In this session, we will discuss ancestral/traditional and ritualistic uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, as well as the recent “renaissance” of research on this topic. We will address the uses of psychedelic plants and fungi in mental health treatment, including of conditions such as resistant depression, post-traumatic stress, and other comorbidities. The debate will […]
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This session will be dedicated to so-called “petrofiction,” a term designating cultural productions that address the topic of oil and its ubiquitous presence in contemporary societies, especially since the so-called “great acceleration” (~1950-present). Petrofiction highlights humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels as an energy source, as well as the negative environmental and social consequences of oil […]
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Other Senses: Amazonian Poetics of Counter-Coloniality Leila Lehen, Brown University This presentation investigates how Amazonian poetry mobilizes the senses to confront colonial violence and its persistent legacies, such as extractivism and epistemic and ecological violence. Drawing on poems by Sony Ferseck (Makuxi), María Clara Sharupi (Shuar), and Anastasia Candre (Okaina-Uitoto), the talk proposes that the […]
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Exhibitions Casa da América Latina April 16, 5pm Coimbra Casa Fernando Pessoa March 23 , 4pm Lisboa
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Exhibitions 1ª TRIEI – Trienal de Espaços Invisíveis May 9-10, 2025 Coimbra
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Artistic residency and meetings with the artists Olinda Tupinambá, Lilly Baniwa and Ziel Karapotó, in dialogue with the museum collections of the National Museum of Ethnology, the National Museum of Natural History and Science and the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, as well as the Torre do Tombo Portuguese National Archive, among others. […]
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The idea that much of the Amazonian forests have remained untouched throughout human history has long fascinated naturalists, policymakers, journalists, and natural and social scientists worldwide. For many centuries, Western science overlooked the contributions of Indigenous peoples to the shaping of Amazonian ecosystems, and conservation efforts have largely ignored the vital role these populations play […]
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Oralitures are a form of writing that exists alongside oral tradition, following proposals pioneered in Haiti, Senegal, Chile, and Colombia a few decades ago. Through reflections on the works of Amazonian creators such as Candre and Muruy, as well as a dialogue with the poetry of Juan Carlos Galeano, a Colombian poet based in the United […]
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Amazonia was originally described as a land without Law, Creed, or King—essentially a social tabula rasa upon which the virtues or economies of European societies could be inscribed, their deficiencies corrected, or sovereignty implemented through the creation of new kinds of polities. While not widely recognized, Amazonia has been a fertile ground for social and planning experiments […]
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This photography exhibition examines the ruins of extractive cities in the Amazon from both human and more-than-human perspectives. Photographs: Christian Braga Curatorship: Christian Braga, Danielle Heberle Viegas and Patrícia Vieira In partnership with the Resilient Forest Cities project and Campus Anthropocene Goethe Institute, Rio de Janeiro December 2024 More information about the event
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