of	
   “absence”	
   then,	
   new	
   perspectives	
   tend	
   to	
   frame	
   centre-­‐periphery	
  
relations	
  as	
  relational,	
  uneven	
  and	
  characterised	
  by	
  power-­‐laden	
  processes	
  of	
  both	
  
integration	
  and	
  exclusion,	
  conflict	
  and	
  coordination.	
  For	
  example,	
  de	
  Almeida	
  et	
  al.	
  
(2008)	
  mobilise	
  Michel	
  de	
  Certeau’s	
  distinction	
  between	
  “strategy”	
  and	
  “tactics”	
  to	
  
explain	
   how	
   peripheral	
   populations	
   can	
   often	
   win	
   gains	
   from	
   mainstream	
  
institutions	
   and	
   actors,	
   but	
   only	
   at	
   the	
   cost	
   of	
   submitting	
   to	
   structures	
   that	
  
reproduce	
   their	
   domination.	
   This	
   includes	
   efforts	
   by	
   the	
   State	
   to	
   address	
   social	
  
problems	
  such	
  as	
  drug	
  addiction	
  and	
  prostitution	
  through	
  bureaucratic	
  regulation,	
  a	
  
pattern	
  that	
  is	
  powerfully	
  captured	
  by	
  Feltrán’s	
  term	
  the	
  “management	
  of	
  the	
  social	
  
 
4	
  
world”	
  (Feltrán	
  2011).	
  Meanwhile,	
  on	
  questions	
  of	
  violence	
  and	
  crime,	
  writers	
  like	
  
Misse	
  (2006)	
  and	
  Arias	
  (2006)	
  on	
  Rio	
  de	
  Janeiro	
  and	
  Denyer	
  Willis	
  (2009;	
  2015)	
  on	
  
São	
  Paulo	
  have	
  reconceived	
  criminal	
  gangs	
  as	
  local	
  power-­‐brokers	
  in	
  larger,	
  conflict-­‐
ridden	
  systems	
  of	
  economic	
  and	
  political	
  power,	
  rather	
  than	
  autonomous	
  “parallel	
  
powers”	
  (Leeds	
  1996).	
  Denyer	
  Willis	
  (2009),	
  for	
  example,	
  describes	
  the	
  relationship	
  
between	
   the	
   police	
   and	
   the	
   Primeiro	
   Comando	
   do	
   Capital	
   (PCC)	
   as	
   a	
   “deadly	
  
symbiosis”	
  characterised	
  by	
  unpredictable	
  patterns	
  of	
  conflict	
  and	
  collusion.	
  	
  
Focussing	
  on	
  circuits	
  of	
  economic	
  activity,	
  Silva	
  Telles	
  (2010)	
  employs	
  Ruggiero	
  and	
  
South’s	
  concept	
  of	
  the	
  “metropolitan	
  bazaar”	
  to	
  describe	
  the	
  complex	
  and	
  deeply	
  
integrated	
  circulation	
  of	
  legal,	
  illicit	
  and	
  illegal	
  commodities.	
  As	
  she	
  explains,	
  these	
  
circuits	
  regularly	
  transverse	
  demarcated	
  boundaries	
  of	
  formality	
  and	
  legality,	
  while	
  
encountering	
   inconsistent	
   and	
   socially	
   structured	
   forms	
   of	
   State	
   and	
   non-­‐State	
  
“policing”	
  along	
  the	
  way.	
  This	
  fits	
  with	
  concepts	
  in	
  the	
  international	
  literature	
  on	
  
urban	
  inequality,	
  informality	
  and	
  the	
  appearance	
  of	
  zones	
  and	
  states	
  of	
  “exception”	
  
(see	
  Roy	
  2009).	
  For	
  example,	
  Yiftachel	
  (2009)	
  uses	
  the	
  notion	
  of	
  “grey	
  spaces”	
  to	
  
describe	
  states	
  of	
  informality,	
  which	
  may	
  be	
  subject	
  to	
  “whitening”	
  (ie.	
  validation)	
  or	
  
“blackening”	
  (criminalisation)	
  by	
  agents	
  of	
  the	
  State	
  according	
  to	
  whom	
  is	
  carrying	
  
them	
  out	
  and	
  in	
  which	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  city.	
  These	
  are	
  carried	
  out	
  not	
  only	
  through	
  legal	
  
and	
  institutional	
  structures	
  and	
  coercive	
  practices,	
  but	
  also	
  through	
  the	
  mobilisation	
  
of	
   dominant	
   ideological	
   and	
   symbolic	
   frameworks	
   that	
   tend	
   to	
   normalise	
   such	
  
processes	
  and	
  the	
  inequalities	
  that	
  underpin	
  them.	
  
The	
   reconfiguration	
   (and	
   reconceptualisation)	
   of	
   the	
   relationship	
   between	
   centre	
  
and	
   periphery	
   raises	
   the	
   question	
   of	
   how	
   social	
   relations	
   within	
   peripheral	
  
neighbourhooods	
   are	
   also	
   being	
   reshaped.	
   In	
   Brazil,	
   popular	
   discourse	
   and	
  
established	
   sociological	
   models	
   (eg.	
   Zaluar	
   1985)	
   often	
   emphasise	
   a	
   distinction	
  
between	
   two	
   ideal	
   types	
   of	
   peripheral	
   (or	
   favela)	
   resident:	
   “bandidos“	
   and	
  
“trabalhadores”.	
  However,	
  as	
  argued	
  by	
  Feltrán,	
  such	
  a	
  dualistic	
  model	
  now	
  seem	
  
wholly	
   inadequate	
   (Feltrán	
   2011,	
   p.	
   2).	
   Though	
   still	
   a	
   minority,	
   many	
   more	
  
peripheral	
  residents	
  than	
  previously	
  now	
  progress	
  to	
  post-­‐secondary	
  education	
  and	
  
as	
  the	
  labour	
  market	
  has	
  fragmented	
  some	
  have	
  been	
  able	
  to	
  enter	
  into	
  relatively	
  
better-­‐paid	
  and	
  more	
  secure	
  service	
  and	
  professional	
  occupations.	
  Meanwhile	
  large	
  
 
5	
  
parts	
  of	
  the	
  peripheral	
  population	
  remain	
  in	
  informal	
  or	
  insecure	
  low-­‐paid	
  work,	
  and	
  
often	
  dependent	
  on	
  some	
  degree	
  of	
  involvement	
  with	
  the	
  “world	
  of	
  crime”	
  (Feltrán	
  
2011)	
   to	
   supplement	
   household	
   incomes.	
   In	
   some	
   cases	
   this	
   means	
   direct	
  
involvement	
   with	
   drug	
   trafficking,	
   car	
   thefts	
   and	
   other	
   forms	
   of	
   criminal	
   activity	
  
fitting	
   the	
   popular	
   image	
   of	
   “bandidagem”.	
   More	
   often,	
   however,	
   it	
   may	
   mean	
  
participation	
  in	
  illicit	
  markets	
  that,	
  at	
  least	
  within	
  the	
  context	
  of	
  the	
  periphery,	
  do	
  
not	
  carry	
  the	
  same	
  moral	
  stigma	
  (see	
  Silva	
  Telles	
  2010,	
  p.	
  105).	
  Furthermore,	
  the	
  
spectrum	
   of	
   economic	
   activity	
   –	
  from	
   the	
   formal	
   world	
   of	
   work	
   and	
   mainstream	
  
institutions	
  at	
  one	
  end	
  to	
  the	
  “world	
  of	
  crime”	
  at	
  the	
  other	
  –	
  is	
  sometimes	
  spanned	
  
within	
  individual	
  households.	
  This	
  means	
  that	
  not	
  only	
  neighbours	
  but	
  also	
  family	
  
members	
  must	
  continually	
  negotiate	
  “frontiers	
  of	
  tension”	
  in	
  their	
  everyday	
  lives,	
  
and	
   avoid	
   falling	
   foul	
   of	
   the	
   State	
   and	
   non-­‐State	
   actors	
   who	
   police	
   them	
   (Feltrán	
  
2011).	
  
