“Human rights” in dispute: State violence and demands for justice in a comparative perspective
Keywords:
Human rights, state violence, demands for justice, ethnography, Derechos humanos, violencia de estado, demandas por justicia, etnografíaAbstract
This paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in Rio de Janeiro, in comparison to Buenos Aires. Specifically, it focuses on the ethnography produced after the murder of Rio's alderwoman Marielle Franco, to propose the notion of “attack on human rights”, showing how the category has been built through an antagonistic logic in Rio de Janeiro.
Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre la categoría “derechos humanos” en cuanto categoría nativa, dotada de sentidos locales y particulares. Para ello, se vale de una perspectiva comparada sobre los usos y sentidos de la categoría violencia de estado y sobre la construcción de los procesos de demanda por justicia en Brasil en contraste con Buenos Aires. Específicamente, se detiene en la etnografía producida a partir del asesinato de la concejala carioca Marielle Franco para proponer la noción de “embate a los derechos humanos”, demostrando cómo la categoría, en Río de Janeiro, se ha ido construyendo a través de una lógica antagónica.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1182
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