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David Kenyon

Research interests

  • Politics
  • Sociology

Contact details

Biography

David is a PhD Student on the joint International Relations PhD from King’s College London and the University of São Paulo.

His research examines the everyday experiences of violence, fear and trauma among community residents and the police in low income communities across Rio de Janeiro, one controlled by a drug trafficking organisation, and another by a milicia.

Research

  • Resilience
  • Violence
  • Politics
  • Sociology

First supervisor Cathy McIlwaine

Second supervisor Kieran Mitton

Features

Everyday violence and resistance in Rio de Janeiro

PhD student David Kenyon writes about the lives of ordinary residents caught between the violence of militia groups and police forces.

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Features

Everyday violence and resistance in Rio de Janeiro

PhD student David Kenyon writes about the lives of ordinary residents caught between the violence of militia groups and police forces.

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