Tune in to this live presentation from São Paulo, Brazil. Writer, poet, and professor Eliane Potiguara will discuss the connection between water and Indigenous cultural preservation. This program is co-presented by the National Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP).
The talk will be livestreamed on MAC USP’s YouTube channel with simultaneous translation into English. No registration is required.
About the presenter
Eliane Potiguara (Potiguara Nation) is a writer, poet, and professor. In 2021, she became the first Indigenous woman to receive a Doctor Honoris Causa, which was awarded by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), her alma mater. She is founder of Grupo Mulher-Educação Indígena (GRUMIN; Women’s Group–Indigenous Education) and worked for the Universal Declaration of Indigenous Rights at the United Nations. In 2014, she received the title of Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit in Brazil. Her books include Metade cara, metade mascara (Half Face, Half Mask; 2004), A terra é a mãe do índio (The Earth is the Mother of the Indian, 1990), and O vento espalha minha voz originária (The Wind Spreads My Original Voice).