Up against Walls: A Transnational Dialogue on Black Women, Health and the Prison System from Texas to Brazil
Title | Título:
Up against Walls: A Transnational Dialogue on Black Women, Health and the Prison System from Texas to Brazil
Description | Descripción:
Session is conducted in Portuguese and English. Panel discusses patterns of violence within the penitentiary systems in both Texas and Brazil; the panelists are Andreia Beatriz dos Santos, Hamilton Borges dos Santos, Christen A. Smith, with Matt Richardson acting as panelist and discussion moderator. After introductions, the panel begins with short presentations from each panelist on their work advocating for women in the penitentiary system. Panelists detail how the prison systems in both the U.S. and Brazil have been used as a tool for enacting racialized violence against black individuals and to maintain systems of racial oppression within society.
Contributor | Contribuidor:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies The University of Texas at Austin (Creator), dos Santos, Andreia Beatriz (Speaker), dos Santos, Hamilton Borges (Speaker), Richardson, Matt (Speaker), Smith, Christen A. (Speaker), and Zarate, Andrea (Videographer)
Moving image, conference proceedings, and conferencias
Extent | Alcance:
01 hours, 35 minutes, 45 seconds
Rights - Use & Reproduction | Derechos - uso & reproducción:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language | Idioma:
English and Portuguese
Publisher | Editor:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, The University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas Libraries
Place of publication | Lugar de publicación:
Austin (Tex.)
Topic | Tema:
Transnational human rights and Derechos humanos transnacionales
Place Name | Nombre del lugar:
Bahia, Brazil, Bahía, Brasil, Texas United States, and Texas
UTL DAMS PID:
hrdi:39d24ac4-efea-4798-b1d5-cc9dc10df233
Local Identifier| Identificador local :
rpr_2012_10_06_p2
Related Resource – Host | Recursos relacionados:
"Rethinking Power and Resistance: Gender and Human Rights from Texas to the Transnational Americas" Conference Footage (title) and https://txarchives.org/hrdi/finding_aids/00007.xml (uri)