Pedro Silva Rocha Lima
@pedrosrlima.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Research Associate at University of Bristol, infracursions.org
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/pedro-silva-rocha-lima
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/pedro-silva-rocha-lima
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Arresting pensioners for opposing genocide. Giving the police new powers to ban and restrict peaceful marches.
This Labour government is implementing an incredibly dangerous authoritarian crackdown.
Join @pscupdates.bsky.social tomorrow night to stand against it ✊
This Labour government is implementing an incredibly dangerous authoritarian crackdown.
Join @pscupdates.bsky.social tomorrow night to stand against it ✊
April 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Arresting pensioners for opposing genocide. Giving the police new powers to ban and restrict peaceful marches.
This Labour government is implementing an incredibly dangerous authoritarian crackdown.
Join @pscupdates.bsky.social tomorrow night to stand against it ✊
This Labour government is implementing an incredibly dangerous authoritarian crackdown.
Join @pscupdates.bsky.social tomorrow night to stand against it ✊
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Here is a new short and didactic video within the scope of our ESRC/UKRI 3R project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeX9.... Great contributions from @infracursions.bsky.social led by @amypenfield.bsky.social, narration by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social. PT version at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QXp... #watercycle
Ranching, Resources and Resilience: Uncovering the Impact of Land Grabbing in the Amazon
YouTube video by Rodolfo Nóbrega
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March 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Here is a new short and didactic video within the scope of our ESRC/UKRI 3R project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeX9.... Great contributions from @infracursions.bsky.social led by @amypenfield.bsky.social, narration by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social. PT version at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QXp... #watercycle
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Focusing on attacks on health care I show how the Gaza Doctrine is metastasising to Lebanon and Iran just appeared.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Gaza Doctrine | Neve Gordon
On Friday, March 13, nearly two weeks into the Lebanese front of “Operation Roaring Lion,” Israeli forces bombed Burj Qalaouiyah, a village in the
www.nybooks.com
March 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Focusing on attacks on health care I show how the Gaza Doctrine is metastasising to Lebanon and Iran just appeared.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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Happy to share that my book, "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" has just been published!
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
March 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Happy to share that my book, "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" has just been published!
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
Como entender o humor em meio a tiroteios? Na sua coluna na @folha.com sobre "a alegria brasileira", o academico Rodrigo Tavares menciona um artigo meu que responde a essa pergunta.
www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/rodr...
www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/rodr...
March 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Como entender o humor em meio a tiroteios? Na sua coluna na @folha.com sobre "a alegria brasileira", o academico Rodrigo Tavares menciona um artigo meu que responde a essa pergunta.
www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/rodr...
www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/rodr...
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📐 How do scales define research practices and contexts?
🔎 How can an attention to scale help explore the complexities of social life or major global challenges?
📑 These were some of the questions that animated our workshop "Unpacking the Heuristics and Methodologies of Scale" on February 23-24.
🔎 How can an attention to scale help explore the complexities of social life or major global challenges?
📑 These were some of the questions that animated our workshop "Unpacking the Heuristics and Methodologies of Scale" on February 23-24.
February 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
📐 How do scales define research practices and contexts?
🔎 How can an attention to scale help explore the complexities of social life or major global challenges?
📑 These were some of the questions that animated our workshop "Unpacking the Heuristics and Methodologies of Scale" on February 23-24.
🔎 How can an attention to scale help explore the complexities of social life or major global challenges?
📑 These were some of the questions that animated our workshop "Unpacking the Heuristics and Methodologies of Scale" on February 23-24.
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New book out in Open Access with UCL Press, co-edited with Elmira Muratova, with chapters on case studies ranging from Ukraine, Turkey-Afghanistan, diasporic West Africa, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan-Kuwait, and Indigenous Canada. Free download from the link in the thread.
February 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM
New book out in Open Access with UCL Press, co-edited with Elmira Muratova, with chapters on case studies ranging from Ukraine, Turkey-Afghanistan, diasporic West Africa, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan-Kuwait, and Indigenous Canada. Free download from the link in the thread.
