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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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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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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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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