The Classification of Environmental Racism:  A Case Study on Disinformation, Digital Performance, and Ideological Disputes in Brazilian Political Discourse

A Case Study with Insights on Disinformation Narratives

Autores

  • Bárbara Tauffner University of California, San Diego

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/cad3f803

Palavras-chave:

Classification, Environmental Racism, Narratives, Disinformation, Discourse

Resumo

 This paper examines how environmental racism is classifi ed and contested in Brazilian political discourse through disinformation narratives, focusing on Minister Anielle Franco and Deputy Kim Kataguiri’s pronouncements during the January 2024 fl oods in Rio de Janeiro. Analyzing their Twitter and Instagram performances through Bowker and Star’s (1999) classifi cation theory, Bastos and Tuters’ (2023) concept of disinformation as aff ective ritual, and Black and Indigenous thought, I show how rhetorical, visual, and aff ective strategies work to legitimize or delegitimize the term. Disinformation here is understood not as mere factual distortion, but as undermining the moral and epistemic foundations of structural concepts, shaping whether environmental injustice is made visible or discredited.

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Biografia do Autor

  • Bárbara Tauffner, University of California, San Diego

    Estudante de doutorado em Comunicação e Estudos Científicos na Universidade da Califórnia, San Diego (UCSD). Mestre em Educação em Ciências pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Licenciada em Química pela UFRGS. Membro do Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes Sociais (MIDIARS). Pesquisa na área de discurso e desinformação em saúde, política e clima.

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Publicado

2025-08-29

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v. 44 n. 2 (2025): Dossiê "Desinformação, Plataformas e Soberania Digital"

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