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🗺️ An Infracursions exhibition: "Cartographic Encounters: Art, Space, and the Amazon", on today (23/02) and tomorrow (24/02) in @bristoluni.bsky.social Priory Road Complex, next to the reception! Free to attend, come in and learn more about scales of extraction in the Amazon Rainforest.
February 23, 2026 at 12:16 PM
🗺️ An Infracursions exhibition: "Cartographic Encounters: Art, Space, and the Amazon", on today (23/02) and tomorrow (24/02) in @bristoluni.bsky.social Priory Road Complex, next to the reception! Free to attend, come in and learn more about scales of extraction in the Amazon Rainforest.
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📢 Read our latest blog post!
🌎 #COP30, dubbed by its organisers as the “COP of the Amazon”, came to an end this past Saturday. Dr Margherita Scazza spent over a week in Belém & here she reflects on what this COP might mean for forest governance & incursion economies... ➡️ bit.ly/4pFfVDf
🌎 #COP30, dubbed by its organisers as the “COP of the Amazon”, came to an end this past Saturday. Dr Margherita Scazza spent over a week in Belém & here she reflects on what this COP might mean for forest governance & incursion economies... ➡️ bit.ly/4pFfVDf
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢 Read our latest blog post!
🌎 #COP30, dubbed by its organisers as the “COP of the Amazon”, came to an end this past Saturday. Dr Margherita Scazza spent over a week in Belém & here she reflects on what this COP might mean for forest governance & incursion economies... ➡️ bit.ly/4pFfVDf
🌎 #COP30, dubbed by its organisers as the “COP of the Amazon”, came to an end this past Saturday. Dr Margherita Scazza spent over a week in Belém & here she reflects on what this COP might mean for forest governance & incursion economies... ➡️ bit.ly/4pFfVDf
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🚨Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Don’t miss the deadline to be part of our interdisciplinary workshop exploring concepts of scale! Open to all disciplines.
Deadline: Mon 3rd Nov
Find out more➡️ infracursions.org/events/
#Callforpapers #Callforabstracts #Interdisciplinaryresearch
Don’t miss the deadline to be part of our interdisciplinary workshop exploring concepts of scale! Open to all disciplines.
Deadline: Mon 3rd Nov
Find out more➡️ infracursions.org/events/
#Callforpapers #Callforabstracts #Interdisciplinaryresearch
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚨Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Don’t miss the deadline to be part of our interdisciplinary workshop exploring concepts of scale! Open to all disciplines.
Deadline: Mon 3rd Nov
Find out more➡️ infracursions.org/events/
#Callforpapers #Callforabstracts #Interdisciplinaryresearch
Don’t miss the deadline to be part of our interdisciplinary workshop exploring concepts of scale! Open to all disciplines.
Deadline: Mon 3rd Nov
Find out more➡️ infracursions.org/events/
#Callforpapers #Callforabstracts #Interdisciplinaryresearch
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Hot off the press! 🚨 A new #OpenAccess entry on #Humanitarianism by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social & @malayfiroz.bsky.social is out now - check it out!
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism can be broadly understood as a concern with human suffering and a moral desire to alleviate it. It manifests not only through discrete acts of helping, but also through a set of practi...
doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Hot off the press! 🚨 A new #OpenAccess entry on #Humanitarianism by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social & @malayfiroz.bsky.social is out now - check it out!
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
There is now an entry on "Humanitarianism" at @anthroencyclo.bsky.social (co-authored by me and @malayfiroz.bsky.social)!
We worked to make it an accessible resource for readers unfamiliar with humanitarianism & anthro.
🔗 www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/humani...
#Anthropology #Humanitarianism
We worked to make it an accessible resource for readers unfamiliar with humanitarianism & anthro.
🔗 www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/humani...