While	
  illuminating,	
  this	
  schema	
  leaves	
  open	
  the	
  question	
  of	
  how	
  social	
  differences	
  
form	
   into	
   distinct	
   subjectivities	
   and	
   of	
   what	
   influence	
   social,	
   institutional	
   and	
  
cultural	
  factors	
  have	
  over	
  this	
  process.	
  Elsewhere,	
  Feltrán	
  (2015)	
  has	
  proposed	
  that	
  
a	
   range	
   of	
   normative	
   regimes	
   coexist	
   in	
   São	
   Paulo’s	
   peripheries.	
   These	
   include	
   a	
  
“State”	
  regime,	
  which	
  upholds	
  formal	
  and	
  legal	
  structures	
  and	
  defends	
  the	
  use	
  of	
  
violence	
  by	
  police	
  against	
  gangs	
  and	
  criminals.	
  In	
  contrast	
  the	
  PCC	
  oversees	
  its	
  own	
  
normative	
  regime,	
  based	
  around	
  its	
  claim	
  to	
  be	
  the	
  legitimate	
  defender	
  of	
  security	
  
and	
  arbiter	
  of	
  justice	
  in	
  the	
  neighbourhoods	
  it	
  dominantes.	
  Finally	
  an	
  “evangelical”	
  
regime,	
   constituted	
   of	
   historically	
   sedimented	
   Christian	
   values	
   and	
   reinforced	
  
through	
  everyday	
  conversations	
  and	
  disagreements,	
  promotes	
  values	
  such	
  as	
  justice,	
  
respect	
   and	
   humility.	
   Feltrán	
   argues	
   that	
   although	
   broadly	
   antagonistic	
   to	
   one	
  
another,	
   these	
   regimes	
   are	
   subject	
   to	
   some	
   degree	
   of	
   “hybridisation”.	
   Arias	
   and	
  
Rodrigues	
  (2006)	
  provide	
  an	
  example	
  of	
  this	
  with	
  regard	
  to	
  Rio’s	
  favelas.	
  There,	
  they	
  
argue,	
   the	
   kinds	
   of	
   moral	
   and	
   cultural	
   norms	
   described	
   by	
   Feltrán’s	
   “evangelical”	
  
regime,	
   and	
   the	
   social	
   hierarchies	
   constructed	
   around	
   these,	
   exercise	
   important	
  
constraints	
   on	
   the	
   ability	
   of	
   drug	
   traffickers	
   to	
   pursue	
   their	
   objectives	
   while	
  
continuing	
  to	
  peacefully	
  coexist	
  with	
  the	
  community.	
  
	
  
 
6	
  
c)	
  Subjectivity	
  formation	
  at	
  the	
  urban	
  periphery	
  
The	
   concept	
   of	
   coexisting	
   normative	
   regimes	
   provides	
   a	
   useful	
   overarching	
  
framework	
  for	
  understanding	
  subjectivity	
  formation	
  in	
  peripheral	
  neighbourhoods,	
  
but	
  it	
  does	
  not	
  account	
  for	
  individual	
  processes	
  of	
  social	
  reproduction	
  and	
  the	
  ways	
  
in	
   which	
   individuals’	
   values	
   and	
   attitudes	
   take	
   shape.	
   In	
   addition	
   to	
   the	
   Brazilian	
  
literature	
  on	
  sociability	
  and	
  social	
  reproduction	
  in	
  peripheral	
  neighbourhoods,	
  the	
  
analysis	
   will	
   draw	
   on	
   the	
   insights	
   of	
   Bourdieusian,	
   Gramscian	
   and	
   social	
   identity	
  
theory	
  to	
  analysing	
  processes	
  of	
  subjectivity	
  formation.	
  
In	
   recent	
   years	
   the	
   relative	
   merits	
   of	
   Bourdieu’s	
   (1984)	
   and	
   Gramsci’s	
   (1971)	
  
approaches	
   to	
   understanding	
   subjectivity	
   formation	
   have	
   become	
   a	
   source	
   of	
  
growing	
   interest	
   to	
   social	
   scientists	
   (eg.	
   Burawoy	
   2012;	
   Crehan	
   2011).	
   Bourdieu’s	
  
notion	
   of	
   habitus	
   posits	
   an	
   internalisation	
   of	
   the	
   social	
   structure	
   as	
   subjectively	
  
experienced	
   tastes,	
   dispositions	
   and	
   beliefs,	
   facilitated	
   by	
   individual	
   exposure	
   to	
  
segmented	
  processes	
  of	
  social	
  reproduction.	
  Such	
  an	
  approach	
  has	
  proven	
  effective	
  
at	
   accounting	
   for	
   class-­‐based	
   socio-­‐cultural	
   differences,	
   particularly	
   in	
   European	
  
contexts	
  where	
  social	
  class,	
  the	
  key	
  institutions	
  of	
  social	
  reproduction	
  (particularly	
  
the	
   education	
   system),	
   and	
   patterns	
   of	
   consumption	
   are	
   tightly	
   interlinked.	
   By	
  
contrast	
  it	
  is	
  less	
  effective	
  at	
  accounting	
  for	
  social	
  differentiation	
  according	
  to	
  factors	
  
other	
  than	
  class	
  and	
  in	
  contexts,	
  like	
  Brazil,	
  where	
  (outside	
  of	
  the	
  privately	
  educated	
  
elite)	
  processes	
  of	
  social	
  reproduction	
  lack	
  a	
  neat	
  institutional	
  architecture	
  (Lamont	
  
and	
  Molnar	
  2002).	
  Nonetheless,	
  Bourdieusian	
  analysis	
  can	
  offer	
  useful	
  insights	
  for	
  
understanding	
   emergent	
   socio-­‐cultural	
   differences	
   between	
   peripheral	
   residents	
  
who	
   have	
   had	
   greater	
   exposure	
   to	
   formal	
   education	
   and	
   employment	
   and	
   those	
  
who	
  have	
  not.	
  
