Barbara Simoes first became involved in the struggle for human rights as an activist in Brazil between 2014 and 2018, when she worked with the movement of people affected by dams (Movimentos dos Atingidos por Barragem- MAB) in Juiz de Fora. In 2021, she joined the HOMA group as an associate researcher, coordinating the International Migrations, Human Rights Violations and Transnational Corporations research line. Her line of research at Homa looks at the impact of forced migrations on the native peoples of the Americas, and the textual forms of resistance of migrant subjects in literature. Bárbara also investigates the comparative reconciliation policies currently being pursued by the governments of Canada and Brazil, and discusses their impact on indigenous literary production in both countries, and their relationship with the land and the environment.
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