Brasil Abroad: indigenous peoples, film, conservation 3-week Summer Field School Brasil Abroad is a 6-credit, 3-week course inviting you to partner with Mebêngôkre-Kayapó communities as you learn about Indigenous Peoples, Film, and Conservation in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. In a unique partnership between universities...
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[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] SALSA Statement Condemning the Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of Brazil’s General Coordination of Isolated and Recently Contacted Indigenous Peoples [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, an international scholarly organization composed...
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Wauja Summer Experience A collaboration with Indigenous scholars Purdue University and the Wauja community in the Xingu Indigenous Territory of Brazil are collaborating to offer an innovative, community-based ethnography Wauja Summer Experience. In this 6-credit, 3-week course, students live as guests in Wauja longhouses, participating in daily...
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Andes and Amazon Field School Ecuador Research and Study Abroad at the Intersection of Indigenous Culture and Environment The mission of the Andes and Amazon Field School is to provide quality in-country education on the Ecuadorian Amazon in a safe and comfortable setting. Each summer we bring together...
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First Munduruku anthropologist and archaeologist defend their undergraduate dissertations at the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará In late November and early December, Jair Boro Munduruku and Eliano Kirixi Munduruku defended their undergraduate dissertations, respectively in archaeology and anthropology, within the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará’s...
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Blanca Yagüe winner or the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2019 Blanca Yagüe, graduate student of the University of Utah , was one of the winners of a 2019 Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund Award of US$2,000 for her research on how indigenous peoples...
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