Featuring Wilson Rocha. Fall 2024 Abstract: Wilson Rocha is a Federal Prosecutor with a Master’s degree in History from the Federal University of Goiás and a Master’s degree in Constitutional Law from the University of Seville in Spain. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Territórios Vivos Project, a Voluntary Geographic Information System […]

Featuring Dione Torquato. Fall 2024 Abstract: In this powerful lecture, Dione Torquato—a rubber tapper from the National Forest of Tefé and Secretary-General of Brazil’s National Council of Extractive Populations (CNS)—presents a compelling case for why defending traditional territories in the Amazon is inseparable from achieving environmental justice and sustainable development. Drawing on his lived experience […]

Featuring Juliana Tupinambá. Fall 2024 Abstract: Juliana, a woman of the Tupinambá people from Olivença in Bahia, offers a powerful account of historical injustice and present-day resistance rooted in her community’s deep connection to territory. Speaking from lived experience, she interweaves personal testimony, political critique, and anthropological reflections to expose the long arc of violence […]

Featuring Ana Terra and Josiane dos Santos. Fall 2024 Abstract: Ana Terra Reis is Brazil’s Secretary for Food Sovereignty, Cooperativism, and Supply within the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture. Josiane, also with the Ministry, coordinates policies related to productive chains and brings direct experience from agrarian reform settlements. Their joint talk explores how […]

Overview of the Project: Brazil is Latin America’s largest country, home to over 200 million people and some of the world’s most biodiverse regions. This natural wealth is deeply intertwined with the lives of numerous communities that continue to grapple with the country’s colonial legacy. Today, Brazil’s grassroots movements and local communities still struggle to […]