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The field work in the favela of Jacarezinho for what would become Boaventura de Sousa Santos's doctoral thesis initiated the fruitful relationship between the author of Pasargada Law and the popular struggles in Brazil. Conducted at the height of the Brazilian military dictatorship and under the Salazar regime, the thesis is also a founding landmark in the studies of popular resistances both in Brazil and worldwide.

The Festa Literária das Periferias (FLUP) and the Popular University Commitment and Art – Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (UPEA-CES) promote the debate celebrating 50 years of Pasargada Law, a visionary, daring and pioneering research, through a conversation between Boaventura de Sousa Santos and several guests whose reflection on the Brazilian reality calls for a dialogue between arts and social struggles.

The debate will be online and will take place under the format established by the Roda Viva programme, with Boaventura de Sousa Santos being addressed by a public session of questions formulated by various people invited by him, namely Emicida, Helena Silvestre, Sônia Guajajara, Eliete Paraguassu, Eladir Santos and Cláudia Carvalho.

The debate will conclude with a presentation by Renan Inquérito, who musicalized the Global Rap Opera project.

The event will be accessible on a platform organised by FLUP - Festa Literária das Periferias and can be followed live HERE. The recording will be edited and includes a sign language translation.