Frederico Freitas
@fredericofreitas.org
Historian NC State. DH, Environment, LatAm. PhD: Stanford. BA: USP. Book http://www.cambridge.org/9781108844833. Brasileiro e Paulista. New project on Brasília (PT and EN)
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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures (with Emine Saner for the @theguardian.com; #photography, #skystorians). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures (with Emine Saner for the @theguardian.com; #photography, #skystorians). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Berlin this afternoon.
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Berlin this afternoon.
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#workshop: "Teaching on Latin America and the Environment" Online Pedagogy Workshop, org. Emily Wakild & Frederico Freitas (RECSLAC)
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
Call for Participants: Teaching on Latin America and the Environment - Online Pedagogy Workshop | H-Net
Registration is open for a one-day, online pedagogy workshop on integrating Latin American and Caribbean history of science and environmental history into teaching in adjacent fields.
networks.h-net.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#workshop: "Teaching on Latin America and the Environment" Online Pedagogy Workshop, org. Emily Wakild & Frederico Freitas (RECSLAC)
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
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Acabei de sair do ato dos 35 anos da abertura da Vala de Perus:
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
Devolver a voz aos mortos da ditadura
Pádua Fernandes escreve sobre os 35 anos da descoberta da vala clandestina de Perus, usada pela ditadura para enterrar suas vítimas: “Os remanescentes ósseos constituíram mais uma inegável pr…
blogdaboitempo.com.br
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Acabei de sair do ato dos 35 anos da abertura da Vala de Perus:
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
Recebi salário em três moedas diferentes.
Entregue sua idade citando uma operação financeira que já fez: eu já dei cheque pré-datado. Mais de um, mais de uma vez.
August 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Recebi salário em três moedas diferentes.
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I just finished Lewis Mumford’s magisterial exploration of city life.
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
August 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just finished Lewis Mumford’s magisterial exploration of city life.
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
Reposted by Frederico Freitas
Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
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New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America
This article analyzes the changing relations between national parks and people in Latin America between the 1930s and the present. In this region, conservation policies initially showed flexibility...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Here, we argue the idea of “fortress conservation,” used to criticize the exclusion of people from national parks from the US to Tanzania cannot be easily applied to Latin America, where people were at times ignored, tolerated and even invited to parks.
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America
This article analyzes the changing relations between national parks and people in Latin America between the 1930s and the present. In this region, conservation policies initially showed flexibility...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Here, we argue the idea of “fortress conservation,” used to criticize the exclusion of people from national parks from the US to Tanzania cannot be easily applied to Latin America, where people were at times ignored, tolerated and even invited to parks.
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America
This article analyzes the changing relations between national parks and people in Latin America between the 1930s and the present. In this region, conservation policies initially showed flexibility...
www.tandfonline.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Reposted by Frederico Freitas
NEW: Researchers have created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
Researchers remap the world's rivers to improve flood modelling |
A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and
www.ox.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
NEW: Researchers have created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
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Reposted by Frederico Freitas
Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @fredericofreitas.org @andrespertierra.bsky.social @pochoaespejo.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social @idreesahmad.bsky.social @alybatt.bsky.social @avramalpert.bsky.social, with art by the brilliant @thetolerantweft.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Watching The Eternaut, based on the 1950s post-apocalyptic comics by Argentine author Héctor Germán Oesterheld, later ‘disappeared’ during the 1970s military dictatorship. I love that they didn’t move the story to NY, London, or LA—kept it in Buenos Aires and in Spanish.
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
Transformando Buenos Aires | El Eternauta | Netflix España
YouTube video by Netflix España
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May 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Watching The Eternaut, based on the 1950s post-apocalyptic comics by Argentine author Héctor Germán Oesterheld, later ‘disappeared’ during the 1970s military dictatorship. I love that they didn’t move the story to NY, London, or LA—kept it in Buenos Aires and in Spanish.
