The Environment in Brazilian Culture

Speaker(s):
Jens Andermann – New York University
Juan-Carlos Galeano – Florida State University
Gabriel Giorgi – New York University
Maria Esther Maciel – Federal University of Minas Gerais
Malcolm McNee – Smith College
Victor Mendes – University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Victoria Saramago – University of Chicago
Patrícia Vieira – Georgetown University

Event Type: Forum Discussion / Lecture

Date and Time: Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 10:00am to 6:00pm

Location: Regents Hall, Suite 391, 3700 O St. NW

Description: This conference brings together talks on various aspects of Brazilian culture and its relation to the environment, including ecocriticism in literature and cinema, plants and animals in Brazilian writings, colonial and postcolonial perceptions of the environment, Brazilian critiques of anthropocentrism, etc.

Schedule

Welcoming Remarks (10:00 am)

Vivaldo Santos

Director of the Portuguese Program, Georgetown University

Morning Session (10:30 am-12:30 pm)

Gabriel Giorgi – New York University

The Geological Agent: Non-Human Temporalities and the Question of the Contemporary

Juan-Carlos Galeano – Florida State University

Amazonian Poetry

Maria Esther Maciel – Federal University of Minas Gerais

The Zoopoetics of Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Afternoon Session I (2:00 pm-4:00 pm)

Victor Mendes – University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

The First and Second Environments of Brás Cubas

Victoria Saramago – University of Chicago

Rebuilding the Sertão: Mimesis and Environment in Grande Sertão: Veredas

Patrícia Vieira – Georgetown University

Amazonian Zoophytographia

Afternoon Session II (4:30pm-6pm)

Malcolm McNee – Smith College

The Pluriversed Landscapes of Josely Vianna Baptista

Jens Andermann – New York University

Bio-art and Unspecific Lives