Being a Scholar-Activist in the Age of Bolsonaro

Brazil Unfiltered

Debora Diniz is an anthropologist, activist, and former University of Brasilia law professor. Her life was utterly transformed last year, when she helped bring a case to Brazil’s Supreme Court to decriminalize abortion. Death threats were made against her. She received police protection, and went into hiding prior to the case’s final hearings. Today she’s living in exile in the US. On this episode Debora and James talk about life in exile, how to combine scholarship with activism, and how to navigate the 'local flavors' of authoritarianism we're seeing around the world today.