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Red parakeets, mad cows and animal reservoirs in the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss

Projeto USP-Cofecub "Coleções compartilhadas" (MAE-USP & Collège de France)

In this talk, I will present my reading of the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss through my ethnographic research on bird conservation in China and France. I will first analyse the famous statement « Bororo are Arara » which has circulated in 20th century anthropology and philosophy from the ethnography of Karl Von den Steinen in Xingu to Lucien Lévy-Bruhl’s books on « primitive mentality » to the detailed…

Lecture with Diego Madi Dias (School of Public Health/USP) Changing Food Economies in Indigenous America

Lecture with Daiara Tukano - Indigenous heritage and museums: the pact of dispossession

The Anthropological Editathon aims to hold a two-day workshop on learning how to create and edit Wikipedia entries. The first meeting (November 6) will focus on presenting Wikipedia and its potential, and we will make the first edit on the platform. In the second meeting (November 7), we will hold an editing marathon with anthropological themes. Special attention will be given to authors who do not yet have entries, taking into account geographic location, race, gender, sexuality, and other social markers of difference.
Our meetings will take place via Google Meet. No previous…

The Study Group "Anthropology of Post-Truth, Denialism and Conspiracy Formations" aims to analyze and discuss, from an anthropological perspective, the phenomena of post-truth, denialism and conspiracy theories.

Theme of the meeting
Contemporary ethnographies on witchcraft and its resonances in the literature on post-truth

The group will discuss the following texts:

FIGUEIREDO, Daniel de Jesus. What do denialisms deny? Management of the occult and production of truth based on an ethnography of politics in northern Mozambique. Anuário Antropológico, v…

In “Filosofia da Casa”, Emanuele leads us, through an intimate and delightful narrative, to explore living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and memories, presenting the home as a place of connection with the world and with ourselves. The book, which has a foreword written by anthropologist Júlia de Sá Earp and illustrations by Luiz Zerbini, unfolds the experience of Metamorphoses (Dantes, 2021) proposing, this time, to enter the cocoons to, finally, resignify them.
Professors in charge: Renato Sztutman (FLA) and Jean Tible (FLP)

Mediation: Professors Renato Sztutman and…

Meeting with Edilene Coffaci de Lima (UFPR) at CEstA/USP, Thursday, 10/24/2024, at 5:00 p.m.

There is extensive documentation about the Xetá, an indigenous group that speaks the Tupi-Guarani language and was officially contacted just over 70 years ago in northwestern Paraná: from the Indian Protection Service (SPI), the Anthropology Department of UFPR, the Museu Paranaense, the Círculo de Estudos Bandeirantes, among other archives. I will present how research has been conducted based on the records of these institutions and others yet to be explored, such as the Minor Order of…

USP's MariAntonia Center opens, on October 19th, at 4 pm, the exhibition Trajectories Cruzadas with works by Claudia Andujar, Lux Vidal and Maureen Bisilliat, with approximately 300 photographs. It is curated by anthropologists Sylvia Caiuby Novaes and Fabiana Bruno. Entry is free.

The exhibition brings together, for the first time, photographs of three European women: Swiss Claudia Andujar, German Lux Vidal and English Maureen Bisilliat. They are women whose trajectories were marked by the experience of the Second World War, by having lived in many countries and mastering several…

Start: Friday, October 18, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

Location: Room 14 of the Social Sciences Building - Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 315

With joy, Sexta do Mês invites everyone to the thematic table that will take place in October.

In the month in which the uninterrupted genocide against the Gaza Strip completes one year, the October edition of Sexta do Mês opens space for reflection on the experiences of exile, forced displacement and agency of the Palestinian people. In light of the new work by anthropologist Leonardo Schiocchet, entitled “Processes of Belonging and Social…

The Ethnographic Laboratory of Technological and Digital Studies (LETEC) and the Center for Studies on Social Markers of Difference (Numas) invite you to the launch and debate event for the book "We Need to Talk About Consent".
The debate will be held between the three authors: Arielle Sagrillo, Beatriz Accioly Lins and Silvia Chakian.
The book proposes a more detailed and qualified discussion on the concept of consent, central to various contemporary situations, and from different disciplinary perspectives.
The event will take place on October 18th, at 10 am, in Room 8…