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The Emergent Generation of Indigenous Anthropologists: A Conversation with Fran Baniwa and Roldán Tumi

(A tradução para o português está abaixo) Join us for a reflection on indigeneity and anthropology by two scholars who represent a vibrant new generation of Amazonian researchers. (in Portuguese[…]

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TRANSLATION, MEDIA AND COSMOPOLITICS – Part 2

TRANSLATION, MEDIA AND COSMOPOLITICS part 2 of a colloquium presented by the Amazon Lab Oraliteragraphic and Mirror Visions in Contemporary Indigenous Literature and Media in Abya Ayala Monday, April 3,[…]

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Translation, Media and Cosmopolitics

Translation, Media and Cosmopolitics a colloquium presented by the Amazon Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University – via Zoom – March 30, 2023 Translating Mário de Andrade’s Macunaíma with[…]

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Amazon Film Series – Three Short Films by Ana Vaz

Three Short Films by Ana Vaz March 25, 2023 2:00pm Location: Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater Ana Vaz is a Brazilian artist & filmmaker whose films, installations & performances speculate upon[…]

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Amazon Film Series – Los Silencios

Los Silencios (Beatriz Seigner, 2018, 89 minutes, Brazil, Spanish & Portuguese w/ English subtitles, DCP) March 24, 2023 7:00pm Location: Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater Nuria, Fabio and their mother Amparo[…]

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Amazon Film Series – Uýra: The Rising Forest

Uýra: The Rising Forest (Juliana Curi, 2022, 63 minutes, Brazil, USA, Portuguese w/ English subtitles, DCP) March 9, 2023 7:00pm Location: Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater Uýra, a trans-Indigenous artist, travels[…]

An Inter-American Conversation on Indigeneity, Art & Education

A dialogue between indigenous artists from the Brazilian Amazon and North Carolina, followed by a talk on indigenous art from Jamille Pinheiro Dias, a Q&A discussion, and a catered reception[…]

Amazon Lab Reading Group

Join us to discuss readings on the Amazon and related topics from a variety of fields. The group is open to everyone! The group will be led this semester by[…]

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Art, Music and Defense of the Territory in the Amazon: The Protagonism of Indigenous Women

Ethnomusicology panel featuring Vandria Borari & Neila Borari (As Karuana / MUTAK). Moderated by Maria Fantinato G. Siqueira (Duke). Vandria Borari and Neila Borari, artists and activists from Borari territory in Alter do Chão,[…]

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Indigenous Music from Brazil and the Struggle for Rights: Contemporary Alliances and Transformations

Ethnomusicology panel featuring Nana Orlandi (Mi Mawai), Idjahure Kadiwel (USP), & Lucas Canavarro (Mi Mawai). Online: Register at https://cutt.ly/indigenous This lecture presents some aspects of the Indigenous people’s music from[…]