Public universities in Brazil in the time of the pandemic (and Bolsonaro)
Public universities in Brazil in the time of the pandemic (and Bolsonaro)

Author(s): Amurabi Oliveira
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Media studies, Communication studies, Adult Education, Higher Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: public universities; post truth; social media; Brazil
Summary/Abstract: The public universities in Brazil have been targeted by intense attacks from the public sphere, especiallyduring the Jair Bolsonaro administration (2019-2022), involving the actions of extreme right-wingmovements that deny science and refuse the role of research in our society. This was most evidentduring the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This paper offers some reflections on the attacks on public universitiesin Brazil in the post-truth context during the Bolsonaro administration, and more specificallyhighlights the case of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), located in one of the statesthat has most openly supported the former president, as shown by the presidential elections of 2018 and2022. More empirically, the actions of Grupo ND in Santa Catarina, which has repeatedly attacked theUFSC through a media conglomerate, are highlighted.

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