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Three FFLCH projects are included in the call for proposals for Culture and Extension.

The initiatives, which include the Afro-Sampas project: dissemination of research with African musicians residing in São Paulo, by Professor Rose Satiko, encompass several areas, such as anthropology, music, African studies, cinema, geopolitics, international relations and linguistics. See more at fflch.usp.br/2290 .

In spite of all the pressures of the society that surrounds it, the Ticuna people - who live in the Alto Solimões, on the triple Brazil-Peru-Colombia border - preserved one of their most important ceremonies, the Festa da Moça Nova. Check out the video and report by José Tadeu Arantes: https://bit.ly/2AEhy0G

It is a complex ritual of female initiation, lasting three days, investigated in depth by anthropologist Edson Matarezio. Postdoctoral fellow at Centro de Estudos Ameríndios - CEstA / USP, under the supervision of Marta Amoroso, Matarezio recently launched a book About the subject .

Link to the full documentaries: https://bit.ly/3b3IWSd
More information about the book: http://cesta.fflch.usp.br/en/node/1343

Calls to nº 6 of the Gesture, Image and Sound- Anthropology Journal are now open. Submit your work by Sep 1, 2020!
www.revistas.usp.br/gis

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