In this paper, we explore how attention to language and communication has been one of the strategies to combat the pandemic and foster health justice in the deprived areas of the city. To investigate such aspect, we draw on the conceptions of enregisterment, de-escalation and orders of indexicality. We focus on practices of pragmatic survival enacted by Maré Mobilization Front.
Keywords:
enregistering; de-escalation; order of indexicality; pragmatic survival; straight talk
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| COVID PANEL | ||
| Brazil Confirmed: 44,515 Dead: 2,141 |
STAY AT HOME | Rio de Janeiro Confirmed: 4,008 Dead: 341 |
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| IT IS TIME TO STAY HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. | #payattentiontocorona | |
| No bars, barbecues, shopping, church, nor dance parties. | ||
| DO YOU KNOW THAT MASS, CHURCH SERVICE, SOCCER, MARKET, BIRTHDAY PARTY, BARBECUE, BAR, DANCE, PARTY, HANGING OUT, VISITING RELATIVES? STOP IT, FAVELA! COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) IS MORE SERIOUS THAN YOU THINK. #CoronaInTheOutskirts Favela, understand that this thing is more serious that you think. Avoid going out, do your best baby, stay home, you don’t need alcohol, you just have to wash your hands. Your health and other people’s health depend on each of us. If you have no choice and have to go out, bring hand sanitizer, paper towels, napkins, and a mask. Let’s keep loving at a distance. #MareIsAlive #CoronaInTheFavelas |
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With the quarantine, Coronavirus and stuff, new habits came around. But how? We is wise, and we’ll adapt, y’know?14 Com toda essa questão da quarentena e Coronavírus vieram novos hábitos. Mas como? Nós é sagaz, a gente vai se adaptar tá ligado? |
Instrumental music in the background that pauses when the actor says “wise”. |
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So everyone’s having to wear a MASK. Então todo mundo tá tendo que usar MÁSCARA. |
Instrumental music in the background. |
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But there’s always those guys who are JERKOFFS. They’re not wearing a mask as if life was a strawberry. But it ain’t my bro. And you know that (.) A bunch of irresponsible dumbasses! Mas tem o maior blocão que tá na MANCADA. Não tá usando máscara achando que a vida é um morango. Mas não é não, meu irmão. E tu tá ligado nisto(.) Bando de vacilão irresponsável, inconsequente! |
Instrumental music in the background. It stops when the actor says bunch of irresponsible dumbasses! |
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And there are those, y’know? who still don’t know how things work and wear the mask incorrectly. There are people who wear the mask under their chin, or do not cover the nose. There are others who wear it over their eyes. E tambémné?Ainda tem aquela galera que ainda não sabe das coisas e usa a máscara de forma incorreta. Tem gente que tá usando a máscara embaixo do queixo, ou então deixa o nariz pra fora. Ainda tem aquela galera que usa no olho. |
Instrumental music in the background. It stops when the actor says “mask”. Soccer jingle: “Brazil-zil-zil-zil!” |
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There’s something else, the mask shouldn’t be a mess, okay? (.) As soon as you get home you have to wash it with water and soap. Get real (.) >It’s not like your underwear that you wash every three days< bro. Outra coisa, máscara não é bagunça, tá? (.) Tem que chegar em casa e lavar a máscara com água e sabão. Não tem jeito (.) >Não é igual às tuas cuecas que você fica três dias sem lavar < irmão. |
Instrumental music in the background that stops when the actor mentions “underwear”. |
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I’ll do my best so that you can see how it’s done. Always handle the mask by the elastic band. You won’t mess it up. Look here, big ear. Done. No mystery. Check it out dude. Vou jogar da melhor forma pra vocês pegar a visão de como é que faz. Manuseia a máscara sempre pelo elástico. Tu não vai dá esse mole. Aqui oh, orelhão. Cabô. Não tem mistério. Então se liga tropinha. |
Instrumental music in the background. |
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A mask is not a vaccine. If you can, stay home (.) And if you can’t bro, follow the rules or you’re going down. That’s it. We’re in this together! Máscara não é vacina. Se puder, fica em casa. E, se não puder, irmão, segue a regrinha senão tu vai tomar um atraso. É isso. Tamo junto! |
Instrumental music in the background. It stops when the actor says “stay home.” |
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