Friday 15 November 2019
6pm - 7:30pm
Wolfson Theathre, Lower Ground of the New Academic Building
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a Brazilian indigenous land defender, was killed on November 1st. The murder is the latest outcome of an enduring and extremely violent conflict between loggers and indigenous people. Paulo’s death raises once more a pressing question not only in Brazil but in the world: how to protect local peoples’ rights in the context of an expanding extractive/agroindustrial frontier?
In this talk, leaders of Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation (APIB) will debate the threats to indigenous people and what is being done about it. APIB is currently promoting the campaign “Indigenous Blood: Not a Single Drop More”, created to pressure the Brazilian government and agribusiness companies to comply with international agreements on climate change and human rights.
Dr Natalia Buitron, research fellow in LSE's Department of Anthropology, will be the chair of the discussion.
The event will happen on 15th November, from 6 to 7.30 pm. APIB’s lecturers will speak in Portuguese, but there will be translation to English.
This event is in collaboration with the LSESU Brazilian Society and Survival International the global movement for indigenous and tribal peoples.
Speakers’ bios:
Dr Natalia Buitron’s research explores political subjectivities in indigenous South America, specifically how broader political and economic forms interweave with moral selfhood, sociality and religion in daily life. She is a regional specialist of Latin America, with particular focus on Greater Amazonia. Building on her doctoral research, her book project titled ‘Indigenous Development: Territorial Autonomy and Vernacular Statecraft in Millennial Amazonia’ explores the remaking of indigenous landscapes and institutions in articulation with the modern state
Ângela Kaxuyana is a Brazilian indigenous activist of the indigenous territory Kaxuyana Tunayana. She is a member of the Coordination of the Indigenous Organisations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) and of the National Indigenous Foundation (Funai) in the Amazonic region.
Célia Xakriabá is an Anthropology researcher and professor and has already worked for Minas Gerais’s state Education Office. Having acted as an activist she was 13 years old, Celia fights for a larger presence of indigenous women in key social institutions, such as the government and universities.
Erisvan Guajajara is an indigenous native of the Arariboia Indigenous Land in Brazil, who is engaged in the struggle to occupy the media spaces, bringing the silenced voice of the original indigenous peoples to the world.
Tickets are available here!
Unfortunately, the tickets have gone sold out very quickly, but we don't want anyone to miss out. So, because usually there are some no-shows on the day of the event, we will be letting people in first come first serve. We have moved to a much bigger room, so this should be no problem. The queue will start at 5:30 pm. We will do our best to accommodate everyone, so make sure you show up!