In June, Mecila welcomes Professor Ángel Ramírez, from the Palta people of Ecuador and Vice-Rector for Research and Extension at the Universidad Intercultural de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indígenas Amawtay Wasi (UINPIAW) for a brief visit in São Paulo.
On June 29th (Thursday), Ángel Ramírez will participate in two activities organized by Mecila in partnership with the Center for Amerindian Studies (CestA-USP) and the Kaapora Chair (Unifesp) in room 8 of the Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFLCH-USP).
At 2 pm there will be a conversation on interculturality in indigenous degrees with Ángel Ramírez (UINPIAW), Valéria Macedo (Unifesp) and professors involved in the intercultural indigenous degree to be created at Unifesp.
After a short break, Ángel Ramírez's open lecture on “Intercultural Management of Knowledge, Decoloniality and Collective Intellectual Property” will begin at 5:30 pm, with comments by Tiago Nhandewa (PPGAS/USP). The lecture will be broadcast live on Mecila's YouTube channel.