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From social peace to code of silence: The social ethics of sutura in Senegal
Falcão, R.Normally translated as discretion, sutura is an important local value in Senegal. Its protective regime starts with the idea that being discreet has an inherent social value. In its ideal dimension it is said to be a warranty for social peace. Its rather pragmatic consequences, on the other hand, are felt on communication, generating uncertainty and ambiguity; on the social construction of gender, highlighting ...
Seeing like a routier: Routiers’ borderscapes between Southern Europe and West ...
Neto, P. F.; Falcão, R.Routier is the self-designation employed by Senegalese men driving decades-old vehicles overloaded with mostly second-hand items from Southern Europe to be sold in West Africa. This activity involves navigating a constellation of overlapping politico-administrative, socio-economic, cultural and geographical borders. Building on the concept of borderscapes, whose plasticity and aesthetic qualities allows us to i...
Routiers’ transformational trajectories of waste, from Portugal to Senegal
Neto, P.; Falcão, R.Routiers are men of African origin that regularly drive decades-old vehicles from Southern Europe to West Africa. In their vehicles they carry a set of second-hand items which are sold, traded, and/or bartered along the way. This essay offers a collection of images that depict and interrogate some of the symbolic, socioeconomic, and spatiotemporal qualities of routier activity while fostering an understanding o...
Women rights crossing border and FGM/C: Violent traditions, cultural difference...
Falcão, R.; Carvalho, C.In this article we look briefly into some of the conundrums around the practice of FGM/C. The practice, existent in dozens of countries, is often categorized as a “harmful traditional practice”, and a framework of “zero tolerance to FGM/C” has been created to combat it. We will describe how it became an agenda in the human rights framework, before we can discuss how the connections between Portugal and Guinea B...
Resistance to change: FGM/C and gendered inequality in Senegal
Falcão, R.This paper is part of an ongoing research on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in West Africa, with a particular focus in Senegal. It starts with the assumption that the body is a signifier of local social and moral worlds, and also that it is through the body that experiences of freedom and autonomy, violence, social pressure and inequality are manifested. Individuals are socially situated through their gender bu...
Historicidade do C/MGF e das agendas anti-C/MGF
Falcão, R.A primeira referência explícita à circuncisão feminina foi feita pelo geógrafo e historiador grego Estrabão, por volta do século I a. C., relatando a forma como a prática era zelosamente realizada no Egito. Existem provas, porém, de que a circuncisão feminina pode ter sido uma prática comum nesta região mesmo antes desse período. Descrições mais detalhadas começaram a surgir, de acordo com Sara Johnsdotter, dur...
Migração, movimentos migratórios e etnicidade
Falcão, R.Devido à migração internacional, o C/MGF é agora reconhecido como um problema na Europa. Até à viragem deste século, a sua prevalência no continente era largamente considerada um assunto pouco conhecido e que se pensava que se praticava principalmente em África, mesmo se, no passado, e de acordo com as definições atualmente aceites, existiram procedimentos médicos na Europa considerados como formas de mutilação.