Brazil Initiative

Highlights and news from the Brazil Initiative --the best place to study Brazil outside Brazil.

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Access 2020 Brazil Initiative Newsletter here: https://t.co/xtwLmV7ckx

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Brazil Initiative is boosting this webinar, from "Global Black Youth" (GBY), which includes a speaker from Brazil, Rogério Siqueira of the Pan-African Council, and speakers from South Sudan and South Africa this Thursday at 10am EST. Register: https://t.co/wweBFRxAJj

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We are sad to share that our remaining events for the Spring 2020 semester have been cancelled, in accordance with Brown policy regarding COVID-19. We wish you a safe and healthy semester and look forward to future events!

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Join us today at noon for a conversation with director Petra Costa! The event will be in the Leung Conference Room.

Unfortunately, the Inaugural John F. Kennedy Jr. Film Forum scheduled for this evening has been cancelled.

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We are so excited to host @petracostal, the Oscar-nominated director of The Edge of Democracy, next week. Join us for a conversation at noon on Tuesday!

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Tanya Saunders ─ The Artivist World Makings of Brazilian Black Artivism: Or Several Musings on Decolonization, Race, Affect and Black Aesthetics

Tomorrow, noon, Joukowsky Forum!

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Join us tomorrow night for a screening of The Edge of Democracy, a critically-acclaimed documentary about two presidencies in Brazil. We will also be hosting the film's director, Petra Costa, on March 10th.

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Tonight: A screening of five shorts by Black Brazilian directors entitled Pattaki, Mãe não chora, Nada, Sem Asas, and Kbela. Join us at 7 p.m. in the Joukowsky Forum!

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Join the Brazil Initiative this week for two events! On Wednesday, Ivo Herzog will speak about threats to Brazilian Democracy. On Thursday, we will screen five shorts by Black Brazilian directors. We hope to see you there!

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Our Spring Film Series begins tomorrow! Join us at 7 pm for a screening of "Bando, um filme de", a documentary film about the 28-year trajectory of the Brazilian Theater Group "Bando Olodum", which since 1990 has taken shows to the stage with Black actresses and Black actors.

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Join us next Wednesday (Feb 19) to learn about spirituality in Brazil with Bernardo Lewgoy. The talk, "De Chico Xavier a Divaldo Franco: espiritismo e sociedade no Brasil" will be given in Portuguese without translation. We hope to see you there, or at another upcoming event!

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We're excited to welcome Jaime Amparo Alves next week and learn more about racial politics in Brazil. See you Wednesday!

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Join us tomorrow at noon for a talk about far-right populism and foreign policy identity under Bolsonaro by Feliciano de Sá Guimarães. Lunch will be served!

https://t.co/Jl79XQKdrt

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Join us tomorrow night for a screening of "Entre os Homens de Bem," which examines the crisis of representation and polarization in Brazilian politics by following the steps of former Congressman and spokesman for the LGBTQ cause, Jean Wyllys.

https://t.co/JoMeL4ZL4p

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Today, Viviene Pistache discussih blackness in Brazilian cinema at the @WatsonInstitute

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Join us tomorrow at noon to learn how the categories of race and gender help us understand the way that Blackness has been portrayed in audio-visual productions in Brazil. Lunch will be served!

https://t.co/D68BB1Msnc

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Tomorrow at noon, Fernanda Martinelli will discuss culinary thinking as a methodological device, focusing on cultural, symbolic and material dimensions of food and its role in social relations, from production to distribution and consumption.

https://t.co/CIVBpAGvBV

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Join us tomorrow at noon, when Professor Erica Williams will discuss the strategies of Black feminist activists who have taken up spaces of power in Bahia.

https://t.co/8CzUMYUy0W

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Join us tomorrow at noon for a conversation with Brazil's former Attorney General, who will discuss the challenges to constitutional law posed by the government of Jair Bolsonaro and current perspectives on anticorruption practices. Lunch will be provided!

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Tomorrow, Marlise Matos will examine the impeachment proceedings against former President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff as a case of sexist political violence. Lunch will be served!

https://t.co/0OjHyTapjJ