All Outputs (4)

Behind Closed Doors: Experiences of Latin American Domestic Workers in the UK (2023)
Report
Modern, D., & Calvete Portela Barbosa, L. (2023). Behind Closed Doors: Experiences of Latin American Domestic Workers in the UK. London: LAWRS and the Trust of London

This research, made possible by funding from Trust for London, draws from 12 in-depth interviews with Latin American victims and survivors of domestic servitude. This study outlines the characteristics of the sector, highlighting the high levels of i... Read More about Behind Closed Doors: Experiences of Latin American Domestic Workers in the UK.

Of Space and Alienation: South African stories of unfree life under racial capitalism (2022)
Journal Article
Calvete Portela Barbosa, L. (2022). Of Space and Alienation: South African stories of unfree life under racial capitalism. Third world thematics, 7(4-6), 240-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2022.2099570

This article explores how to make sense of the feeling of unfreedom in South Africa today and how this unfreedom, charged with local and historical legacies, can be connected to global capitalist dynamics. Paralleling excerpts of the oral histories o... Read More about Of Space and Alienation: South African stories of unfree life under racial capitalism.

What's 'Left' of Lulism? (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Calvete Portela Barbosa, L. (2022). What's 'Left' of Lulism?. Steyning, West Sussex

Reclaiming Utopia, Contesting Hegemony: A Conversation (2021)
Journal Article
Calvete Portela Barbosa, L. (2021). Reclaiming Utopia, Contesting Hegemony: A Conversation. The Radical review (New York, N.Y.), 1, 33-37

Living through a global pandemic, as well as the politics of a so-called populist (and powerful) right-wing government, this paper documents a conversation between university students and lecturers based in Brazil, one of the epicentres of this doubl... Read More about Reclaiming Utopia, Contesting Hegemony: A Conversation.