Date: June 10, 2020
Location: Online Event

The combination of demonstrations that took place all over the world, particularly in Latin America in Chile and Argentina, taking millions of people to the streets, in conjunction with populist governments, such as in Brazil, based on intense movement via social networks, indicated to us the possible weakening, if not bankruptcy, of a classic model of political governance, based on conventional institutions. With the advent of the pandemic, new questions emerged. The people who were on the streets were pushed into their homes. However, even though the pandemic has transformed the environment in several ways, a good reflection on the functioning of institutions, streets and networks continues to be valid and imperative. This was the focus of the IEAT 20th Anniversary Cycle, which debated the topic “Are institutions really working? People on the streets and populism on the internet.”

Speakers: Andrés Malamud, from the University of Lisbon, Gilberto Aranda, from the University of Chile; Bruno Reis, from the Department of Political Science; and Geane Alzamora, from the Department of Social Communication, both from Fafich-UFMG. Moderation: professor Dawisson Belém Lopes, deputy director of International Relations at UFMG.