In	
  contrast	
  to	
  Bourdieu,	
  Gramsci	
  (1971)	
  identified	
  opinion	
  formation	
  as	
  the	
  product	
  
of	
   a	
   system	
   of	
   hegemony	
   disseminated	
   by	
   the	
   diverse	
   institutions	
   of	
   civil	
   society	
  
(schools,	
  media,	
  religious	
  authority,	
  charitable	
  organisations	
  etc.)	
  assembled	
  around	
  
the	
  capitalist	
  State.	
  Such	
  a	
  model	
  seems	
  to	
  account	
  for	
  some	
  trends	
  visible	
  in	
  Brazil’s	
  
urban	
  peripheries.	
  For	
  example,	
  Garmany	
  (2009)	
  identifies	
  the	
  role	
  of	
  television	
  as	
  a	
  
key	
   influence	
   over	
   resident	
   attitudes	
   in	
   a	
   favela	
   in	
   Fortaleza,	
   while	
   the	
   decisive	
  
 
7	
  
impact	
  that	
  long-­‐term	
  involvement	
  with	
  NGOs	
  can	
  have	
  on	
  young	
  people’s	
  attitudes	
  
and	
  trajectories	
  is	
  well	
  documented	
  (eg.	
  Cechetto	
  et	
  al.	
  2013).	
  Gramsci	
  argued	
  that	
  
hegemony	
   need	
   not	
   mean	
   the	
   cultivation	
   of	
   active	
   support	
   for	
   existing	
   power	
  
structures	
  and	
  that	
  the	
  “common	
  sense”	
  of	
  workers	
  and	
  subaltern	
  groups	
  typically	
  
draws	
   on	
   sedimented	
   pre-­‐capitalist	
   moral	
   and	
   cultural	
   inheritances	
   as	
   well	
   as	
  
dominant	
   ideological	
   constructions.	
   In	
   this	
   regard	
   too,	
   a	
   model	
   of	
   hegemony	
   has	
  
useful	
   application,	
   for	
   example	
   in	
   the	
   degree	
   of	
   hybridisation	
   between	
   Feltrán’s	
  
“evangelical”	
  and	
  “State”	
  regimes	
  such	
  as	
  their	
  shared	
  idealisation	
  of	
  hard	
  work	
  and	
  
opposition	
  to	
  (some	
  forms	
  of)	
  criminality.	
  However,	
  there	
  are	
  also	
  limitations	
  to	
  the	
  
approach.	
   The	
   hybridisation	
   of	
   the	
   evangelical	
   regime	
   with	
   the	
   PCC	
   regime,	
   for	
  
example	
   over	
   questions	
   of	
   local	
   “justice”,	
   shows	
   that	
   normative	
   culture	
   does	
   not	
  
always	
  support	
  hegemony.	
  Furthermore,	
  the	
  Brazilian	
  State’s	
  open	
  and	
  endemic	
  use	
  
of	
   violence	
   show	
   that	
   coercion	
   is	
   at	
   least	
   as	
   important	
   as	
   persuasion	
   in	
   the	
  
preservation	
  of	
  power	
  structures.	
  
In	
   addition	
   to	
   insights	
   gleaned	
   from	
   Bourdieu	
   and	
   Gramsci,	
   social	
   identity	
   theory	
  
(Tajfel	
  1974)	
  can	
  contribute	
  to	
  an	
  understanding	
  of	
  how	
  identities	
  are	
  constructed	
  
not	
   only	
   through	
   macro-­‐social	
   and	
   institutional	
   processes	
   but	
   also	
   through	
   more	
  
situated	
  dynamics	
  of	
  group	
  formation.	
  This	
  approach	
  identifies	
  the	
  role	
  of	
  “boundary	
  
drawing”	
  (see	
  also	
  Lamont	
  and	
  Molnar	
  2002)	
  and	
  the	
  consequent	
  formation	
  of	
  “in-­‐
groups”	
   and	
   “out-­‐groups”	
   in	
   entrenching	
   distinct	
   identities.	
   An	
   advantage	
   of	
   this	
  
kind	
  of	
  approach	
  is	
  that	
  it	
  sees	
  identity	
  formation	
  as	
  an	
  active,	
  relational,	
  and	
  often	
  
bottom-­‐up	
   process.	
   Another	
   is	
   that	
   it	
   recognises	
   that	
   distinctions	
   may	
   form	
  
according	
   to	
   class,	
   but	
   also	
   other	
   factors	
   like	
   ethnicity,	
   race,	
   gender,	
   religion,	
  
neighbourhood	
  or	
  sub-­‐culture,	
  all	
  of	
  which	
  have	
  potential	
  relevance	
  to	
  analysis	
  of	
  
São	
  Paulo’s	
  peripheries.	
  On	
  the	
  other	
  hand,	
  this	
  flexibility	
  and	
  localised	
  focus	
  can	
  
make	
  it	
  less	
  effective	
  at	
  identifying	
  structural	
  factors	
  in	
  group	
  formation,	
  while	
  also	
  
making	
   it	
   more	
   effective	
   as	
   an	
   explanatory	
   as	
   opposed	
   to	
   predictive	
   model.	
  
Nonetheless,	
  social	
  identity	
  theory	
  can	
  make	
  a	
  valuable	
  contribution	
  to	
  approaches	
  
like	
   those	
   offered	
   by	
   Bourdieu	
   and	
   Gramsci	
   that	
   are	
   more	
   clearly	
   anchored	
   in	
  
analysis	
  of	
  societal	
  power	
  relations.	
  
	
  
 
8	
  
3) Data	
  collection	
  
The	
  research	
  will	
  be	
  conducted	
  with	
  residents	
  and	
  key	
  informants	
  in	
  the	
  working-­‐
class	
   district	
   of	
   Sapopemba	
   in	
   the	
   east	
   of	
   São	
   Paulo.	
   A	
   sample	
   of	
   30	
   resident	
  
participants	
  will	
  be	
  selected	
  which	
  is	
  broadly	
  reflective	
  of	
  the	
  wider	
  population	
  in	
  
terms	
   of	
   age,	
   gender,	
   race,	
   occupation,	
   income	
   and	
   housing	
   type	
   (ie.	
   whether	
  
resident	
  of	
  a	
  favela).	
  They	
  will	
  be	
  identified	
  via	
  a	
  range	
  of	
  access	
  points,	
  including	
  
local	
  NGOs,	
  residents’	
  associations,	
  and	
  informal	
  snowballing.	
  Interviews	
  will	
  seek	
  to	
  
understand:	
  	
  
1) Individual	
   processes	
   of	
   social	
   reproduction,	
   in	
   particular	
   educational	
   and	
  
employment	
   histories,	
   other	
   social	
   and	
   institutional	
   influences	
   (eg.	
   family,	
  
NGOs,	
   churches,	
   illegal	
   markets,	
   gangs),	
   and	
   what	
   has	
   prompted	
   key	
  
decisions	
  over	
  the	
  life	
  course.	
  
2) Everyday	
   routines	
   and	
   relationships	
   both	
   within	
   and	
   outside	
   the	
  
neighbourhood.	
   In	
   particular,	
   questions	
   will	
   explore	
   how	
   and	
   with	
   whom	
  
people	
  form	
  identifications	
  or,	
  by	
  contrast,	
  draw	
  boundaries.	
  
3) Views	
  on	
  contentious	
  social	
  and	
  political	
  issues.	
  These	
  will	
  include	
  (but	
  will	
  
not	
  be	
  limited	
  to):	
  (i)	
  The	
  perceived	
  legitimacy	
  of	
  and	
  use	
  of	
  violence	
  by	
  both	
  
the	
  police	
  and	
  the	
  PCC;	
  (ii)	
  Attitudes	
  towards	
  “social	
  problems”	
  in	
  the	
  area,	
  
such	
  as	
  drug	
  addiction,	
  prostitution,	
  homelessness	
  etc.;	
  (iii)	
  Attitudes	
  towards	
  
the	
  Bolsa	
  Família	
  programme	
  and	
  those	
  in	
  receipt	
  of	
  it;	
  (iv)	
  Attitudes	
  towards	
  
government	
   and	
   recent	
   public	
   protests	
   of	
   both	
   left	
   and	
   right.	
   Analysis	
   will	
  
seek	
  to	
  identify	
  what	
  discursive,	
  ideological	
  and	
  moral	
  frameworks	
  residents	
  
mobilise	
  when	
  discussing	
  these	
  issues?	
  
