Books by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
Series: Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2020
What history and motivations make up the discourses we are taught to hold, and spread, as common ... more What history and motivations make up the discourses we are taught to hold, and spread, as common sense? As a member of Brazil's upper middle class, Ana Beatriz Ribeiro grew up with the image that to be developed was to be as European as possible. However, as a researcher in Europe during her country's Workers' Party era, she kept reading that Africans should be repaid for developing Brazilian society-via Brazil's "bestowal" of development upon Africa as an "emerging power." In Modernization Dreams, Lusotropical Promises, the researcher investigates where these two worldviews might intersect, diverge and date back to, gauging relations between representatives and projects of the Brazilian and Mozambican states, said to be joined in cooperation more than others.
Territoriality and migration in the E.U. Neighbourhood: Spilling over the wall, 2014
This chapter explores the complex theme of immigrants’ civic participation – political or social ... more This chapter explores the complex theme of immigrants’ civic participation – political or social engagement going beyond voting – in the European Union, using Denmark as a case study. The country has gone through a particularly interesting transformation in terms of immigration policies, from a society initially putting no restrictions on immigration to one requiring a deep link to its culture and a set of “desirable” qualities to allow an immigrant to settle down there, even with a Danish spouse. The related institutional and administrative changes have probably had a great impact on immigrants’ participation in civic and other areas.
Papers by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
Portuguese Studies Review, 2018
Since its genesis, the idea of modernization and growth has consolidated itself as a dominant dis... more Since its genesis, the idea of modernization and growth has consolidated itself as a dominant discourse. Although apparent alternatives have emerged, none of them have managed to dissolve the core of this development discourse. Instead, they have served to hybridize the main narrative and make it more adaptable. This article argues that the Brazilian state has been adaptating lusotropicalism – an ideological construction coined by Gilberto Freyre – as a complement to modernization. Elements of lusotropicalism have been incorporated during different political periods to frame the narrative of Brazil as an emerging actor in African development. This text uses cooperation between the Brazilian and Mozambican states as an empirical case
study with multidisciplinary elements.
TRAFO: Blog for Transregional Research, 2016
Via historical and international relations lenses, the present article briefly explores aspects o... more Via historical and international relations lenses, the present article briefly explores aspects of the legitimized status of Brazil as an emerging donor. The case study here concerns the former Portuguese colonies, the so-called PALOPs, with which Brazil entered into a Commonwealth-type community (CPLP) in 1996. I argue that the Brazilian state’s pragmatic focus has changed from maintaining a close discursive alliance with Portugal and the Western powers, as well as its own immediate region, towards promoting Brazil-led development cooperation in Africa. The text provides a New Regionalism reading that can be used to frame the construction of a transregional development network based on states’ interests and priorities related to capital expansion, beyond the constraints of geography, in the present (constructed) world order.
International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2012
The current process of globalisation is not only about increasing cross-border flows of capital, ... more The current process of globalisation is not only about increasing cross-border flows of capital, goods and services, but also about people moving often from developing to developed areas in search of a better life. The role of women in these dislocations is increasing as they are counted on to provide for their families, while in many cases still expected to conform to traditional nurturing roles or to fill the gaps in nurturing roles left by 'career women'. On a larger socioeconomic context, taking their habitus and social, economic and cultural capital with them to the new territories and institutional set-ups, these immigrants are affecting urban economies in ways beyond the formal economy and accepted social norms. Drawing on empirical evidence from cross-national studies, we explore this phenomenon within the context of the European Union and migrants coming in from developing countries. Most of the empirical data consists of a comparative study on undocumented worker transitions (UWT-project), conducted by an international research team in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Spain and the UK. It includes 210 qualitative interviews with immigrants involved in the informal economy. Additionally, 84 interviews with stakeholders' representatives such as unions, public and semi-public agencies were conducted.
Journal of Critical Southern Studies, 2014
Through a marriage between academia (i.e. The Brazilian Institute for Afro-Asian Studies) and the... more Through a marriage between academia (i.e. The Brazilian Institute for Afro-Asian Studies) and the Quadros-Goulart presidencies, Brazil underwent a gradual change in discourse starting in the early 1960's towards the idea that the country, like its African "brethren," had been a victim rather than an extension of its former colonizer Portugal, in a turnaround of Freyrean ideology. This meant a move away from traditional alignments and towards a more autonomous foreign policy involving diversifying partnerships in the South. This paper examines some building blocks of Brazil's anti-colonial current and of the change in Brazil's use of lusofonia (Portuguese language and culture) bonds into a tool to reach Africa - initially hampered, then better able to flourish under later global scenarios.
