Punk Rock Music and the Protests for Free Public Transportation in Brazil

Описание: On Monday, November 14, 2022, the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC), BU Department of Romance Studies, Department of Political Science, City Planning & Urban Affairs Program, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for the Humanities, and Center for Innovation in Social Science hosted a discussion by Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, BU Assistant Professor of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies. Lopes de Barros discussed his new book Distortion and Subversion: Punk Rock Music and the Protests for Free Public Transportation in Brazil (1996-2011), which details how the Brazilian punk and hardcore music scene joined forces with political militants to foster a social movement that demanded the universal right to free public transportation.

The book details how the Brazilian punk and hardcore music scene joined forces with political militants to foster a new social movement that demanded the universal right to free public transportation. These groups collaborated in numerous venues and media: music shows, protests, festivals, conferences, radio stations, posters, albums, slogans, and digital and printed publications. Throughout this time, the single demand for free public transportation reconceptualized notions of urban space in Brazil and led masses of people across the country to protest.

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