In	
   addition	
   I	
   will	
   carry	
   out	
   participant	
   observation	
   in	
   key	
   institutions	
   in	
   the	
  
neighbourhood	
   (eg.	
   NGOs,	
   churches,	
   schools)	
   and	
   seek	
   to	
   understand	
   the	
  
relationships	
   and	
   tensions	
   between	
   them.	
   This	
   will	
   also	
   be	
   achieved	
   through	
  
interviews	
  with	
  a	
  smaller	
  sample	
  of	
  “key	
  informants”	
  (perhaps	
  8-­‐12	
  in	
  total),	
  such	
  as	
  
NGO	
   workers,	
   teachers,	
   community	
   leaders,	
   local	
   politicians,	
   social	
   workers,	
   local	
  
entrepreneurs,	
  and,	
  if	
  possible,	
  local	
  actors	
  involved	
  in	
  illicit	
  and/or	
  illegal	
  activities.	
  
These	
   interviews	
   will	
   explore	
   perceptions	
   of	
   social	
   differences	
   within	
   the	
  
 
9	
  
neighbourhood	
   and	
   what	
   produces	
   them,	
   as	
   well	
   as	
   analysis	
   of	
   the	
   discursive,	
  
ideological	
  and	
  moral	
  frames	
  used	
  to	
  construct	
  responses.	
  
	
  
4) Expected	
  results	
  
Results	
   are	
   expected	
   to	
   reveal	
   a	
   range	
   of	
   emergent	
   social	
   distinctions	
   within	
   the	
  
sample	
  population	
  that	
  are	
  broadly	
  structured	
  around	
  the	
  three	
  normative	
  regimes	
  
identified	
   by	
   Feltrán	
   (2015),	
   while	
   also	
   being	
   influenced	
   by	
   changes	
   in	
   social	
  
stratification	
   (as	
   predicted	
   by	
   Bourdieu)	
   and	
   in	
   broader	
   hegemonic	
   discourses	
   (as	
  
proposed	
   by	
   Gramsci).	
   Although	
   roughly	
   corresponding	
   to	
   identifiable	
   sub-­‐groups	
  
within	
  the	
  neighbourhood	
  (divided	
  particularly	
  according	
  to	
  the	
  factors	
  of	
  education,	
  
occupation	
  and	
  degree	
  of	
  involvement	
  in	
  the	
  “world	
  of	
  crime”),	
  different	
  normative	
  
discourses	
   and	
   positions	
   are	
   expected	
   to	
   emerge	
   in	
   fluid	
   and	
   composite	
   ways	
  
depending	
  on	
  individual	
  circumstances	
  and	
  experiences.	
  For	
  example,	
  a	
  respondent	
  
with	
  family	
  member(s)	
  in	
  starkly	
  different	
  circumstances	
  to	
  his/her	
  own	
  (for	
  example	
  
having	
   a	
   relative	
   who	
   is	
   in	
   a	
   gang)	
   may	
   be	
   likely	
   to	
   have	
   more	
   nuanced	
   or	
  
contradictory	
   attitudes	
   to	
   a	
   respondent	
   from	
   a	
   more	
   homogeneous	
   household.	
  
Furthermore,	
   attitudes	
   are	
   likely	
   to	
   vary	
   according	
   to	
   the	
   issue	
   being	
   discussed,	
  
rather	
  than	
  displaying	
  any	
  clear	
  consistency.	
  For	
  example,	
  a	
  respondent	
  who	
  has	
  a	
  
favourable	
   view	
   of	
   the	
   local	
   “security”	
   provided	
   by	
   the	
   PCC	
   regime	
   may	
   in	
   other	
  
regards	
  express	
  attitudes	
  that	
  support	
  the	
  State	
  regime,	
  for	
  example	
  by	
  opposing	
  
the	
   use	
   of	
   street	
   demonstrations	
   as	
   a	
   form	
   of	
   political	
   protest.	
   This	
   is	
   because	
  
subjectivity	
  is	
  expected	
  to	
  be	
  shaped	
  by	
  both	
  material/social	
  conditions	
  and	
  degree	
  
of	
   influence	
   of	
   different	
   institutions,	
   such	
   as	
   media,	
   churches,	
   NGOs	
   etc.,	
   which	
  
extend	
  unevenly	
  across	
  the	
  peripheral	
  population.	
  
	
  
5) Research	
  timeline	
  
Oct	
  2015	
  	
   Initial	
  contact	
  and	
  discussions	
  with	
  gatekeepers	
  (from	
  NGOs	
  
and	
  residents	
  association);	
  	
  
Identification	
  of	
  key	
  local	
  institutions;	
  
Formulation	
  of	
  sampling	
  strategy.	
  
 
10	
  
Nov-­‐Dec	
  2015	
   Visits	
  and	
  initial	
  discussions	
  with	
  representatives	
  of	
  key	
  local	
  
institutions;	
  	
  
Begin	
  participant	
  observation	
  within	
  key	
  institutions;	
  
Begin	
  resident	
  interviews.	
  
Jan-­‐Mar	
  2016	
   Participant	
  observation	
  and	
  resident	
  interviews	
  
Apr-­‐May	
  2016	
   Key	
  informant	
  interviews	
  
Jun-­‐Jul	
  2016	
   Transcription,	
  coding	
  and	
  initial	
  analysis	
  of	
  data	
  
Aug-­‐Sep	
  2016	
   Begin	
  to	
  disseminate	
  findings	
  at	
  organised	
  and	
  seminar	
  and	
  
conferences	
  
Oct	
  2016-­‐	
   Write	
  up	
  3	
  articles	
  for	
  publication	
  in	
  English-­‐language	
  and	
  
Brazilian	
  journals	
  
	
  
6) Dissemination	
  of	
  results	
  
Results	
  will	
  be	
  disseminated	
  through	
  a	
  variety	
  of	
  strategies.	
  In	
  July	
  of	
  2016,	
  while	
  
interview	
  data	
  are	
  still	
  being	
  analysed,	
  I	
  will	
  seek	
  to	
  arrange	
  seminars	
  at	
  the	
  Centro	
  
de	
   Estudos	
   da	
   Metrópole	
   (CEM)	
   and	
   the	
   Universidade	
   Federal	
   de	
   São	
   Carlos	
  
(UFSCAR)	
  to	
  share	
  initial	
  results	
  with	
  staff	
  and	
  students.	
  This	
  will	
  allow	
  for	
  feedback	
  
from	
   experts	
   in	
   the	
   field	
   that	
   can	
   help	
   to	
   orient	
   the	
   subsequent	
   evolution	
   of	
   the	
  
analysis.	
   Then	
   between	
   August	
   and	
   October	
   2016	
   I	
   will	
   aim	
   to	
   present	
   more	
  
developed	
   findings	
   at	
   a	
   series	
   of	
   major	
   international	
   academic	
   conferences,	
  
including	
   those	
   of	
   the	
   Research	
   Committee	
   on	
   Urban	
   and	
   Regional	
   Development	
  
(RC21)	
   of	
   the	
   International	
   Sociological	
   Association	
   (ISA),	
   the	
   Royal	
   Geographical	
  
Society	
   (RGS-­‐IBG),	
   and	
   the	
   Associação	
   Nacional	
   de	
   Pós-­‐graduação	
   e	
   Pesquisa	
   em	
  
Ciências	
  Sociais	
  (ANPOCS).	
  Over	
  the	
  subsequent	
  year	
  I	
  will	
  aim	
  to	
  produce	
  a	
  series	
  of	
  
articles	
  arising	
  from	
  the	
  research	
  to	
  be	
  published	
  in	
  leading	
  Brazilian	
  and	
  English-­‐
language	
  journals.	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
 
11	
  
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participação	
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com	
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noção	
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Crehan,	
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   ‘Gramsci’s	
   concept	
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De	
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Etnografia	
  comparada	
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   Consensus:	
   Police,	
   Organized	
   Crime,	
   and	
   the	
  
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  and	
  Death	
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  Urban	
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Denyer	
   Willis	
   (2009),	
   ‘Deadly	
   symbiosis?	
   The	
   PCC,	
   the	
   State	
   and	
   the	
  
institutionalization	
   of	
   violence	
   in	
   São	
   Paulo,	
   Brazil’,	
   in	
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   G.	
   and	
   Rodgers,	
   D.	
  