Comparativ, 2017
This article addresses portals of globalization within the framework of Brazilian development c... more This article addresses portals of globalization within the framework of Brazilian development cooperation, which serves as an engine to increase Brazil’s economic and political influence in other parts of the former Portuguese empire. The text employs the concept of portals of globalization as places where cultural transfers and technology exchange occur by looking at the increased production of export goods. Development cooperation projects embody such places of transfers and exchange between the state actors directing them, while boundaries become blurred between what ‘local’ and ‘foreign’ elements are in projects’ construction and practice. The case study drawn upon is that of Brazil-Mozambique development relations in the public health sector in Mozambique, as a case of South-South cooperation.
Book Reviews by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
Journal of Development Studies (JEP), 2020
Academic writing can be as delightful as wine around a campfire alongside a sincere, openminded f... more Academic writing can be as delightful as wine around a campfire alongside a sincere, openminded friend and her travel stories. This is one of the main takeaways from reading From Water to Wine, Jess Auerbach’s highly selfreflexive ode to the Angolan middle class, centring on the coastal city of Lobito. Structured around the five senses and illustrative of Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of capital and social distinction, the book posits that, at least in times of economic boom, more Angolans are taking on the mannerisms and reaching the accumulation levels of the transnational bourgeoisie.
TRAFO: Blog for Transregional Research, 2020
My personal experiences growing up in Brazil and moving abroad shape the core of my academic work... more My personal experiences growing up in Brazil and moving abroad shape the core of my academic work. This book’s underlying narrative involves a shared desire for assimilation in the so-called “developing world” against the backdrop of gaps between political discourse and societal behavior, as illustrated by the case of Brazil-Mozambique development cooperation. To productively channel my curiosity into this book-length manuscript, I did field work in Mozambique and Brazil, and in their former metropole, Portugal, starting in 2012, when Brazil still appeared to be a solid BRIC. In each of those countries, I interviewed former and current Brazilian and Mozambican government representatives – agency officials, diplomats and ministers – who brought in diverse perspectives from different levels of engagement in the states’ development cooperation, at different points in history.
Thesis Chapters by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
Master thesis, Uni Wroclaw, 2012
Via empirical and theoretical lenses, the present work discusses prospects and obstacles for Braz... more Via empirical and theoretical lenses, the present work discusses prospects and obstacles for Brazil-Mozambique cooperation, analyzing the evolution of the countries’ relations through different periods, up until the current world order. Its central research question is whether there is currently enough evidence to indicate if Brazil’s influence and development assistance can help free Mozambique from its underdevelopment and foreign aid dependency. To address this, the Master thesis explores the two countries’ changing relations in the areas of politics, civil society, culture, development and investments, which have interacted to build an especially close relationship between them. While also mentioning other development partners and African countries, the thesis focuses on Brazil’s international role and rhetoric and on Mozambique’s domestic situation and role receiving foreign aid and influence. It also highlights a few of the largest among the 50 or so Brazil-Mozambique technical cooperation projects, placing them into international discourses and Mozambican national strategies (i.e. health, agriculture and energy). It attempts to help remedy holes in research on these projects and other specific interactions between the countries by presenting empirical findings obtained during a visit to Mozambique.
Conference Presentations by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
IESE IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, “Estado, Recursos Naturais e Conflito: Actores e Dinâmicas”, 2014
A developmentalist impetus on both the Brazilian and Mozambican sides, as well as some ease in co... more A developmentalist impetus on both the Brazilian and Mozambican sides, as well as some ease in communicating due to the Portuguese language, may have offered some common ground for development and capitalist expansion projects. In relation to Mozambique, the state of Brazil (as in its ruling elites) is particularly intriguing to study as a development and commercial partner because of how complex and oscillating their relations have been as they went through a common colonial system, different regimes, bloc alliances, statebuilding projects and development paradigms over time. Taking into account such changes in the international and domestic climates, this paper focuses on the Moatize coal project in Tete Province as a historical case study for the convergence of development and trade-related interests between the Brazilian and Mozambican ruling elites. As a primary source, it uses correspondence found in Brasília's Itamaraty archives.
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Books by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
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study with multidisciplinary elements.
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Thesis Chapters by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
Conference Presentations by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro
study with multidisciplinary elements.