Larissa Peixoto Gomes

A happy researcher is a tired one. On my last day, I went to a party convention, hoping to interview two representatives who were going to be there. I also m...

What that picture doesn't show is how empty that committee room was. On that day, there was also what we call a "solemn session", that is, a plenary session ...

So, yeah, I'm super late with this post. Such is the life of fieldwork and research - some things fall by wayside. I took copious notes and pictures, but I w...

Another Tuesday that feels like an entire week; and I got an interview! But the Chamber is a place of paradoxes and conflicts. I also spent most of the day h...

Yes, I know, Monday is not a day of much activity, I've said as much on Day 1. But it's the day when all activity is planned. Which means another episode of ...

Day 4 goes on with much less effort. So much so, that the picture above was taken on Day 3. It is a quote from president Juscelino Kubitschek, the man who id...

Day 3 is a Wednesday and that's where all the parlamentarians are really in the Chamber getting things done. The fact that I scheduled most of my interviews ...

Day 2 is Tuesday and on Tuesdays the Chamber really comes alive. It's what Mondays are for everyone else. But this is no ordinary Tuesday. This is Black Awar...

As part of my PhD thesis, I have gone to each country to interview key individuals and observe sessions and daily activities. I did a diary of the first two ...