International Relations

Main country of interest: Brazil First idea: An article could/would/is written on the poverty of Brazil. We could be assigned to write a profile article of a woman in the favelas. There is a book written on a woman from the favelas called Children of The Dark: Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus.
The profile could be a telling account of a gender identity and how it’s created in Brazil/ the world.

One way to research this is to send the 3 of us to Brazil just for a weekend… next weekend, if not this one. We would settle for coach. Second idea: Study of Carnival in Brazil. We begin with an interest in the culture of music, dance, and performances. After finding out about the incident we begin to research more into the events to discover and blow up the aspect that it is common that men dress up as women during carnival. The quote that sparked the interest was "Brazil Carnival performance participants delve into their roles with the help of colorful and elaborate costumes." Third idea: Article is about economics and poverty in Brazil and the access of cyber discrimination towards women. Programs set up for women to cross the digital divide by creating easier internet access.