Events

The XI National Meeting of the Brazilian Association of Cemetery Studies (ABEC) seeks to bring together researchers on topics related especially to cemeteries, as well as studies on death, mourning and funerary cultural heritage, among others. The purpose of the meeting is to promote the dissemination of research and strengthen cemetery studies through multidisciplinary approaches from areas such as history, anthropology, architecture, philosophy, arts, sociology, psychology, to name just a few of them. In its eleventh edition, the ABEC National Meeting will have as its theme “The trajectory of Funerary Cultural Heritage in Brazil and the 20 years of activity of ABEC”, and will seek to promote debates on old and new cemetery formats, rites and funeral practices, including also, prospects for the funeral sector.

Study Group: Anthropology of Post-Truth, Denialism and Conspiratorial Formations - 4th meeting

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.

Meeting theme

The group will discuss the following texts:

1.FASSIN, Didier. Of plots and men: The heuristics of conspiracy theories.Current Anthropology, vol. 62, no. 2, p. 128-137, 2021.

2.LEPSELTER, Susan. Resonant Apophenia. In: MASCO, Joseph; WEDEEN, Lisa (org.).Conspiracy/Theory. Durham: Duke University Press, 2024. p. 174-189.

Date • July 4, 2024 • Time: 5pm to 7pm

Location • Social Sciences Building, room 1037 (in the corridor of the Anthropology Department) • Address: Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 315, Cidade Universitária - Universidade de São Paulo

Target audience The group is open to the entire university community.

Registration Registration can be made by email: almeida.rafaelantunes@gmail.com

Mediation: Rafael Antunes Almeida (Postdoctoral student at the Department of Anthropology at USP and Professor at the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia - UNILAB).

Between July 3rd and 9th, 2024, registration will be open to participate in the Preparatory Workshops for the selection of admission to the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at USP.

The course is based on the project mentoring cycle and is organized by an independent collective of students from the Program and its purpose is to increase the participation of black, indigenous, quilombola people, those who belong to traditional peoples or communities, people with disabilities and trans people in postgraduate studies, especially in Social Anthropology courses.

Up to 100 places will be offered to people belonging to these groups and the activities will be carried out remotely and completely free of charge.

Registration can be made via the link https://forms.gle/yuNXVM9M3qk9hKqX9

If you have any questions, send an email to colectivopreparappgas.usp@gmail.com

Study Group: Anthropology of Post-Truth, Denialism and Conspiratorial Formations - 3rd meeting

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.

Meeting theme

At the next meeting, the group will discuss the following texts:

1. STEWART, Kathleen; HARDING, Susan. Anxieties of Influence: Conspiracy Theory and Therapeutic Culture in Millennial America. Ilha Revista de Antropologia, Florianópolis, v. 23, no. 3, 2021. https://periodicos.ufsc. br/index.php/ilha/article/view/80899
2. HARAMBAM, J.; AUPERS, S. Contesting epistemic authority: Conspiracy theories on the boundaries of science. Public Understanding of Science, vol. 24, no. 4, p. 466-480, 2015.https://journals.sagepub.com/< wbr />doi/pdf/10.1177/0963662514559891

Date • June 20, 2024 • Time: 5pm to 6:45pm

Location • Social Sciences Building, room 1037 (in the corridor of the Anthropology Department) • Address: Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 315, Cidade Universitária

Target audience The group is open to the entire university community.

Registration Registration can be made by email: almeida.rafaelantunes@gmail.com

Mediation: Rafael Antunes Almeida (Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Anthropology at USP and Professor at the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia - UNILAB)

Sincerely,

Rafael Antunes Almeida

Open class of the course “Approaches in indigenous art”, under the responsibility of Maria Luísa Lucas (Museum of Archeology and Ethnology/USP) and Fernanda Pitta (Museum of Contemporary Art/USP), with Mariana Françozo, from the Faculty of Archeology in Leiden University, Netherlands. The researcher will present her research on indigenous objects in European collections, especially the Nassau cabinet.

Date: 06/19/2024, at 2 pm
Location: Center for Amerindian Studies (CEstA/USP) - Rua do Anfiteatro 181, Colmeia - favo 8 - Cidade Universitária - São Paulo - SP

Achievement:
CESTA USP, MAE USP and MAC USP

Poster image: Wedding ring network designed by the Kamada-Kawai algorithm, in the PAJEK application, superimposed on the photograph by Paulo Luís Eberhardt (OPAN-2022)

Cycle of debates
Policies for isolated and recently contacted indigenous peoples: traces of isolated people in Rondônia

With
Felipe Vander Velden (CSO/UFSCar)
Amanda Villa (PPGAS/USP)

Mediation
Leonardo Viana Braga (PPGAS/USP)