(Eds.),	
   Youth	
   Violence	
   in	
   Latin	
   America:	
   Gangs	
   and	
   Juvenile	
   Justice	
   in	
   Perspective,	
  
New	
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  Macmillan	
  
Feltrán	
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  Fronteiras	
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  Política	
  e	
  Violência	
  nas	
  Periferias	
  de	
  São	
  Paulo,	
  
São	
  Paulo:	
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Feltrán,	
  G.	
  (2010),	
  ‘Crime	
  e	
  castigo	
  na	
  cidade:	
  Os	
  repertories	
  da	
  justice	
  e	
  a	
  questão	
  
do	
  homicídio	
  nas	
  periferias	
  de	
  São	
  Paulo’,	
  Cadernos	
  CRH,	
  23:	
  58,	
  pp	
  .59-­‐73	
  
Fernandes,	
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  L.	
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  ‘Os	
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  da	
  favela:	
  Reflexões	
  sobre	
  controle	
  e	
  contenção	
  
sócio-­‐espacial	
  dos	
  párias	
  urbanos	
  no	
  Rio	
  de	
  Janeiro,	
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  159-­‐86	
  
 
12	
  
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   Twentieth-­‐	
  
Century	
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  de	
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Goertzel,	
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  Paulo	
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to	
  the	
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  American	
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  de	
  Janeiro	
  
Garmany,	
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   embodied	
   state:	
   Governmentality	
   in	
   a	
   Brazilian	
   favela’,	
  
Social	
  and	
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  pp.	
  721-­‐39
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   (1971),	
   Selections	
   from	
   the	
   prison	
   notebooks	
   of	
   Antonio	
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London:	
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  democracy	
  and	
  modernity	
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  Urbana,	
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Leeds,	
   Elizabeth	
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   and	
   parallel	
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   on	
   the	
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   urban	
  
periphery:	
   Constraints	
   on	
   local	
   level	
   democratization’,	
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   American	
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do	
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Neri,	
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  Middle	
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  the	
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Centro	
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FGV/CPS	
  
O'Donnell,	
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  some	
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A	
   Latin	
   American	
   view	
   with	
   glances	
   at	
   some	
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  21:	
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Perlman,	
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  urban	
  poverty	
  and	
  politics	
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  de	
  
Janeiro,	
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   Subaltern	
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   ‘Uma	
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   da	
   Última	
  
Década?	
  O	
  debate	
  a	
  partir	
  da	
  perspectiva	
  sociológica’,	
  Revista	
  Sociedade	
  e	
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13	
  
27:	
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  pp.	
  387-­‐407
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   H.	
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   identity	
   and	
   intergroup	
   behaviour”,	
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   Science	
  
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  13:	
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  pp.	
  65-­‐93.	
  
Telles,	
  V.	
  S.	
  (2010),	
  ‘Nas	
  dobras	
  do	
  legal	
  e	
  do	
  ilegal:	
  Ilegalismos	
  e	
  jogos	
  de	
  poder	
  nas	
  
tramas	
  da	
  cidade’,	
  Revista	
  de	
  Estudos	
  de	
  Conflito	
  e	
  Controle	
  Social,	
  2:	
  5-­‐6,	
  pp.	
  97-­‐126	
  
Telles,	
  V.	
  S.	
  (2009),	
  ‘Ilegalismos	
  urbanos	
  e	
  a	
  cidade’,	
  Novos	
  Estudos,	
  84,	
  pp.	
  153-­‐73
Torres,	
  H.,	
  Bichir,	
  R.	
  M.	
  and	
  Carpim,	
  T.	
  P.	
  (2006),	
  ‘Uma	
  pobreza	
  diferente?	
  Mudanças	
  
no	
  padrão	
  de	
  consumo	
  da	
  população	
  de	
  baixa	
  renda’,	
  Novos	
  Estudos	
  CEBRAP,	
  75,	
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17-­‐22	
  
