Abstract

This dispatch was written in June 2020, as Brazil’s health crisis reached its first peak, when the country had the second-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world while facing major political crises. The national administration of President Jair Bolsonaro has failed to provide clear guidance for the population on how to act in times of a crisis; beyond that, he has exacerbated the health crisis by spreading false or misleading information and hiding official numbers and data. Digital methods of communication have attenuated that problem. This dispatch discusses the role of the radio as an active tool of resistance to Bolsonaro’s anti-knowledge regime and as a response to digital inequities. Although the radio is considered a technology of the past, it currently provides Brazilians with vital information and serves them as a tool for self-empowerment and resistance during the COVID pandemic.

摘要

该报告于2020年6月编写，当时巴西的健康危机达到了顶峰，当时该国面临着重大政治危机，其COVID-19死亡人数是世界第二高。总统贾尔·博尔索纳罗（Jair Bolsonaro）的国家政府未能就危机时如何采取行动向民众提供明确的指导；除此之外，他还通过散布虚假或误导性信息并隐藏官方数字和数据来加剧健康危机。数字通信方式已经减轻了这个问题。本新闻稿讨论了无线电作为抵抗Bolsonaro的反知识体系的积极工具以及对数字不平等现象的回应的作用。尽管收音机被认为是过去的技术，