The Center for Amerindian Studies – CEstA/USP and the Consulate General of France in São Paulo invite you to:
Ethnology, ecology and activism: mapping possible worlds – Conversation with Philippe Descola (Collège de France, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale)
In this conversation, Philippe Descola will talk about his long-standing research into the relationship between the social world and the natural world – with an emphasis on his experience with the Achuar (Ecuadorian Amazon) – seeking a connection with the movement known as the Levante da Earth (Soulèvement de la Terre), which seeks, in present-day France, to compose other forms of coexistence with the planet and its inhabitants, which means establishing brakes on the predatory expansion of industrial capitalism and, consequently, on the destruction of the conditions of habitability. How can all of this help us think about the Brazilian case, with its land conflicts, its struggles for the recovery of indigenous and quilombola lands, its ecological agendas?
The event must take place mainly in Spanish.
The conversation will be mediated by professors Renato Sztutman (DA/USP, CEstA/USP) and Stelio Marras (IEB/USP and CEstA/USP).
On September 21st, at 10am, in room 14 of the Philosophy and Social Sciences Building at USP.
Suggested reading: The ecology of others (Chicago, Prickly Paradigm Press, 2013).
About connections with Soulèvement de la Terre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWTxwtC6N0
https://reporterre.net/Philippe- Descola-Darmanin-fait-de-la-vieille-politique-au-service-du-vieux-monde