*CFP* "CORONAVIRUS, CRISIS AND CULTURE: POLICING, PROTEST AND THE MEDIATION OF DISSENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC", BOOK CHAPTER

Global restrictions on protest

In May 2020, the Bonavero Centre for Human Rights published an analysis of twelve nations’ response to the pandemic: the authors identified ‘a global rise in autocratic populism’ accompanied by ‘Covid 19 emergency measures’ that ‘risk becoming a foundation for greater consolidation of executive power’ (3). A month later, Amnesty International produced Policing the Pandemic, which drew attention to ‘systemic human rights concerns regarding institutional racism, discrimination in law enforcement and lack of accountability regarding allegations of unlawful use of force by law enforcement officials’ (4). In March 2021, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace identified over 230 anti-government protests in some 110 countries, with 25 significant protests aimed specifically at coronavirus restrictions.

This Call for Chapters from the Media Discourse Centre emerges in response to the worldwide limits placed on public protest during the last twelve months, and the social movements that have continued to mobilise in the face of these conditions. Contributors can discuss new manifestations of dissent, the adaptation of existing movements to political/pandemic restrictions, live and mediated events, and the online reconfiguration of the protest tradition (see below).  

*CFP* "100 YEARS OF PAULO FREIRE", VOL. 26, Nº 2, COMUNICAÇÃO & EDUCAÇÃO SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL

In 2021, the centenary of the education philosopher, communication theorist, and public man, Paulo Freire, is being celebrated by thousands of researchers and promoters of a transformative education, all over the world.

For his universally recognized contribution, the scientific journal Comunicação & Educação will publish the Dossier “100 years of Paulo Freire”, a special edition, which should circulate at the end of this year. Paulo Freire (1921-1997), born in Recife, Pernambuco, is the most cited Brazilian intellectual reference all over the world. His extensive work is marked by a deep commitment to an emancipatory philosophy of the popular strata, through Education. The Brazilian educator is also a fundamental reference for the theories of communication in Latin America. This influence is recognized by leading researchers in the area, notably in Latin American cultural studies and community, popular and alternative communication. His pedagogy based on practice and dialog has been applied to projects in the countryside and in the city around the world. Freire continues to inspire and guide the practice of liberating pedagogy in various institutions and social movements, in formal and informal education. His praxis in the communication and education interface became the basis of thought that contributed to the emergence and consolidation of educommunication, as a concept and practice.