This week’s readings played a debate on the hegemonic epistemologies of forgetfulness and denial. Western colonial capitalism modes of producing knowledge have disenchanted and disregarded the indigenous and colonized ancestral culture, turning a “vast experience into merely things and commodities” (Intzín, pg 11). In search of emancipatory transformations in the world, the authors approach from […]
“Discovery” in the 21st Century
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture-exploration/2018/08/brazil-uncontacted-tribe-indigenous-people-amazon-video/ Although the above hit the news cycles around a month ago, it has been in the back of my mind since the start of class. It seems as if the trope of “discovery” as spectacle is alive and well– and here there is not only an exoticization of these “uncontacted tribes” but an acknowledgment […]
The Cabinet of Indifference and Mediocrities
https://www.bolellireboucas.com/gabinete-dos-desinteresses.html you can access the video at this link + https://www.bolellireboucas.com/nuacutecleo-de-pesquisa-2017.html + https://www.bolellireboucas.com
El tío, Antonio (2010)
El tío, Antonio / O tio, Antonio. Brasil/Bolívia | 2010 | cor | 18′ Direção | Director: Paulo Maya Fotografia | Photography: Paulo Maya Elenco | casting: Antonio Quéchua, Paulo Maya, Javier Arze Alcócen, Andrés Salcedo e María José Jaramillo. Produção | Production: Filmes de Quintal Contato | contact : filmes@filmesdequintal.com.br https://www.forumdoc.org.br/2010/?page_id=255 https://www.filmesdequintal.org.br Ensaio etnográfico em […]
Abruption in History
This week’s readings were filled with such enriching and very interesting topics I do not know where to begin. But as I was making my way to the last reading, I thought of this quote from one of my professors in my undergraduate studies related to the topic of slavery. She said something along the […]