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Olivia von der Weid

Grant Type

Engaged Research Grant

Institutional Affiliation

Fluminense, U.F.

Grant number

Gr. ERG-26

Approve Date

February 4, 2022

Project Title

von der Weid, Olivia (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) "On the surface of the skin: Poetics and Politics of Blindness in Brazil"

This research will explore the social and political effects of the pandemic on the bodies and subjectivities of visually impaired women, especially those who are members of the Brazilian Movement of Blind and Low Vision Women. By reconstructing the narra