Bell, Shannon M.2015-12-162015-12-162015-02-052015-12-16http://hdl.handle.net/10315/30610In my MA thesis I argue that engagement in Capoeira and Hip Hop by Afro-Indigenous youth and community members in NorthEast Brazil ruptures their historically unequal status and enacts collective social change. My thesis is grounded on two programs I co-founded, “Capoeira for Street Kids” (Canada and Brazil) and “Hip Hop Rescues Kids” (Brazil). Both programs I co-created in 2005 with street involved and homeless kids and youth in Brazil. Both are unique forms of decolonizing research methodology and practice focused on healing from an Afro-Indigenous Brazilian worldview. The programs covers street health, harm reduction and community outreach with homeless and street involved people. This work is collaborative with communities with a history of diverse challenges including: poverty, homelessness, violence and addictions/mental health.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Political SciencePerforming artsLatin American studiesElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2015-12-16capoeirahip hopstreet kidsBrazilRecifePernambucoCanadaTorontoAfro-Indigenous Braziliansocial changeyouthAfro-Indigenous feminismgrassrootsequalitydemocracyhuman rightscultureartdecolonizing methodologycultural activism"Capoeira for Street Kids""Hip Hop Rescues Kids"healingcommunityeconomic povertyhomelessnessmental healthgun violencecrimedrug traffickerspoliceneo-liberal multiculturalism"Street Scholars"employmenteducationSocial Determinants of Healthcritical theoryslaverycolonizationLatin Americapublic spaceshistorical injusticesocial justice