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 […]
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Presentation of the book Amazónia: antologia e novos poemas by Juan Carlos Galeano, edited by Patrícia Vieira and Lukasz Kraj.In partnership with Mariposa Azual.
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Presentation of the book Amazónia: antologia e novos poemas by Juan Carlos Galeano, edited by Patrícia Vieira and Lukasz Kraj. In partnership with Mariposa Azual.
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Yasuní is one of the most diverse territories on the planet, both biologically and culturally. It is home to Indigenous peoples such as the Waorani and Kichwa, as well as peoples in voluntary isolation. This territory has become a symbol of the struggle for ethical energy transition in Ecuador. This event is the second in […]
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In this presentation, I will refer to some of the enunciative, linguistic and aesthetic complexities of two main genres of ritual song by the Krahô, an Indigenous people speaking a Jê language who live in the northwest of the state of Tocantins, in Brazil. The talk will highlight the constitutive diversity of Amerindian vocal poetics (in this […]
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This presentation explains the author’s collaborative work carried out with anthropologists from the Federal University of Amazonas and members of the Tucano and Tariano communities, which took place in Cachoeira de Laureté of the Uaupés and Papuri rivers on the Colombian-Brazilian border. The author reflects on the struggles of Indigenous peoples to achieve legal protection […]
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The Lower Tapajós region, a multi-ethnic territory in western Pará, Brazilian Amazon, is home to 13 Indigenous peoples, numerous traditional riverside communities, and several quilombola communities. This area now faces profound ecological and social upheavals due to the rapid expansion of soy plantations and the infrastructure necessary for grain export. In this talk, I examine […]
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This presentation delves into the journey of Swiss botanist Jacques Huber (1867-1914) and his photographic work in the Amazon, which began in 1895. Huber, who later became the director of one of Brazil’s most prominent natural history museums, the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, was part of a generation of botanists who integrated photography into their […]
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The volume brings together previously published poems, as well as unpublished poetry and aphorisms, by the Amazonian poet Juan Carlos Galeano. Published for the first time in Portuguese, in a bilingual edition, this poetry offers a panorama of the Amazon rainforest and the ties that bind the region’s Indigenous and riverside communities with the more […]
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