GENNA NACCACHE Academic-Activist of Environmental Justice, writing on lives and struggle of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil.
gennanaccache@me.com Mobile: +44 (0)7815 606 805
Languages: Fluent English and Portuguese, intermediate French and Spanish.
education
2018-2021: Louise Arbour Fellow/PhD Candidate at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of
Advanced Study, University of London.
2014-2016: Masters Degree in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the Institute of
Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
2013-2014: Creative Writing workshop with Maggie Hammond and Karen Falkner, London.
Travel Writing Workshop with Peter Carty, London.
2002-2003: Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism, London College of Printing (now UAL).
Photojournalism Lecture Series, London College of Printing.
1987-1992: As part of an MA in Fine Arts (Photography as main medium), Goldsmiths College,
became expert in Archival Fine Art Black & White Printing and old photo processes.
Certificate in Fine & Applied Arts/Photography, Sir John Cass Faculty of Art.
Diploma in Art & Design/Photography, Sir John Cass Faculty of Arts, London.
1980-1983: As part of a History Degree, I have focused on minority rights issues, at PUC, Brazil.
freelance photojournalism, writer and researcher
Recent artist in residence in Hong Kong, lecturing on photojournalism and human rights issues, tutorials, one to one teaching and workshops on photojournalism, 2019.
Recent Film Direction, Researcher, and Picture editor of Guarani Kaiowá indigenous scene in Mato Grosso do Sul for Feature Documentary on deforestation, produced by Leonardo Di Caprio, aRichard Branson, among others. 2018 – end 2019.
Recent United Nations, Geneva, advocacy work for (CIMI Brazil) and Tupinambá Indignenous Delegation, drafting advocacy letters, speeches, and researching material for reports.
I have accompanied the Guarani Kaiowá Brazilian indigenous Delegation’s during their London visit with Amnesty International in October 2016 attending official Government and NGO meetings, as an interpreter and advocacy work.
Curated and organised a Photo Competition and Exhibition project with the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Our project has received a small award and the winner’s exhibition took place at the Being Human Festival, SenateHouse, London. I have also secured a partnership with MRG International (MRG).
Commissioning Editor’s Assistant at Minority Rights Group International (MRG) (Internship). I have managed the authors and reviewers database and all communications. Worked closely with writers as a research assistant and researched new contributors.
Lead designer, researcher and the Power of Photography workshop presenter at the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights 20th Anniversary Alumni Conference, School of Advanced Study, at Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
Curated recent Exhibition “We Live in Fear” at Senate House, for the Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Recent photojournalistic assignment for Save the Children International: Malnutrition and Child Mortality in the Indigenous communities of the Northeast of Brazil. Images published worldwide in Save the Children’s publications.
Feature on Post-Tsunami Reconstruction: Sri Lanka, for the Saturday Telegraph magazine.
Feature on Talavera Bruce Women’s Prison, and Police Violence/Shanti town war, Brazil, Amnesty International. Images used on an ongoing basis on Amnesty International’s campaigns and publications.
Curated a Major Travelling Exhibition of my photojournalistic work used by Amnesty International through out the years, “They Come in Shooting”, which investigates the criminalization of poverty and police violence against the social excluded communities in the Brazilian shanti towns.
Organised a Human Rights Film Festival for the Human Rights Consortium (HRC) at Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
Four Documentary Films for NGOs: Post Tsunami in Sri Lanka for WTN, two Documentaries on Police Violence in Brazilian Favelas, for Amnesty International, raised $1M for sanitation through the Brazilian NGO, IBISS and Amnesty International, and Red Sea aobut the Dolfin Hunters in Tailji, South Japan, for One Voice and Rick O’Barry.
articles (among others)
1. Case Study: The Impact of Covid-19 on indigenous poeoples in Brazil, MRG Key Trends Report, 2021. To be published in June 2021.
2. Chapter on Routledge book on Genocide and Settler Colonialism in the book Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations, ed. Jeffrey Bachman, American University (London: Routledge, 2019). Published by Routledge book and Editted by Jeff Bachman, American University.
2. Keeping the Memory Alive: Blog on the Guarani Kaiowá fight for ancestral land & the Brazilian Indigenous Delegation Visit to London in October 2016, HRC.
3. Case Study: Peru’s Afro-descendant population: from invisibility to a national ‘month of culture’. The State of the World’s Minorities 2016, (MRG).
4. Case Study: The Displacement of the Guarani Kaiowá in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 2017, MRG, page 42.
5. ‘The Decisive Moment’ and the Power of Photography – Blog - Photo Competition and Winners’ Exhibition: Lost Rights, Found Justice? Refugee and Migrant Rights, HRC.