My new book project turns from professional dancers in Cuba to environmental activists in Brazil to understand how people used their bodies and movements in political projects to save the world. More specifically, I examine protests, performances, and moments of political theater in the lead up to, and on display during, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which unfolded over the course of two weeks in June 1992. The Rio Earth Summit, as it became known, involved between 35-50,000 people from 178 countries, including more than 100 world leaders and 10,000 journalists, attending the official UN conference and parallel Global Forum for non-governmental organizations and concerned citizens. This global mega-event evidenced a longer history of performative environmental justice struggles in Brazil, which helped bring the conference to Rio. Tentatively titled, Rio Earth Summit: A History in Motion<\/em>, this interdisciplinary microhistory seeks to rethink global environmental justice struggles with bodies and Brazil at the center.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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