FGV CPDOC to Host Apinajé Project Seminar in December
From December 16 to 18, the School of Social Sciences at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV CPDOC) will hold the Apinajé Project Seminar to present preliminary results of the project Indigenous Documentary Heritage: A Collaborative Effort Between FGV CPDOC and the Apinajé People. The project aims to establish a historical and cultural heritage that reinforces the historical, cultural, and personal significance of the Apinajé people. The seminar will take place in Auditorium 1027 at FGV’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Registration is available through this link.
The event, which will also be streamed online, will feature special participation from researchers and Apinajé Indigenous representatives to discuss not only the project’s developments but also the process of organizing the archive of anthropologist Roberto DaMatta and the research conducted by Játpok Silivan Apinajé, Ninhô Emílio Apinajé, and Iremex Andressa Apinajé—students in the Professional Master’s Program in Cultural Assets and Social Projects at FGV CPDOC. The program will also include a presentation on Apinajé Indigenous women.
In addition, the seminar will include the launch of the second documentary produced as part of the project, titled Kunnuka, which, according to FGV CPDOC Director Celso Castro, portrays a highly significant ritual for the Apinajé. “This ritual had not been performed in 70 years and had never been filmed,” the director noted.
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