Conference “From agrobiodiversity to pyrodiversity: SATs as a method and biocultural heritage as a horizon”

We invite you to the second edition of the RESPIRO Study Cycle, which will feature the participation of researcher Laure Emperaire — IRD/France —, a leading figure in debates on agrobiodiversity, traditional agricultural systems, and biocultural heritage.

RESPIRO — Restoring the Pyrodiversity of the Cerrado is a FAPESP Young Researcher Project, linked to the BIOTA-FAPESP Program, which investigates the role of traditional peoples and communities in the production, maintenance, and restoration of pyrodiversity in the Cerrado. The project articulates anthropology, fire ecology, agrobiodiversity, traditional agricultural systems, remote sensing, archaeology, paleoecology, and audiovisual production to understand fire regimes associated with biocultural heritage such as the golden grass of Jalapão, the everlasting flowers of Serra do Espinhaço, and the traditional cheese of Serra da Canastra.

In this edition, Laure Emperaire will present the lecture “From Agrobiodiversity to Pyrodiversity: Traditional Agricultural Systems as a Method and Biocultural Heritage as a Horizon”. The event will be an opportunity to discuss the shift from debates on agrobiodiversity and Traditional Agricultural Systems to the issue of pyrodiversity, taking biocultural heritage as an analytical, methodological, and political horizon.

Speaker: Laure Emperaire
Institution: IRD/France
Title: From Agrobiodiversity to Pyrodiversity: Traditional Agricultural Systems as a Method and Biocultural Heritage as a Horizon
Date: May 22, 2026
Time: 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Location: Maison du CNRS, Praça dos Bancos, Butantã Campus, University of São Paulo

The RESPIRO Study Cycle is supported by CHAMA — Collective of Anthropology, Environment and Biotechnodiversity; IRL 2034 Worlds in Transition; BIOTA-FAPESP Program; Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology — LISA/USP; Center for Amerindian Studies — CEstA/USP; Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at USP — PPGAS/USP; and FFLCH/USP.

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