Excerpt: On 22 August, for the first time since 7 October 2023, the United Nations confirmed that a famine was underway in Gaza Governorate, classed under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) as Phase 5: Famine/Humanitarian Catastrophe. The famine was projected to expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September. […]

Abstract: My research project focuses on Afro-descendants and Charrúas (one of Uruguay’s Indigenous groups), inspecting their roles within Uruguay’s colonial and republican origins. Memory and identity are key concepts I analyzed throughout Uruguay’s various historical developments from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. To do so, I investigated negritude (a Pan-African movement) parallels in […]

Abstract: Food insecurity is a pressing public health issue in Canada, with Alberta exhibiting higher rates than most other provinces. Financial constraints are widely recognized as the primary driver for households. Political discourses also shape how food security is addressed within the province. Using Hansard records, we conducted a critical discourse analysis of legislative debates […]