http://hdl.handle.net/10071/1559 2026-04-09T11:55:01Z 2026-04-09T11:55:01Z Gez, Y. N. Bertin, C. Eichhorn, B. Ngure, F. Kuenberg, K. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/36333 2026-02-18T14:58:17Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título próprio: Sensing, tracing, walking: Phenomenological investigations of ruins and afterlives of projects Autoria: Gez, Y. N.; Bertin, C.; Eichhorn, B.; Ngure, F.; Kuenberg, K. Resumo: Recent years have seen growing scholarship on ruins and afterlives of projects framed around a range of contexts – modernity, colonialism, infrastructure and international development. While much of this literature overlaps with phenomenological preoccupations – notably, embodied and affective interconnections between people and places – few of these studies directly engage with phenomenology. Acknowledging some scholars’ discomfort with the term, we are inspired by the critical turn among phenomenological thinkers to propose a closer conversation between the two bodies of literature. Such conversation, we argue, can enrich our understanding of ruins and afterlives with further philosophical, conceptual and methodological underpinning. In particular, we draw on ethnographic fieldwork on the remains of a colonial-cum-development intervention in southern Mozambique and on methodological directions oriented around movement and walking. We thus show how, in post-project contexts, phenomenological perspectives can help to trace intimacies between humans and the more-than-human away from grand narratives and consequentialist ends, and to understand experiences of ruins as embodied, affective and embedded within specific socio-historical contexts.

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Marsili, M. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/36296 2026-02-12T13:07:24Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título próprio: From deportations to “frozen conflicts”: Russian nationalism, ethnic engineering and violence in the Soviet and post-Soviet space Autoria: Marsili, M. Resumo: This article examines how Soviet and post-Soviet forms of Russian nationalism used ethnic engineering – above all mass deportations and demographic reshuffling – to transform ethno-national diversity into a structural source of conflict. Building on a qualitative, historical-comparative design, the study combines close reading of Soviet constitutional and legal texts with secondary literature on deportations and “frozen conflicts” to trace mechanisms linking Stalin-era policies to contemporary wars in the post-Soviet space. Archival decrees, census data and administrative cartography are analysed through thematic coding (e.g., “collective punishment,” “demographic engineering,” “border manipulation”) and compared across key episodes such as the deportation of Chechens and Ingush, Crimean Tatars and Volga Germans. The article then connects these historical patterns to post-1991 conflicts in the Caucasus, Crimea/Donbas and Central Asia, showing how earlier deportations and territorial rearrangements created asymmetric republics, competing memories of victimhood and territorially embedded grievances. Rather than treating Russian nationalism as a purely ideological phenomenon, the analysis conceptualizes it as a repertoire of state practices that combine coercive removal, selective rehabilitation and later “protection” of co-nationals abroad. The findings challenge accounts that explain post-Soviet conflicts solely through democratization failure or great-power rivalry, arguing instead that ethnic wars in the region are rooted in a long genealogy of state-led population politics. The article concludes by discussing the broader implications for theories of ethnofederalism and for contemporary debates on how authoritarian regimes manage diversity through forced mobility rather than inclusive citizenship.

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Ulug, M. Andrei, R. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/36207 2026-02-03T11:04:47Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título próprio: Energy transition under twin shocks: Geopolitical and macrofinancial risks Autoria: Ulug, M.; Andrei, R. Resumo: The Greater North European Energy Corridor (GNEEC) – comprising Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom - stands as a vital core for Europe’s renewable energy ambitions, while facing rising geopolitical and macro-financial pressures. This study explores how Composite Geopolitical Risk (CGR) and macro-financial pressure have driven the energy transition within the GNEEC from 1990 to 2023, alongside the roles of economic growth and environmental innovation. Using the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) approach, the results reveal strong heterogeneity along the green transition pathway. CGR has a consistently positive and rising effect on renewable deployment ( ≈ 1.05 at ? = 0.1 to ≈ 1.81 at ? = 0.9), showing that geopolitical tensions accelerate diversification, especially among transition leaders. In contrast, macro-financial pressures driven by monetary tightening hinder renewables ( ≈ 0.44 at ? = 0.1 to ≈ 0.27 at ? = 0.9), with financing costs constraining early-stage adopters more severely. Similarly, economic growth slows the clean share ( ≈ 77 at ? = 0.1 to ≈ 1.25 at ? = 0.9), as rebound and scale effects outweigh short-term efficiency gains. Environmental innovation fosters renewables at lower quantiles ( ≈ 1.50 at ? = 0.1 to ≈ 0.73 at ? = 0.9) but becomes insignificant at advanced stages, reflecting diminishing marginal returns. These findings highlight structural asymmetries: leaders convert geopolitical risk into faster deployment, while laggards remain more vulnerable to financial constraints. The study offers clear policy implications, including strengthening de-risking mechanisms, aligning growth with low-carbon strategies, and fostering innovation diffusion, in order to balance energy resilience, security, and financial sustainability across varying stages of the transition.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Zoettl, P. A. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/36154 2026-01-28T10:31:46Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título próprio: Mortal doubles: Youth, crime and the police in Brazil Autoria: Zoettl, P. A. Resumo: Police violence and the killing of suspects are ubiquitous in Brazil, with most victims being young people from the urban periphery. Policing in Brazil has been discussed in terms of postcolonial and authoritarian continuities, the social construction of criminal identities, and racialized forms of citizenship. Drawing on documentary evidence and narratives from inmates at a juvenile prison in Salvador, Bahia, this article explores police violence from the victims’ perspectives. It argues for an understanding of police (ab)use of force that considers both structural causes and the personal nature of police–suspect encounters, where the line between committing and fighting crime is increasingly blurred. The abuse and killing of juvenile offenders are conceived as the culmination of interpersonal and intergroup skirmishes between adversaries caught up in a spiral of mimetic rivalry, in which violence has become an end in itself.

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