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Jeremy DeSilva, Holly Dunsworth & Augustin Fuentes: A Most Interesting Problem -- What Darwin's Descent of Man Got Wrong

Jeremy DeSilva, Holly Dunsworth & Augustin Fuentes: A Most Interesting Problem -- What Darwin's Descent of Man Got Wrong
Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 6:00 pm

In 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called “the highest and most interesting problem for the naturalist.” A Most Interesting Problem brings together twelve world-class scholars and science communicators to...

Anthropology Day "ESCAPE THE ROOM"

Anthropology Day "ESCAPE THE ROOM"
Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 7:00 pm
Celebrating Anthropology Day Join us for a fun hour of Escape The Room! Anthropology majors only. Registration Required, click here.

How Indigenous Peoples Created Brazilian Biomes

How Indigenous Peoples Created Brazilian Biomes
Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:30 pm

A Brazil LAB event with Eduardo Neves and Tiffany C. Fryer. Moderated by Carlos Fausto.

Location: Brazil LAB YouTube Channel
Speaker(s):
Eduardo Neves
University of São Paulo
Discussant: Tiffany Fryer
Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows, Princeton University

Being with Others: Language and Ethical Relationality among Thirunangai Transgender Women in Chennai, India

Being with Others: Language and Ethical Relationality among Thirunangai Transgender Women in Chennai, India
Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 12:00 pm

The Tamil word ‘Thirunangai’ is currently the most preferred and widely used identity label among transgender women in Chennai. Free of pejorative meanings, indexing linguistic and cultural specificity, eschewing religious connotations, and commanding juridical recognition, ‘Thirunangai’ has had a remarkable uptake as a label of collective self...

Unhinged: On Ethnographic Games of Doubt and Certainty

Unhinged: On Ethnographic Games of Doubt and Certainty
Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 4:30 pm

With special commentary from João de Pina-Cabral, University of Lisbon

Speaker(s):

Wintersession Workshop: “Safeguarding Amazonia”

Wintersession Workshop: “Safeguarding Amazonia”
Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 3:00 pm

The opening session of the Princeton Wintersession workshop “Safeguarding Amazonia” — based on the innovative work of Brazilian startup MapBiomas — will be live-streamed for the public beginning at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, on the Brazil LAB’s YouTube channel.

Location: Brazil LAB YouTube Channel
Speaker(s):
Tasso Azevedo
MapBiomas Director
Cesar Diniz
MapBiomas Coordinator

Work-in-Progress: Mark Drury

Work-in-Progress: Mark Drury
Thu, Dec 3, 2020, 4:30 pm

“They film us…we film them”: Human Rights Activism and Proliferating Forms of Veillance in the Western Sahara Conflict 

Register here for the talk.
Location: Virtually via Zoom
Speaker(s):
Mark Drury
Princeton University

Musical Concert Agora Clarice and Sonic Platform Clarice 100 Years

Musical Concert Agora Clarice and Sonic Platform Clarice 100 Years
Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:00 pm

Musical Concert and Sonic Platform Honoring Clarice Lispector’s Life and Work

The Cene Scene: Centering Indigenous and Black Environments

Clarice Lispector, 100 Years: A Tribute to Her Life and Work

Clarice Lispector, 100 Years: A Tribute to Her Life and Work
Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 2:00 pm

A conference organized by the Brazil LAB and the Lewis Center for the Arts. Live-streamed to the Brazil LAB YouTube Channel.

Everything in the world began with a yes.
One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. 
- The Hour of the...

Location: Brazil LAB YouTube Channel
Speaker(s):
Jhumpa Lahiri
Author and Director of the Creative Writing Program, Lewis Center for the Arts
Paul Gurgel Valente
Clairce Lispector's son and literary executor
Idra Novey
Lecturer in Creative Writing Lewis Center for the Arts

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