Since the Fundão and Córrego do Feijão dams collapsed in 2015 and 2019, respectively, local communities and the mining companies responsible for the catastrophes have battled over the causes of the failures as well as the control of impacted territories. Brazilian journalism professor André Luís Carvalho will share his experiences working with citizen journalists in affected communities to co-create and maintain media platforms to preserve memory and denounce violations.
Learn more about the panel series on "Predatory Extractivism: Brazil's Largest Mining Catastrophes in a Global Context" and register to attend.
Moderator: Alicia Yamin, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Speaker: André Luís Carvalho, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Discussants: Mônica dos Santos, Member, Fundão Dam Commission of Affected People and Tyler Giannini, Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Global Health and Population (HSPH), Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, the Center for International Development, the Human Rights Program at HLS, and The Center for the Study of Natural Resources Extraction and Society at Clark University.
LOCATION:CGIS South- Tsai Auditorium STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20240412T173000Z DTEND:20240412T184500Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR