Agenda

May 16th 2024
Ca' Bottacin, Main Hall
11:00-12:00 CEST

Introduction: Enrica De Cian
Presenter: Antonella Mazzone
Discussant: Roberta Raffaetà

"Indigenous knowledge, systemic cooling poverty, and intersectionality"

Abstract

Heatwaves, which are escalating in frequency, duration, and intensity, have prompted governments worldwide to issue vital health warnings to protect populations. Regrettably, a significant segment of the world’s population faces substantial challenges in accessing these life-saving recommendations due to a range of issues termed ‘systemic cooling poverty’. Systemic cooling poverty encompasses intricate layers of physical, social and intangible infrastructural deficiencies, impeding the provision of essential services necessary to ensure thermal safety during extreme heat episodes. Through an intersectional mixed-method examination, I will discuss empirical evidence of the structural factors that exacerbate inequalities in attaining thermal safety among the African-Brazilian community, LGBTQI+, and disabled, living in two favelas in Rio de Janeiro. By shedding light on these lived experiences of cooling poverty, we contribute to the understanding of targeted interventions and policy measures that can alleviate the impacts of extreme heat and safeguard public health and wellbeing as temperatures rise.

Short bio

Antonella is a social scientist with a background in humanities with expertise centered around the intersection of energy and heat adaptation anthropology, decolonial feminist methodologies, and gender intersectional studies. Her academic journey has been marked by a dedication to interdisciplinary collaboration, and a passion for fostering meaningful dialogue on pressing global issues. In 2023, she joined the University of Bristol's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology as the recipient of a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship grant. This Fellowships offers her the opportunity to lead a research project focused on the collaboration with both indigenous and non-indigenous communities residing along the Brazilian Amazon riverside to co-generate new knowledge pertaining to the perceptions, lived experiences and coping mechanisms employed in response to extreme climatic events through a multimodal approach encompassing ethnography and art-based methods. 

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