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Proposal PD

  • 1.   1   Project  proposal   Subjectivity,  boundaries  and  social  reproduction  at  the   urban  periphery     Area:  Quem  governa  o  que?   Project:  Os  padrões  de  governança  na  periferia  das  cidades  metropolitanas     1) Research  questions   In  recent  decades  the  peripheries  of  São  Paulo,  like  other  major  Brazilian  cities,  have   exhibited  seemingly  contradictory  social  and  political  trends.  On  one  hand  incomes   have  risen,  poverty  has  fallen,  and  the  State  has  strengthened  its  presence  in  the   provision  of  infrastructure  and  services  (Marques  2014).  On  the  other  hand,  informal   and  illegal  economic  activity  have  grown  alongside  and  become  deeply  intertwined   with  the  formal  economy  (Silva  Telles  2010),  while  practices  of  violence  and  social   control  by  both  State  and  non-­‐State  actors  have  also  become  entrenched  (Denyer   Willis  2015).  While  changes  in  local  institutional  structures  (Feltrán  2011),  social  and   economic  conditions  (Marques  2014),  and  patterns  of  crime  and  violence  (Feltrán   2015;  Denyer  Willis  2015)  in  peripheral  neighbourhoods  over  this  period  have  been   well   documented,   less   attention   has   been   given   to   the   way   these   changes   have   influenced  the  formation  of  resident  subjectivities.  This  research  project  will  seek  to   explore  this  issue  through  ethnographic  observation  and  interviews  with  residents   and   key   informants   in   the   working-­‐class   district   of   Sapopemba   in   the   east   of   São   Paulo.  The  research  will  be  framed  around  two  questions  in  particular:     1) What   influence   do   key   institutions   (eg.   agencies   of   the   State,   the   media,   NGOs,  the  family,  religion,  work,  organised  crime),  both  individually  and  in   relation   to   one   another,   have   over   the   practices,   attitudes   and   long-­‐term   trajectories  of  residents  in  peripheral  neighbourhoods?   2) How   do   the   uneven   influence   of   these   institutions,   and   the   growing   social   diversity  of  peripheral  neighbourhoods  more  generally,  shape  social  relations   among  different  residents?  
  • 2.   2   In   addition   to   the   Brazilian   literature   on   sociability   and   social   reproduction   in   peripheral  neighbourhoods  (eg.  Marques  2012,  Feltrán  2011),  the  analysis  will  also   draw  on  Bourdieusian,  Gramscian  and  social  identity  theory  perspectives  in  analysing   subjectivity  formation  at  São  Paulo’s  urban  periphery.     2) Research  problem   a)  Context   Over   the   past   decade-­‐and-­‐a-­‐half   the   peripheries   of   São   Paulo,   like   other   major   Brazilian   cities,   have   seen   rising   incomes,   falling   levels   of   poverty   and   increased   consumption,   thanks   in   part   to   federal   government   interventions   such   as   an   assertive  minimum  wage  policy,  expansion  of  credit  provision  for  low-­‐income  groups,   and   poverty   reduction   programmes   (Marques   2014;   Lavinas   2013).   Evidence   of   longer-­‐term  social  and  economic  changes  (Torres  et  al.  2006)  and  slow  but  steadily   increasing  entry  into  post-­‐secondary  education  among  lower-­‐income  groups  (Comin   and  Barbosa  2011)  suggest  that  such  trends  are  likely  to  be  sustained  beyond  the   current  conjuncture.  These  processes  have  not  been  distributed  evenly  and  many   residents  remain  trapped  in  poverty  and  excluded  from  public  policies.  Furthermore,   deeper  analysis  suggests  that  claims  of  the  emergence  of  a  “new  middle  class”  in   Brazil  (eg.  Neri  2010)  have  been  radically  overstated  (see  Scalon  and  Salata  2012).   Nonetheless,   the   growing   social   diversity   of   the   urban   periphery   amounts   to   a   seismic  change  for  Brazilian  society.   However,   this   is   not   the   whole   story.   Processes   of   formalisation   have   not   been   matched  by  a  decline  in  informal,  illicit  or  illegal  economic  activity,  which  have  also   grown  precipitously.  This  counters  the  view  of  persistent  informality  as  evidence  of   Brazil’s  “incomplete  transition  to  modernity”,  rather  than  being  an  intrinsic  feature   of   Brazilian   modernity   (Silva   Telles   2010).   Furthermore,   practices   of   violence   and   social  control  by  both  state  and  non-­‐state  actors  in  peripheral  areas,  often  involving   tacit   co-­‐operation   between   police   and   criminal   groups   (see   Denyer-­‐Willis   2015;   Feltrán   2010),   have   persisted   and,   it   would   seem,   become   increasingly   institutionalised.   These   trends   suggest   a   far   more   complicated   and   less   optimistic  
  • 3.   3   picture  than  narratives  that  posit  virtuous  and  causally  interlinked  trends  of  falling   violence,  economic  growth,  formalisation  and  increased  state  presence  in  the  urban   periphery  (eg.  Goertzel  and  Khan).   b)  Theorising  peripheries   These  trends  appear  to  contradict  analytical  approaches  that  frame  conditions  and   processes   in   peripheral   neighbourhoods   in   terms   of   a   supposed   “absence”   of   the   State,  formal  economy  and/or  civil  society  (eg.  O’Donnell  1993;  Leeds  1996).  In  fact,   social   scientists   have   long   recognised   Brazilian   inequality   and   its   urban   manifestations   as   resulting   from   asymmetric   integration   into   common   social,   economic  and  political  systems,  rather  than  a  separation  of  “different  worlds”.  For   example,   in   the   late   1960s   and   70s   dependency   theorists   and   others   challenged   dominant   models   that   claimed   favelas   and   peripheries   were   populated   by   an   unintegrated   “marginal   mass”,   and   instead   identifying   these   as   territories   that   served  elites  as  a  source  of  cheap  labour  power  (eg.  Perlman  1976;  Kowarick  1980).   New   historical   analyses   have   also   highlighted   the   role   of   political   clientelism   and   economic  profiteering  by  elites  in  the  initial  expansion  and  subsequent  survival  and   urbanisation  of  informal  neighbourhoods  (eg.  Holsten  2008;  Fischer  2008).  Even  as   rising  violence  and  segregation  seemed  to  fragment  Brazilian  cities  during  the  1980s   and  90s  (eg.  Ventura  1994;  Caldeira  2000),  in  fact  connections  across  these  divides   persisted  and  urban  borders  remained  highly  “permeable”,  even  if  access  to  some   spaces  became  increasingly  regulated  (Carvalho  2013;  Fernandes  2012).   Instead   of   “absence”   then,   new   perspectives   tend   to   frame   centre-­‐periphery   relations  as  relational,  uneven  and  characterised  by  power-­‐laden  processes  of  both   integration  and  exclusion,  conflict  and  coordination.  For  example,  de  Almeida  et  al.   (2008)  mobilise  Michel  de  Certeau’s  distinction  between  “strategy”  and  “tactics”  to   explain   how   peripheral   populations   can   often   win   gains   from   mainstream   institutions   and   actors,   but   only   at   the   cost   of   submitting   to   structures   that   reproduce   their   domination.   This   includes   efforts   by   the   State   to   address   social   problems  such  as  drug  addiction  and  prostitution  through  bureaucratic  regulation,  a   pattern  that  is  powerfully  captured  by  Feltrán’s  term  the  “management  of  the  social  
  • 4.   4   world”  (Feltrán  2011).  Meanwhile,  on  questions  of  violence  and  crime,  writers  like   Misse  (2006)  and  Arias  (2006)  on  Rio  de  Janeiro  and  Denyer  Willis  (2009;  2015)  on   São  Paulo  have  reconceived  criminal  gangs  as  local  power-­‐brokers  in  larger,  conflict-­‐ ridden  systems  of  economic  and  political  power,  rather  than  autonomous  “parallel   powers”  (Leeds  1996).  Denyer  Willis  (2009),  for  example,  describes  the  relationship   between   the   police   and   the   Primeiro   Comando   do   Capital   (PCC)   as   a   “deadly   symbiosis”  characterised  by  unpredictable  patterns  of  conflict  and  collusion.     Focussing  on  circuits  of  economic  activity,  Silva  Telles  (2010)  employs  Ruggiero  and   South’s  concept  of  the  “metropolitan  bazaar”  to  describe  the  complex  and  deeply   integrated  circulation  of  legal,  illicit  and  illegal  commodities.  As  she  explains,  these   circuits  regularly  transverse  demarcated  boundaries  of  formality  and  legality,  while   encountering   inconsistent   and   socially   structured   forms   of   State   and   non-­‐State   “policing”  along  the  way.  This  fits  with  concepts  in  the  international  literature  on   urban  inequality,  informality  and  the  appearance  of  zones  and  states  of  “exception”   (see  Roy  2009).  For  example,  Yiftachel  (2009)  uses  the  notion  of  “grey  spaces”  to   describe  states  of  informality,  which  may  be  subject  to  “whitening”  (ie.  validation)  or   “blackening”  (criminalisation)  by  agents  of  the  State  according  to  whom  is  carrying   them  out  and  in  which  part  of  the  city.  These  are  carried  out  not  only  through  legal   and  institutional  structures  and  coercive  practices,  but  also  through  the  mobilisation   of   dominant   ideological   and   symbolic   frameworks   that   tend   to   normalise   such   processes  and  the  inequalities  that  underpin  them.   The   reconfiguration   (and   reconceptualisation)   of   the   relationship   between   centre   and   periphery   raises   the   question   of   how   social   relations   within   peripheral   neighbourhooods   are   also   being   reshaped.   In   Brazil,   popular   discourse   and   established   sociological   models   (eg.   Zaluar   1985)   often   emphasise   a   distinction   between   two   ideal   types   of   peripheral   (or   favela)   resident:   “bandidos“   and   “trabalhadores”.  However,  as  argued  by  Feltrán,  such  a  dualistic  model  now  seem   wholly   inadequate   (Feltrán   2011,   p.   2).   Though   still   a   minority,   many   more   peripheral  residents  than  previously  now  progress  to  post-­‐secondary  education  and   as  the  labour  market  has  fragmented  some  have  been  able  to  enter  into  relatively   better-­‐paid  and  more  secure  service  and  professional  occupations.  Meanwhile  large  
  • 5.   5   parts  of  the  peripheral  population  remain  in  informal  or  insecure  low-­‐paid  work,  and   often  dependent  on  some  degree  of  involvement  with  the  “world  of  crime”  (Feltrán   2011)   to   supplement   household   incomes.   In   some   cases   this   means   direct   involvement   with   drug   trafficking,   car   thefts   and   other   forms   of   criminal   activity   fitting   the   popular   image   of   “bandidagem”.   More   often,   however,   it   may   mean   participation  in  illicit  markets  that,  at  least  within  the  context  of  the  periphery,  do   not  carry  the  same  moral  stigma  (see  Silva  Telles  2010,  p.  105).  Furthermore,  the   spectrum   of   economic   activity   –  from   the   formal   world   of   work   and   mainstream   institutions  at  one  end  to  the  “world  of  crime”  at  the  other  –  is  sometimes  spanned   within  individual  households.  This  means  that  not  only  neighbours  but  also  family   members  must  continually  negotiate  “frontiers  of  tension”  in  their  everyday  lives,   and   avoid   falling   foul   of   the   State   and   non-­‐State   actors   who   police   them   (Feltrán   2011).   While  illuminating,  this  schema  leaves  open  the  question  of  how  social  differences   form   into   distinct   subjectivities   and   of   what   influence   social,   institutional   and   cultural  factors  have  over  this  process.  Elsewhere,  Feltrán  (2015)  has  proposed  that   a   range   of   normative   regimes   coexist   in   São   Paulo’s   peripheries.   These   include   a   “State”  regime,  which  upholds  formal  and  legal  structures  and  defends  the  use  of   violence  by  police  against  gangs  and  criminals.  In  contrast  the  PCC  oversees  its  own   normative  regime,  based  around  its  claim  to  be  the  legitimate  defender  of  security   and  arbiter  of  justice  in  the  neighbourhoods  it  dominantes.  Finally  an  “evangelical”   regime,   constituted   of   historically   sedimented   Christian   values   and   reinforced   through  everyday  conversations  and  disagreements,  promotes  values  such  as  justice,   respect   and   humility.   Feltrán   argues   that   although   broadly   antagonistic   to   one   another,   these   regimes   are   subject   to   some   degree   of   “hybridisation”.   Arias   and   Rodrigues  (2006)  provide  an  example  of  this  with  regard  to  Rio’s  favelas.  There,  they   argue,   the   kinds   of   moral   and   cultural   norms   described   by   Feltrán’s   “evangelical”   regime,   and   the   social   hierarchies   constructed   around   these,   exercise   important   constraints   on   the   ability   of   drug   traffickers   to   pursue   their   objectives   while   continuing  to  peacefully  coexist  with  the  community.    
  • 6.   6   c)  Subjectivity  formation  at  the  urban  periphery   The   concept   of   coexisting   normative   regimes   provides   a   useful   overarching   framework  for  understanding  subjectivity  formation  in  peripheral  neighbourhoods,   but  it  does  not  account  for  individual  processes  of  social  reproduction  and  the  ways   in   which   individuals’   values   and   attitudes   take   shape.   In   addition   to   the   Brazilian   literature  on  sociability  and  social  reproduction  in  peripheral  neighbourhoods,  the   analysis   will   draw   on   the   insights   of   Bourdieusian,   Gramscian   and   social   identity   theory  to  analysing  processes  of  subjectivity  formation.   In   recent   years   the   relative   merits   of   Bourdieu’s   (1984)   and   Gramsci’s   (1971)   approaches   to   understanding   subjectivity   formation   have   become   a   source   of   growing   interest   to   social   scientists   (eg.   Burawoy   2012;   Crehan   2011).   Bourdieu’s   notion   of   habitus   posits   an   internalisation   of   the   social   structure   as   subjectively   experienced   tastes,   dispositions   and   beliefs,   facilitated   by   individual   exposure   to   segmented  processes  of  social  reproduction.  Such  an  approach  has  proven  effective   at   accounting   for   class-­‐based   socio-­‐cultural   differences,   particularly   in   European   contexts  where  social  class,  the  key  institutions  of  social  reproduction  (particularly   the   education   system),   and   patterns   of   consumption   are   tightly   interlinked.   By   contrast  it  is  less  effective  at  accounting  for  social  differentiation  according  to  factors   other  than  class  and  in  contexts,  like  Brazil,  where  (outside  of  the  privately  educated   elite)  processes  of  social  reproduction  lack  a  neat  institutional  architecture  (Lamont   and  Molnar  2002).  Nonetheless,  Bourdieusian  analysis  can  offer  useful  insights  for   understanding   emergent   socio-­‐cultural   differences   between   peripheral   residents   who   have   had   greater   exposure   to   formal   education   and   employment   and   those   who  have  not.   In  contrast  to  Bourdieu,  Gramsci  (1971)  identified  opinion  formation  as  the  product   of   a   system   of   hegemony   disseminated   by   the   diverse   institutions   of   civil   society   (schools,  media,  religious  authority,  charitable  organisations  etc.)  assembled  around   the  capitalist  State.  Such  a  model  seems  to  account  for  some  trends  visible  in  Brazil’s   urban  peripheries.  For  example,  Garmany  (2009)  identifies  the  role  of  television  as  a   key   influence   over   resident   attitudes   in   a   favela   in   Fortaleza,   while   the   decisive  
