Aftermath: Daily Life and Community Along the Rio Doce

Wed April 26 | UC Ballroom | 10-11:30 a.m.

Undergraduate Research

April 5, 2017 at 2:49 PM

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 26 to see documentary photographer Sarah Miller and her pictures on the aftermath of the Rio Doce dam disaster.

On 5 November 2015, a mine dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Mariana, South-Eastern Brazil, devastating a nearby town with mudslides, killing at least 17 people, injuring more than 50 and causing an enormous ecological damage, and threatening life along the Rio Doce and the Atlantic sea near the mouth of the Rio Doce.

Read her abstract here.

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Aftermath: Daily Life and Community Along the Rio Doce

Wed April 26 | UC Ballroom | 10-11:30 a.m.

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