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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A dialogue about the Amazon and the Yasuní National Park in Ecuador in times of crisis, emphasizing the issues of environmental crisis and climate collapse, where different social problems such as inequality, racism, anthropocentrism and colonialism intersect and how this impacts Indigenous territories. The speakers reflect upon the confrontation of positions regarding what the Amazon […]
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The colloquium is intended as a space to present the progress of recent research and/or fieldwork, with emphasis on the topic of endangered or formally disappeared languages, and to discuss the ethical and methodological implications of this type of research. Taking these issues as a starting point, the meeting aims to encourage a transversal reflection […]
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Roundtable about different views of the world, with special emphasis on Indigenous cosmologies. Participants: Kaka Werá, Cebaldo Inawinapi, Verenilde Pereira, Juan Carlos Galeano, Francisco Soares, Carla Santos, Carola Saavedra, Patrícia Vieira Moderation: Marta Lança, Ellen Lima e Candela Varas October 19, 11:00 am Tenda Vila Literária, Casa Floresta In collaboration with FOLIO, Óbidos International Literary Festival
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There are currently around 115 records of indigenous peoples in isolation in Brazil, most of them in the Legal Amazon. Of these records, only a small number have been confirmed and located, meaning that the majority of peoples living in isolation do not have their territory recognized and protected. However, even those peoples who live […]
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In recent years, the relationship between artistic practice and ethnography has led to unprecedented collaborative processes, languages, and research methodologies. Indigenous art and the debates fostered by anthropological disciplines have created new imaginaries to reinvent our world and our relationships with the beings that inhabit it. The “Indigenous Art and Anthropology Week”, a continuation of […]
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