Events
István Jancsó Auditorium, Guita and José Mindlin Brasiliana Library, 21 R. Da Biblioteca, University City, São Paulo, SP
MÉTIS and CEstA invite you to:
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (National Museum/UFRJ)
"THE MORAL CONDITION OF TRUTH IS IMAGINATION": NOTES FOR A COMBAT ANIMISM
"Animism" as the ethics of the Anthropocene—the moment-event in which ethics becomes ontology. Justice as the political condition of truth. The continuous reimagining of the persons/things divide. The cosmopolitics of the "planetariat" as a singularity-of-any-kind. The planetariat as the community that remains.
MÉTIS – Arts and semantics of creation and memory
FAPESP Thematic Project 2020/07886-8
Organized by: USP, UFSCar, UNIFESP, FAPESP, CEstA – Center for Amerindian Studies (University of São Paulo), Guita and José Mindlin Brasiliana Library
August 13, 2026, 4:00 PM
István Jancsó Auditorium
Guita and José Mindlin Brasiliana Library
Rua da Biblioteca, 21, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP
Room 1039, Philosophy and Social Sciences Building – USP
Start: Friday, August 21, 2026, 10:00 AM
Room 1039, Philosophy and Social Sciences Building – USP
Graça Cordeiro, a faculty member at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, will give a lecture on ethnographic and historical research regarding Azorean-American communities (an event organized by GEAC-USP). For an interview on the subject, see https://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/10699.html
Period: 08-05-2026 to 08-07-2026
University of São Paulo Maria Antônia Center (Rua Maria Antônia, 258-294)
...21st century through the articulation of memory with creation. Session guests will discuss terraforming practices within their respective research fields and intellectual trajectories. Time, memory, and creation are mobilized through diverse approaches—such as Afrofuturism, Afropessimism, Indigenous Futurism, and digital machines that establish conceptual, perceptual, and prospective regimes—to question hegemonic and seemingly triumphant conceptions of the future. This involves a critical analysis of practices that occupy distinct, if not openly conflicting, positions within the contemporary political landscape.
August 7, 2026: Extended Debate Session 3: Morning speakers and 20 invited researchers debate and develop the theme of ET3—Yearnings for the Future.
Further program details can be found on the Métis website: https://metis.fflch.usp.br/divulgacao/iii-simposio-internacional-…
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