Black Lives Matter in a Global Context
The Middlebury School in Brazil will be collaborating with Tulane University in their Global Perspectives series module on Black Lives Matter in the Global Context, a discussion of the international repercussions of Black Lives Matter, intersections of race and police brutality, and student initiatives to combat institutionalized racism in local university contexts across the globe.
Please join us for the Fall 2020 events with Associate Professor and Director Sílvia Lorenso and a student moderator from Tulane University.
Fall 2020 Events
Zoom
Film discussion: Uma onda no Ar
Language: introduction in Portuguese
questions and comments welcome in Portuguese, English, or Spanish
Film discussion: Uma onda no Ar, by Helvécio Raton
This is a movie based on the history of Rádio Favela FM, a community radio station in a Belo Horizonte slum called Aglomerado da Serra.
(warning: some scenes contain graphic violence)
Facilitators:
Sílvia Lorenso, Associate Professor and Director, Middlebury School in Brazil
Josemeire Alves, History Professor, Unicamp/FLACSO
Watch the Film (under “películas y documentales” section)
Zoom
The Language of Race and Anti-Racism in the Brazilian Context
Language: introduction in Portuguese
questions and comments welcome in Portuguese, English, or Spanish
Conversation with:
Sílvia Lorenso, Associate Professor and Director, Middlebury School in Brazil
Gabriel Nascimento, Professor at Universidade Federal do Recôncavo Bahiano; author or Linguistic Racism (Letramento, 2020)
Joel Windle, Professor at the Universidade Federal Fluminense
Zoom
Hip Hop and Brazil’s X-Ray: 30 years of Racionais MC’s
Language: introduction in Portuguese
questions and comments welcome in Portuguese, English, or Spanish
Conversation with:
Sílvia Lorenso, Associate Professor and Director, Middlebury School in Brazil
Jaqueline Santos, PhD, Anthropology. Universidade de Campinas
Watch the music video Negro Drama and Entrevista Mano Brown before discussion
Zoom
Film discussion: Ó Pai, Ó – Carnaval and the intersectionality of oppressions in Salvador/Bahia
Language: introduction in Portuguese
questions and comments welcome in Portuguese, English, or Spanish
Facilitators:
Sílvia Lorenso, Associate Professor and Director, Middlebury School in Brazil
Guimário Nascimento, History Teacher, Colégio Nossa Senhora Soledad, Salvador
Tatiane Cerqueira, Mestre and PhD student at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC
Recommended: Watch the film (under “películas y documentales” section)
Warning: some scenes in the film contain graphic violence and sex
Zoom
New faces and voices in Contemporary Brazilian Literature: Language, Race, Gender and Class
Language: introduction in Portuguese
questions and comments welcome in Portuguese, English, or Spanish
Facilitators:
Sílvia Lorenso, Associate Professor and Director, Middlebury School in Brazil
Guest speaker TBA
Recommended documentary before the discussion: Povo lindo, Povo inteligente: Sarau da Cooperifa