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Mecila
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We're an international centre for advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences, based in São Paulo.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 10h
MECAM hosts “Re-thinking Peace and Conflict Studies in a Postcolonial World”, where Mecila Fellow Izadora Xavier presents “Women’s Resistance in Brazil and Militarization.” During “Knowledge Diplomacy and South–South–North Cooperation”, Sérgio Costa and Tomaz Amorim also join the discussion.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 22d
Este evento híbrido, “Los impresos populares iberoamericanos del teatro al cine: fronteras culturales, voz y música en la circulación transnacional y preservación digital”, forma parte de la serie Diversity/Medialities: mecila.net/es/evento/lo...
Los impresos populares iberoamericanos del teatro al cine - Mecila
[Lectures Series Diversity | Medialities] Martes, 30 de septiembre de 2025 10:00–12:00 Ciudad de México 13:00–15:00 Buenos Aires / São Paulo 18:00–20:00 Berlín / Colonia Modalidad híbrida: Sala de…
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 22d
📅 30 de septiembre, evento híbrido
⌛ 10:00–12:00 Ciudad de México | 13:00–15:00 Buenos Aires/São Paulo
📍 Presencial: 18:00–20:00 | Sala de Conferencias, Instituto Ibero-Americano (IAI), Potsdamer Str. 37, 10785 Berlín.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 22d
También en cómo estos documentos reflejan una intensa circulación transnacional en América Latina, proveniente sobre todo del cine y difundida por las compañías disqueras, por las industrias farmacéuticas y por la propia industria cinematográfica.

🔶 Introducción: Carlos Nupia (IAI/Mecila)
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 22d
La conferencia de María Ana Masera Cerutti (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Investigadora Visitante IAI) se centrará en el análisis de los cancioneros publicados entre las décadas de 1930 y 1950.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 25d
🗓️ 18 September
⏰ 11 am – 1 pm
📍 CEBRAP Auditorium | Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615 – Vila Mariana, São Paulo

Working language: English

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Global Attacks on ‘Gender' - Mecila
18 September 11 am – 1 pm CEBRAP (Auditorium) | Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615 – Vila Mariana, São Paulo Global Attacks on ‘Gender’: How a Concept is Instrumentalized to Distract from Diverse…
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 25d
Julia Roth, Professor of American Studies with a focus on Gender Studies at Bielefeld University, will explore how the concept of gender is being instrumentalised and how attacks on gender rights have become a common strategy in right-wing political discourses across different regions.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 28d
: The second – “Academic Freedom in Turbulent Times” – was moderated by Laura Flamand (El Colegio de México, Mecila PI) and featured Encarnación Gutiérrez-Rodríguez (Goethe University Frankfurt, Mecila Advisory Board Member) and Juan Piovani (IdIHCS/UNLP/CONICET, Mecila PI).
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 28d

The first roundtable of the day – “Early Career Perspectives” – brought together Ana Maria Fonseca de Almeida (UNICAMP), Anja Grecko Lorenz (DWIH São Paulo), and Fernando Baldraia (Companhia das Letras, Former Mecila Fellow), with moderation by Moacyr Neves (University of São Paulo, Mecila PI).
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 28d
On the final day, Eduardo Neves (Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo) delivered the keynote lecture “The Social Construction of Nature by Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon,” —challenging the idea that they are “without history.”
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 28d
The Mecila Annual Meeting & Young Researchers Forum 2025 came to a close this Thursday, under the theme “Relational Approaches to Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America.”

🌻 We warmly thank all participants and the IEB for their generous hospitality!
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
🌎 No painel “‘Desenvolvimento’ e Justiça Climática em Disputa”, Igor de Sousa (Mecila Junior Fellow), Marco Teixeira (Mecila Urban Narratives Fellow) e Isadora Cardoso (Pesquisadora de Doutorado do Mecila) apresentaram suas pesquisas, com moderação de Sérgio Costa (Freie Universität Berlin).
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
✊ A mesa-redonda “Estratégias dos movimentos sociais diante de um mundo em crise” contou com Douglas Belchior (Coalizão Negra por Direitos, Uneafro), Cleber Ribeiro (Uniperiferias) e Jarê Pinagé (Engajamundo), que apresentaram experiências de luta e os desafios de enfrentar as múltiplas crises.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
Com base em uma “etnografia do código”, Rosa destacou estratégias desenvolvidas por comunidades indígenas sem acesso à infraestrutura digital para enfrentar desigualdades em seus territórios.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
👩‍💻 Na conferência “Desigualdades Digitais em Abya Yala”, Fernanda Rosa (Virginia Tech) apresentou uma análise sobre infraestrutura e governança da internet, e discutiu como o desenho das redes digitais reproduz desigualdades e impacta a justiça social.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
Carmen Silva, liderança do movimento, compartilhou a trajetória histórica de ocupação do centro da cidade por famílias trabalhadoras sem-teto, ressaltando sua contribuição para a transformação urbana.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · 29d
🏙️ Ontem o Mecila foi recebido calorosamente na Ocupação 9 de Julho, território de luta por moradia digna em São Paulo, com um almoço delicioso e um dia de atividades. Márcia Araújo, assistente social e militante do Movimento Sem-Teto do Centro (MTSC), nos guiou por uma visita pelos diversos espaços.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 5
Eduardo Neves is a professor and current director at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP), where he also coordinates the Laboratory of Tropical Archaeology. He directed the Central Amazon Project’s excavations and currently conducts field research in Rondônia, Acre, and Bolivia. (4/4)
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 5
🔸 Moderator: Samuel Barbosa (University of São Paulo, Mecila Principal Investigator)
📅 Thursday, 11 september, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 IEB-USP | Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 78 – Butantã, São Paulo

The lecture is part of the programme of the Mecila Annual Meeting & Young Researchers Forum 2025 (3/4)
2025 Annual Meeting Prog - Mecila
08-11 Sep [2025] Relational Approaches to Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America Mecila Annual Meeting and Young Researchers Forum 2025 Deforestation – Novo Progresso, Pará, Brazil, 2018.…
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 5
In this lecture, Eduardo Neves will present how in recent years this view has been challenged by archaeological research demonstrating that the Amazon was densely inhabited in the past and that its Indigenous peoples modified nature, contradicting older environmental determinist hypotheses. (2/4)
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 5
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Amazon region was viewed as a peripheral area within the context of ancient South American history. This perspective has underpinned public policies based on the premise that this vast region was always sparsely populated due to environmental limitations. (1/4)
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 4
We are delighted with the possibility of continuing our work, producing quality academic research, and connecting people from diverse backgrounds and regions of the world. Long live international cooperation, long live high quality research in and on Latin America, and long live Mecila! 🎉
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 4
Interdisciplinarity and intergenerational collaboration were noted as the Centre's particular strengths. Mecila's current funding phase ends in March. To assess the project's achievements, an evaluation was held this week with representatives from the BMFTR, the DLR, and invited expert professors.
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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Sep 4
This afternoon, an evaluation committee unanimously and enthusiastically recommended the continuation of Mecila for the period 2026-2029. The committee highlighted the significance of its academic results and the vast collaborative network it has fostered between academia and civil society.
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