#Anthropology #Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism can be broadly understood as a concern with human suffering and a moral desire to alleviate it. It manifests not only through discrete acts of helping, but also through a set of practi...
www.anthroencyclopedia.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is now an entry on "Humanitarianism" at @anthroencyclo.bsky.social (co-authored by me and @malayfiroz.bsky.social)!
We worked to make it an accessible resource for readers unfamiliar with humanitarianism & anthro.
🔗 www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/humani...
#Anthropology #Humanitarianism
We worked to make it an accessible resource for readers unfamiliar with humanitarianism & anthro.
🔗 www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/humani...
#Anthropology #Humanitarianism
📰 Researchers from *any* discipline are very welcome to send us an abstract for our upcoming workshop (Feb 2026) on the question of scale 📐
📆 Deadline for submissions on November 3rd!
📆 Deadline for submissions on November 3rd!
📢 Call for Abstracts!
Exploring scale in your research?
We're inviting scholars from any discipline to submit an abstract for a 2-day workshop unpacking the concepts of scale.
Find out more ➡️ lnkd.in/enmdTcXH
#callforabstracts #callforpapers #academicworkshop #interdisciplinaryresearch #scale
Exploring scale in your research?
We're inviting scholars from any discipline to submit an abstract for a 2-day workshop unpacking the concepts of scale.
Find out more ➡️ lnkd.in/enmdTcXH
#callforabstracts #callforpapers #academicworkshop #interdisciplinaryresearch #scale
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📰 Researchers from *any* discipline are very welcome to send us an abstract for our upcoming workshop (Feb 2026) on the question of scale 📐
📆 Deadline for submissions on November 3rd!
📆 Deadline for submissions on November 3rd!
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📢Call for Abstracts📢
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢Call for Abstracts📢
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
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‘What’s happening in Gaza is an even clearer case of public figures with command authority declaring their intention to blockade food and then doing so. It is a mystery how anyone can call it a “humanitarian disaster” rather than a genocide.’
@naoisedolan.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
@naoisedolan.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
Naoise Dolan | In Belfast
Virtually everything the UK does regarding Palestine makes it the Republic’s ugly friend: almost anyone would look...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
‘What’s happening in Gaza is an even clearer case of public figures with command authority declaring their intention to blockade food and then doing so. It is a mystery how anyone can call it a “humanitarian disaster” rather than a genocide.’
@naoisedolan.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
@naoisedolan.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
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The EASA Executive Committee announces the publication of Implementation Guidelines for the EASA Motion Concerning Collaborations with Israeli Academic Institutions.
Find out more and access the full Guidelines here:
easaonline.org/implementati...
Find out more and access the full Guidelines here:
easaonline.org/implementati...
July 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The EASA Executive Committee announces the publication of Implementation Guidelines for the EASA Motion Concerning Collaborations with Israeli Academic Institutions.
Find out more and access the full Guidelines here:
easaonline.org/implementati...
Find out more and access the full Guidelines here:
easaonline.org/implementati...
Bittersweet farewell to my job at @hcrinstitute.bsky.social this month, especially after seeing some of my students graduate today! A sincere thanks to great colleagues, and to Manchester, where I did my PhD and where I got my first lecturer role. Exciting new things coming in October! 👀
July 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Bittersweet farewell to my job at @hcrinstitute.bsky.social this month, especially after seeing some of my students graduate today! A sincere thanks to great colleagues, and to Manchester, where I did my PhD and where I got my first lecturer role. Exciting new things coming in October! 👀
I feel like I was the last person to learn that Zohran Mamdani is the son of postcolonial scholar Mahmood Mamdani, who I read as an undergraduate and postgraduate student.
July 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I feel like I was the last person to learn that Zohran Mamdani is the son of postcolonial scholar Mahmood Mamdani, who I read as an undergraduate and postgraduate student.
Tinkering with the central statement for my book project 🛠️📚
"For those who live or work in favelas, forms of relating and knowing both urban space and its armed actors—gangs and police—are central to navigating urban insecurity."