06/17/2024, 5pm
Rua do Anfiteatro 181, Colmeia - favo 8
University City - São Paulo - SP
References under study: controversies about the nature, culture and ethnicity of isolated indigenous peoples in Rondônia (Felipe Vander Velden (CSO/UFSCar)
The forests of Rondônia are home to a significant set of references to isolated indigenous peoples. As the region is home to considerable linguistic and cultural diversity, defining the ethnolinguistic belonging of these reference peoples is quite problematic. In addition to this lack of definition at the ethnolinguistic level, several of the references to isolates – especially those “under study” or “not confirmed”, or simply called “information” – have also been used for discussions at levels that we will call interethnic and specific, which they discuss both the Indianness and the humanity of these collectives. These are cases in which the ghostly character of these people seems even more pronounced, and discussions not only about whether traces are products of indigenous people, but even whether they are the result of human actions. However, the so-called “unconfirmed references” have been little studied in their multiple dimensions. This article advocates for greater attention to such scenarios as a way of expanding our reflection on the nature of what can constitute an indigenous and human collective.
Suggested reading: https:// periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/article/view/43435

Making ourselves noticed, making us move away: an ethno-historical journey about indigenous people in isolation in the Massaco Indigenous Land (Amanda Villa (PPGAS/USP)
The protection of peoples in isolation in Brazil and, therefore, of the territories they occupy, is a task legally assigned to the Ethno-environmental Protection Fronts, decentralized units of the National Indian Foundation. As a rule, his work is based on investigative strategies: searches for local remains are combined with oral interviews and records of ethno-historical occupation. In this sense, this article intends to contribute with an ethno-historiographical overview of the occupation in the middle Guaporé river, more specifically the stretch between the Branco and Colorado rivers, where the Massaco Indigenous Land is today established. Occupied by indigenous people whose defining characteristics of their ethnic belonging to others are essentially based on their material culture, since their language has never been described, the territory is a reference in protection and mystery. At the same time that the abundant placement of traps (caltrops) expresses their desire to be left in peace, their traces give clues to their identity and are read with curiosity by indigenous and non-indigenous people, who rely on the analogy with oral and written stories. to do so.

Suggested reading: https ://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/article/view/44513/35525

Speakers: Kelly Koide and Yuri Prado

Kelly Koide has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo (USP), with an internship at Université Lyon I. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Anthropology at USP, where she carries out research on the trajectory and work of Claudia Andujar and Maureen Bisilliat. Researcher at the Visual Anthropology Group (GRAVI – USP).

Yuri Prado has a PhD in Music from ECA-USP, with an internship at Université Paris VIII. He is a postdoctoral fellow in Anthropology at FFLCH-USP, having recently completed a research internship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). His research has been dedicated to the ethnomusicological study of individuals, focusing on the figures of Julio Valverde and Charles Kely Zana-Rotsy.

The films “Jail Birds” and “Open Gasy”, directed, respectively, by post-doctoral students Kelly Koide and Yuri Prado, have in common the focus on artists from an ethnobiographical perspective. In “Jail Birds”, artist Henrietta Mantooth talks about her works, which discuss mass incarceration in the USA, in her studio in Manhattan and during the assembly of a permanent exhibition at Hudson County Community College. “Open Gasy” portrays the trajectory of Charles Kely Zana-Rotsy, a Malagasy guitarist and singer who played a significant role in the world music scene in France. By screening the two films, the directors intend to discuss the challenges of film production in a foreign country, as well as the establishment, in a limited time, of an ethnographic relationship mediated by the camera.

6th Debate - Ethics in research WITH HUMAN BEINGS at undergraduate and postgraduate levels: the Human Sciences and the CEP/CONEP System
Organization:
Prof. Dr. Rita de Cássia Ariza da Cruz
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Ana Lúcia Pastore Schritzmeyer (CEP-FFLCH Coordinator) and Committee Members

Stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUzw5QPd5_s

The meeting is organized by the collective of fellows of the Post-Doctoral Program for Black Researchers, recently implemented by USP through its Dean of Inclusion and Belonging and is part of a set of mobilizations for the continuity and expansion of this policy. The event aims to discuss the future of affirmative policies within the scope of research at what is considered the most prestigious public university in Brazil, in addition to exposing the work that has been developed by black researchers at USP. The event is open to the participation of anyone interested in learning about the production and discussing the advancement of affirmative policies at the university.

PROGRAMMING

Date: May 27th
Location: Institute of Advanced Studies (R. da Praça do Relógio, 109 - Butantã campus)

12pm-6pm Poster exhibition with work by Black Post-Doctoral Students at USP

1pm    Meeting of black researchers at USP

3pm     Table: Consolidating Affirmative Policies in Scientific Research at the University of São Paulo

5pm    Work Presentation and Networking (direct interaction between researchers and guests)

JOB REGISTRATION UNTIL MAY 19TH

Submission of works is open to all black people who 1. have completed their doctorate or post-doctorate at the University of São Paulo in the last five years; 2. are currently carrying out post-doctoral research at USP, regardless of connection to any program or scholarship. In addition to simply displaying posters, this will be a space dedicated to direct interaction between researchers and guests. An opportunity to generate visibility, build a network and open future opportunities for black professionals graduated from USP.

Registration: https://posdocnegresusp.wixsite.com/encontro

More information: posdocnegresusp@gmail.com