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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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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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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The volume brings together previously published poems, as well as unpublished poetry and aphorisms, by the Amazonian poet Juan Carlos Galeano.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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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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This exhibition features a small but significant selection of the work by Denilson Baniwa curated by Nelson Ricardo Martins. Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland May 18 – July 6 In collaboration with Sirius Arts Center Know More
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Screening of the film in the lecture: Plant insurgencies against the oil palm empire: preliminary notes on a breeding experiment in Ucayali Image and Sound Laboratory, University of São Paulo. September 11, 2024 Participation: Renato Sztutman, Karen Shiratori and Emanuele Fabiano Comando Matico and native medicine: dialogue on the mothers […]
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This film festival explores the effects and impacts of mining on the ways of life of individuals and communities and their environment in different locations on the planet. We present a selection of documentaries and feature films that address this topic, the discussion of which is fundamental in the face of the devastation of nature, […]
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