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
Reposted by Frederico Freitas
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
archaeologymag.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
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Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
April 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Reposted by Frederico Freitas
Brazil's Supreme Court decides unanimously that Bolsonaro must stand trial, paving the way (a ways away yet) for his arrest. Becomes first Brazilian president charged with attempting a coup.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazil’s top court rules
Supreme court judges decide former president should face criminal prosecution alongside seven close allies
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Brazil's Supreme Court decides unanimously that Bolsonaro must stand trial, paving the way (a ways away yet) for his arrest. Becomes first Brazilian president charged with attempting a coup.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Last semester, my colleague Ross Bassett offered this fantastic course on bicycles in urban areas.
history.chass.ncsu.edu/2025/03/26/h...
@ncstatehistory.bsky.social
history.chass.ncsu.edu/2025/03/26/h...
@ncstatehistory.bsky.social
History Professor, Dr. Ross Bassett, Teaches New STS Course on Urban Bicycle Transportation.
Dr. Ross Bassett, History professor and avid cyclist, offers a new course on Bicycle and Urban Transportation.
history.chass.ncsu.edu
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Last semester, my colleague Ross Bassett offered this fantastic course on bicycles in urban areas.
history.chass.ncsu.edu/2025/03/26/h...
@ncstatehistory.bsky.social
history.chass.ncsu.edu/2025/03/26/h...
@ncstatehistory.bsky.social
I’m Still Here won Best International Picture. Very timely that Brazil’s first Oscar came with movie about resistance to dictatorship.
I wrote this review of I’m Still Here, the Brazilian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. In it, I also discuss my own family’s search for information about my uncle, who disappeared during Brazil’s military dictatorship.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Remembering Is Not Enough - Dissent Magazine
I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.
www.dissentmagazine.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I’m Still Here won Best International Picture. Very timely that Brazil’s first Oscar came with movie about resistance to dictatorship.
Reposted by Frederico Freitas
O querido @ffreff.bsky.social traçando um paralelo entre a história de sua própria família e Ainda Estou Aqui em um texto lindamente escrito que vai além da obra cinemateográfica para falar sobre memória, resistência, política e os desafios que ainda existem
Escrevi essa resenha em inglês do Ainda Estou Aqui, na qual falo também da busca da minha família sobre informações sobre meu tio, Carlos Alberto Soares de Freitas, desaparecido político.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Remembering Is Not Enough - Dissent Magazine
I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.
www.dissentmagazine.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
O querido @ffreff.bsky.social traçando um paralelo entre a história de sua própria família e Ainda Estou Aqui em um texto lindamente escrito que vai além da obra cinemateográfica para falar sobre memória, resistência, política e os desafios que ainda existem
Reposted by Frederico Freitas
In prep for the Oscars this weekend, everybody should read this excellent piece by my dear friend and colleague, @ffreff.bsky.social Frederico Freitas. It's about the film I'm Still Here, his family's search for answers, and Brazil's ongoing memory wars.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Remembering Is Not Enough - Dissent Magazine
I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.
www.dissentmagazine.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
In prep for the Oscars this weekend, everybody should read this excellent piece by my dear friend and colleague, @ffreff.bsky.social Frederico Freitas. It's about the film I'm Still Here, his family's search for answers, and Brazil's ongoing memory wars.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Escrevi essa resenha em inglês do Ainda Estou Aqui, na qual falo também da busca da minha família sobre informações sobre meu tio, Carlos Alberto Soares de Freitas, desaparecido político.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Remembering Is Not Enough - Dissent Magazine
I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.
www.dissentmagazine.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Escrevi essa resenha em inglês do Ainda Estou Aqui, na qual falo também da busca da minha família sobre informações sobre meu tio, Carlos Alberto Soares de Freitas, desaparecido político.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
I wrote this review of I’m Still Here, the Brazilian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. In it, I also discuss my own family’s search for information about my uncle, who disappeared during Brazil’s military dictatorship.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Remembering Is Not Enough - Dissent Magazine
I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.
www.dissentmagazine.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I wrote this review of I’m Still Here, the Brazilian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. In it, I also discuss my own family’s search for information about my uncle, who disappeared during Brazil’s military dictatorship.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...