"For those who live or work in favelas, forms of relating and knowing both urban space and its armed actors—gangs and police—are central to navigating urban insecurity."
June 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tinkering with the central statement for my book project 🛠️📚
"For those who live or work in favelas, forms of relating and knowing both urban space and its armed actors—gangs and police—are central to navigating urban insecurity."
"For those who live or work in favelas, forms of relating and knowing both urban space and its armed actors—gangs and police—are central to navigating urban insecurity."
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‘What Israel has created in Gaza is an environment so toxic to human life that the unnaturally high level of deaths (at least 54,000 since October 2023) would continue even if the bombing were to stop immediately.’
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Selma Dabbagh | In Gaza Nothing’s Impossible
‘Can you believe this has been going on for six hundred days?’ one of my fellow panellists asked the audience at...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
‘What Israel has created in Gaza is an environment so toxic to human life that the unnaturally high level of deaths (at least 54,000 since October 2023) would continue even if the bombing were to stop immediately.’
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Moved from Twitter to here, so re-promoting my publications 📄
In this article for Humanity Journal, I argue that the @icrc.org attempt of addressing urban armed violence as a humanitarian issue in Rio de Janeiro becomes a form of biopolitical tutoring...
muse.jhu.edu/article/876515
In this article for Humanity Journal, I argue that the @icrc.org attempt of addressing urban armed violence as a humanitarian issue in Rio de Janeiro becomes a form of biopolitical tutoring...
muse.jhu.edu/article/876515
May 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Moved from Twitter to here, so re-promoting my publications 📄
In this article for Humanity Journal, I argue that the @icrc.org attempt of addressing urban armed violence as a humanitarian issue in Rio de Janeiro becomes a form of biopolitical tutoring...
muse.jhu.edu/article/876515
In this article for Humanity Journal, I argue that the @icrc.org attempt of addressing urban armed violence as a humanitarian issue in Rio de Janeiro becomes a form of biopolitical tutoring...
muse.jhu.edu/article/876515
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Call for participants: As part of my @researchireland.ie funded project, I am looking to speak to women/people from non-EU migrant background, who have experienced pregnancy in Ireland over the last 15 years. Please feel free to amplify this call for participants.
#maternalhealth #migranthealth
#maternalhealth #migranthealth
May 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Call for participants: As part of my @researchireland.ie funded project, I am looking to speak to women/people from non-EU migrant background, who have experienced pregnancy in Ireland over the last 15 years. Please feel free to amplify this call for participants.
#maternalhealth #migranthealth
#maternalhealth #migranthealth
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#AcademicFreedom is the right to say everything but not anything. It is based on the rejection of bullshit. It only exists when it is actively practiced in the everyday. Refusing bullshit and telling the truth is practicing academic freedom.
#Academicfreedom is under threat. Why does it matter, and how can we protect it?
@danjgraham.bsky.social talks with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, anthropologist and advocate for academic rights, in our latest podcast.
@danjgraham.bsky.social talks with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, anthropologist and advocate for academic rights, in our latest podcast.
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#AcademicFreedom is the right to say everything but not anything. It is based on the rejection of bullshit. It only exists when it is actively practiced in the everyday. Refusing bullshit and telling the truth is practicing academic freedom.
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I am hiring a PhD researcher! Join our international team of Social scientists and take part in an exciting collaborative research project that seeks to push interdisciplinary boundaries in innovative ways!
@juliebillaud.bsky.social is hiring a PhD researcher with an anthropology, sociology, STS or Political Sciences (with ethnographic fieldwork experience) background for her 4-year SNF funded project on Digital Humanitarianism (shorturl.at/SLzUC) at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
👉 shorturl.at/H7CGZ
👉 shorturl.at/H7CGZ
April 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I am hiring a PhD researcher! Join our international team of Social scientists and take part in an exciting collaborative research project that seeks to push interdisciplinary boundaries in innovative ways!