Selection of works by Indigenous artist Denilson Baniwa on the topic of monocultures in Brazil. February 15 | 4 p.m.UC Faculty of Arts, Amphitheater III Conversation with Denilson BaniwaPresentation of the artist’s REWRITEParticipation of curator Nelson Ricardo MartinsModeration by Patrícia Vieira February 16 | 5:30 p.m.College of Arts, Exams RoomOpening of the exhibition […]
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This training activity is part of CES goes to School, a program that disseminates academic research among students from Portuguese schools, aged 6 to 18. During the sessions, we discuss the current situation of the Amazon and its human and non-human inhabitants. We also mention some of the threats to the rainforest. We briefly talk about the history of the Amazon, its Indigenous caboclo and riverine […]
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March 30, 2023 University of São Paulo A group of Indigenous Tenharin people attended the Curt Nimuendajú Conference, the annual event of the Center for Amerindian Studies, CEstA-USP, and performed a Symbolic Act. At the same event, one of their leaders joined the VII Curt Nimuendajú Conference discussion group with João Paulo Tukano.
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The Process of De-Constitution of Indigenous Rights in Brazil The National Constituent Assembly that took place in Brazil in 1987 and 1988 was the scene of conceptual disputes over worldviews in various areas. With regard to Indigenous rights, the debate resulted in Chapter VIII of the current Brazilian Constitution, whose articles are considered the theoretical […]
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This workshop discusses so-called “lost cities” in the Brazilian Amazon created during different waves of developmentalism in the country and later abandoned when those extractivist projects failed. The workshop analyzes these cities from a variety of perspectives, including history, urban studies and the environmental humanities. Virtual access to the event through the QR-code or […]
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This event discusses the connections that rubber extraction established between the Amazon and Europe through literature, photography and historiographical reflection. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87231057687?pwd=d1JGL0NkM3hVWnUySlRlNk9aclFDdz09 November 14, 3 pm – 6 pm Sala de Seminários, CES – Lisbon
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The Monocultures conference brings together specialists from the natural, social, and human sciences to reflect upon the phenomenon of monocultures from a global, eco-cultural perspective by exploring patterns of connection between culture and nature beyond epistemological and disciplinary boundaries. In an era of environmental crises and climate change, this conference will consider monocultures on a […]
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October 6, 7:30 pm Livraria da Travessa, Lisbon Book launch Animalidades: Zooliteratura e os Limites do Humano (Instante: São Paulo, 2023) by Maria Esther Maciel. Presentation by Maria Esther Maciel and Patrícia Vieira, mediated by journalist Isabel Lucas.
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Amazonian Animals in Contemporary Brazilian Literature Maria Esther Maciel October 4, 3 pm Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon In collaboration with ABIDE project and the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon This talk will discuss poetic-fictional Brazilian texts from the 21st century focusing on Amazonian animals. The goal is to […]
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Another History of the Lost Cities of the Amazon: Development and Utopia in Contemporary Brazil Danielle Heberle Viegas | Munich Centre for Global History In this session, the speaker proposes an analysis of the emergence and disappearance of cities in the Brazilian Amazon throughout the twentieth century to the present, in the context of developmentalist […]
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