In this piece I consider this new technique of what liberal theorists might call “righting wrongs” and what others might call simply managing the colony or fomenting empire by another means.  Empire – the extension of jurisdiction of people of sovereignty into the territories waters, jusrisdictions and cultures of others is...

Title: "Lost and Found"

This lecture concerns the way that lost objects swell in our imagination to take on a life of their own and destabilize reality, begging for alternative forms of writing (and lecturing), especially the making of lists.

Aparecida Vilaça is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Vilaça studies socio-cultural changes among indigenous peoples in Brazil, with an emphasis on conversion to Christianity and schooling.  She has carried out ethnographic research among the Wari’ people in Southwestern Amazonia for...