  • 7.   7   impact  that  long-­‐term  involvement  with  NGOs  can  have  on  young  people’s  attitudes   and  trajectories  is  well  documented  (eg.  Cechetto  et  al.  2013).  Gramsci  argued  that   hegemony   need   not   mean   the   cultivation   of   active   support   for   existing   power   structures  and  that  the  “common  sense”  of  workers  and  subaltern  groups  typically   draws   on   sedimented   pre-­‐capitalist   moral   and   cultural   inheritances   as   well   as   dominant   ideological   constructions.   In   this   regard   too,   a   model   of   hegemony   has   useful   application,   for   example   in   the   degree   of   hybridisation   between   Feltrán’s   “evangelical”  and  “State”  regimes  such  as  their  shared  idealisation  of  hard  work  and   opposition  to  (some  forms  of)  criminality.  However,  there  are  also  limitations  to  the   approach.   The   hybridisation   of   the   evangelical   regime   with   the   PCC   regime,   for   example   over   questions   of   local   “justice”,   shows   that   normative   culture   does   not   always  support  hegemony.  Furthermore,  the  Brazilian  State’s  open  and  endemic  use   of   violence   show   that   coercion   is   at   least   as   important   as   persuasion   in   the   preservation  of  power  structures.   In   addition   to   insights   gleaned   from   Bourdieu   and   Gramsci,   social   identity   theory   (Tajfel  1974)  can  contribute  to  an  understanding  of  how  identities  are  constructed   not   only   through   macro-­‐social   and   institutional   processes   but   also   through   more   situated  dynamics  of  group  formation.  This  approach  identifies  the  role  of  “boundary   drawing”  (see  also  Lamont  and  Molnar  2002)  and  the  consequent  formation  of  “in-­‐ groups”   and   “out-­‐groups”   in   entrenching   distinct   identities.   An   advantage   of   this   kind  of  approach  is  that  it  sees  identity  formation  as  an  active,  relational,  and  often   bottom-­‐up   process.   Another   is   that   it   recognises   that   distinctions   may   form   according   to   class,   but   also   other   factors   like   ethnicity,   race,   gender,   religion,   neighbourhood  or  sub-­‐culture,  all  of  which  have  potential  relevance  to  analysis  of   São  Paulo’s  peripheries.  On  the  other  hand,  this  flexibility  and  localised  focus  can   make  it  less  effective  at  identifying  structural  factors  in  group  formation,  while  also   making   it   more   effective   as   an   explanatory   as   opposed   to   predictive   model.   Nonetheless,  social  identity  theory  can  make  a  valuable  contribution  to  approaches   like   those   offered   by   Bourdieu   and   Gramsci   that   are   more   clearly   anchored   in   analysis  of  societal  power  relations.    
  • 8.   8   3) Data  collection   The  research  will  be  conducted  with  residents  and  key  informants  in  the  working-­‐ class   district   of   Sapopemba   in   the   east   of   São   Paulo.   A   sample   of   30   resident   participants  will  be  selected  which  is  broadly  reflective  of  the  wider  population  in   terms   of   age,   gender,   race,   occupation,   income   and   housing   type   (ie.   whether   resident  of  a  favela).  They  will  be  identified  via  a  range  of  access  points,  including   local  NGOs,  residents’  associations,  and  informal  snowballing.  Interviews  will  seek  to   understand:     1) Individual   processes   of   social   reproduction,   in   particular   educational   and   employment   histories,   other   social   and   institutional   influences   (eg.   family,   NGOs,   churches,   illegal   markets,   gangs),   and   what   has   prompted   key   decisions  over  the  life  course.   2) Everyday   routines   and   relationships   both   within   and   outside   the   neighbourhood.   In   particular,   questions   will   explore   how   and   with   whom   people  form  identifications  or,  by  contrast,  draw  boundaries.   3) Views  on  contentious  social  and  political  issues.  These  will  include  (but  will   not  be  limited  to):  (i)  The  perceived  legitimacy  of  and  use  of  violence  by  both   the  police  and  the  PCC;  (ii)  Attitudes  towards  “social  problems”  in  the  area,   such  as  drug  addiction,  prostitution,  homelessness  etc.;  (iii)  Attitudes  towards   the  Bolsa  Família  programme  and  those  in  receipt  of  it;  (iv)  Attitudes  towards   government   and   recent   public   protests   of   both   left   and   right.   Analysis   will   seek  to  identify  what  discursive,  ideological  and  moral  frameworks  residents   mobilise  when  discussing  these  issues?   In   addition   I   will   carry   out   participant   observation   in   key   institutions   in   the   neighbourhood   (eg.   NGOs,   churches,   schools)   and   seek   to   understand   the   relationships   and   tensions   between   them.   This   will   also   be   achieved   through   interviews  with  a  smaller  sample  of  “key  informants”  (perhaps  8-­‐12  in  total),  such  as   NGO   workers,   teachers,   community   leaders,   local   politicians,   social   workers,   local   entrepreneurs,  and,  if  possible,  local  actors  involved  in  illicit  and/or  illegal  activities.   These   interviews   will   explore   perceptions   of   social   differences   within   the  
  • 9.   9   neighbourhood   and   what   produces   them,   as   well   as   analysis   of   the   discursive,   ideological  and  moral  frames  used  to  construct  responses.     4) Expected  results   Results   are   expected   to   reveal   a   range   of   emergent   social   distinctions   within   the   sample  population  that  are  broadly  structured  around  the  three  normative  regimes   identified   by   Feltrán   (2015),   while   also   being   influenced   by   changes   in   social   stratification   (as   predicted   by   Bourdieu)   and   in   broader   hegemonic   discourses   (as   proposed   by   Gramsci).   Although   roughly   corresponding   to   identifiable   sub-­‐groups   within  the  neighbourhood  (divided  particularly  according  to  the  factors  of  education,   occupation  and  degree  of  involvement  in  the  “world  of  crime”),  different  normative   discourses   and   positions   are   expected   to   emerge   in   fluid   and   composite   ways   depending  on  individual  circumstances  and  experiences.  For  example,  a  respondent   with  family  member(s)  in  starkly  different  circumstances  to  his/her  own  (for  example   having   a   relative   who   is   in   a   gang)   may   be   likely   to   have   more   nuanced   or   contradictory   attitudes   to   a   respondent   from   a   more   homogeneous   household.   Furthermore,   attitudes   are   likely   to   vary   according   to   the   issue   being   discussed,   rather  than  displaying  any  clear  consistency.  For  example,  a  respondent  who  has  a   favourable   view   of   the   local   “security”   provided   by   the   PCC   regime   may   in   other   regards  express  attitudes  that  support  the  State  regime,  for  example  by  opposing   the   use   of   street   demonstrations   as   a   form   of   political   protest.   This   is   because   subjectivity  is  expected  to  be  shaped  by  both  material/social  conditions  and  degree   of   influence   of   different   institutions,   such   as   media,   churches,   NGOs   etc.,   which   extend  unevenly  across  the  peripheral  population.     5) Research  timeline   Oct  2015     Initial  contact  and  discussions  with  gatekeepers  (from  NGOs   and  residents  association);     Identification  of  key  local  institutions;   Formulation  of  sampling  strategy.  
  • 10.   10   Nov-­‐Dec  2015   Visits  and  initial  discussions  with  representatives  of  key  local   institutions;     Begin  participant  observation  within  key  institutions;   Begin  resident  interviews.   Jan-­‐Mar  2016   Participant  observation  and  resident  interviews   Apr-­‐May  2016   Key  informant  interviews   Jun-­‐Jul  2016   Transcription,  coding  and  initial  analysis  of  data   Aug-­‐Sep  2016   Begin  to  disseminate  findings  at  organised  and  seminar  and   conferences   Oct  2016-­‐   Write  up  3  articles  for  publication  in  English-­‐language  and   Brazilian  journals     6) Dissemination  of  results   Results  will  be  disseminated  through  a  variety  of  strategies.  In  July  of  2016,  while   interview  data  are  still  being  analysed,  I  will  seek  to  arrange  seminars  at  the  Centro   de   Estudos   da   Metrópole   (CEM)   and   the   Universidade   Federal   de   São   Carlos   (UFSCAR)  to  share  initial  results  with  staff  and  students.  This  will  allow  for  feedback   from   experts   in   the   field   that   can   help   to   orient   the   subsequent   evolution   of   the   analysis.   Then   between   August   and   October   2016   I   will   aim   to   present   more   developed   findings   at   a   series   of   major   international   academic   conferences,   including   those   of   the   Research   Committee   on   Urban   and   Regional   Development   (RC21)   of   the   International   Sociological   Association   (ISA),   the   Royal   Geographical   Society   (RGS-­‐IBG),   and   the   Associação   Nacional   de   Pós-­‐graduação   e   Pesquisa   em   Ciências  Sociais  (ANPOCS).  Over  the  subsequent  year  I  will  aim  to  produce  a  series  of   articles  arising  from  the  research  to  be  published  in  leading  Brazilian  and  English-­‐ language  journals.          
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