EU/MEUS ORIXÁS

PUBLICATIONS: First research blog post: Feb 6, 2024. Read here.

COLLABORATION Universidad Federal de Bahia, Salvador de Bahia: Center for Studies of Bodies, Sensibilities and Environments (ECSAS) / Afro-Indigenous Studies: Profa. Luciana Duccini, Professors at the Department of Sociology, Researcher in the Afro-Indigenous Studies Group and Candomblé initiate Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts (PPGAC): Profa. Joice Aglae Brondani, program coordinator and professor at the School of Theatre, Candomblé initiate and co-leader of “Ancestralidades em rede” (see below)

COLLABORATION Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro: School of Physical Education and Sports / research group “Ancestralidades em Rede”, uniting academics, artists, and the community, led by Profa. Katya Souza Gualter, School director and professor, Departemento de Arte Corporal

COLLABORATION Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France: Laboratoire d’Anthropologie et de Psychologie Cognitives, Cliniques et Sociale (LAPCOS): Prof. Arnaud Halloy, Professor in Anthropology and initiate of the Xangô cult of Refice

ACTIVITIES:

29 May 2024: lecture-performance @ Goethe-Institut Salvador–Bahia (Theatre), followed by a discussion with Prof. Moises Lino e Silva (UFBA, Dept. of Anthropology) and TBC; project page

22 March 2024: In-situ performance EU, IROKO @ Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Bahia as part of the Mês da Mulher activites; Instagram post MAC Bahia; project page General Humanity

Visiting Scholar @ ECSAS and Visiting Professor @ PPGAC, Universidade Federal da Bahia, February-March 24: Research exchange, audiovisual exploration and video interviews at various Candomblé terreiros of Salvador: Ilê Axé Torrundê (Paripe), Mãe Nete de Gantois (Brotas), Ilê Axé Opó Afonjá or Casa de Xangô (Cabula), Casa Branca (Engenho Velho da Federação), Ilê Oba Ilesa (Pero Vaz), and at public ceremonies such as the Festa de Iemanja.

SUPPORT: Funded by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media / International Cultural Exchange Program (research & exchange)