Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latin America
Related: About this forumBrazil's first Indigenous curator: 'We're not afraid anymore'
Brazil's first Indigenous curator: 'We're not afraid anymore'
A photo provided by Sallisa Rosa, a knife that represents survival and resistance for rural Indigenous workers, part of Sallisa Rosas series Resistance. Brazils first Indigenous art curator, Sandra Benites, who grew up with the Guaraní Ñandeva people in the village of Porto Lindo, wants to use art like Rosas to bridge the gap between Indigenous Brazilians and those from other backgrounds. Sallisa Rosa via The New York Times.
by Jill Langlois
SAO PAULO (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Sandra Benites work is all about finding common ground. As Brazils first indigenous art curator, the 45-year-old educator, who grew up with the Guaraní Ñandeva people in the village of Porto Lindo, wants to use art to bridge the gap between indigenous Brazilians and those from other backgrounds.
She is searching for a way to show their commonality and is looking to represent many of her countrys 305 ethnic groups in Indigenous Stories, a yearlong exhibition of global indigenous art set to take place at the Museum of Art of São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, known as MASP, in 2021.
That shared thread, she said, will come in examples of storytelling and the profound connection all indigenous Brazilians have to their land.
My favorite thing is to look at the narrative everyone has their own way of telling a story, Benites said. But what unites indigenous people, she added, is our vision of the world and how it relates to our territory. As one of several curators of Indigenous Stories, she will organize an exhibition that features sculpture, paintings, photographs, dance, narrative song, performance and audiovisual art associated with the land.
In recent months, Brazils indigenous land has been at the center of a battle between the current administration of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, and environmental activists, many of whom are indigenous. As fires raged toward the end of 2019 across the Amazon in the countrys north, indigenous leaders called for an end to the decadeslong deforestation of the rainforest, along with the violent attacks on leaders who were trying to protect their land. Illegal miners, loggers, farmers and ranchers became emboldened by a president who promised not to give one more centimeter of land to indigenous people so that it could be used, instead, for activities he deemed more lucrative for the countrys economy.
More:
https://artdaily.cc/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=123833#.XssqVjpKjDc
x
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
2 replies, 662 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (3)
ReplyReply to this post
2 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Brazil's first Indigenous curator: 'We're not afraid anymore' (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
May 2020
OP
niyad
(113,029 posts)1. Thank you so much for sharing this.
safeinOhio
(32,632 posts)2. How far backward can
history march?