Latest Past Events

Amazon Lab Film Series: “The Invention of the Other”

Amazon Lab 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham

Please join us for the Amazon Lab Film Series showing of “The Invention of the Other” (Dir. Bruno Jorge, Brazil). This Friday, April 19, 12:30pm – in the Amazon Lab, Smith Warehouse, Bay 5. About the film: “A record of an attempt to contact the Korubo, a remote indigenous tribe that occupies territory deep inside[...]

Archaeologies of Hope: Indigenous Heritage, Hybrid Knowledge, and Common Futures in the Brazilian Amazon

Amazon Lab 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham

Michael Heckenberger Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida Thursday, April 11, 3:00pm - 5:00 pm Smith Warehouse, Bay 5, Amazon Lab Followed by a catered reception Abstract: Low-density urbanism, or garden cities, have been proposed for several areas of the ancient Amazon, which refute entrenched images of pristine nature and primitive tribes frozen in[...]

Amazon Lab Film Series – “YVY PYTE: IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH”

Amazon Lab 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham

Please, join us Friday, April 5th, at 12:30 pm for the Amazon Lab Film Series showcasing "YVY PYTE: IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH" (Dir. Alberto Alvares and José Cury, 111 min, 2023). The documentary was born out of the desire of Guarani filmmaker Alberto Alvares (Tupã Ra'y) to return to his native village and has been featured at[...]