DRCLAS-Brazil-list November 2007

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ReVista - Dance Issue - Brazil Related Articles

by Marcio Siwi

ReVista /Dance!: Global Transformations of Latin American Culture/ Online NOW Please go to http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/issues/view/547 to check out the latest issue of the DRCLAS Harvard Review of Latin American! See Press release below! There is a large selection of articles on Brazil. Please click on the following links to read about dance in Brazil: Tango, Samba, Modernity and Nation <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/972> /Florencia Garramuño/ Creating Global Citizens in Rio Favelas <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/985> /Jennifer Wynn/ The Impact of Japanese Culture on Brazilian Dances <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/989> /Christine Greiner/ Forró Music in a Transnational Setting <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/990> /Megwen Loveless/ The Fun of Forró <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/991> /Kathleen Hunt/ Brazilian Breakdancing <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/992> /Scott Ruescher/ The Meanings of Samba <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/998> /Rowan Ireland/ Caboclo Ritual Dance <http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/1000> /Daniel Piper/ Cambridge, [October 10, 2007] -- What's happening in dance in Latin America? There's Welsh dance in Argentina and Japanese dance in Brazil; there's more than just salsa in New York; and well, dance is more than just dance. Dance in Latin American is a tool for enacting social change, it's a form of youth empowerment, it's a way for immigrants to hold on to ethnic roots and identity in foreign countries, and its something Harvard students and professors not only write about, but do. The Fall issue of /ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America /presents "Dance!: Global Transformations of Latin American Culture," an issue that explores the growing presence of Latin American Dance international and the multiple roles it plays: from tourism to combating social ills, across the world. /Dance! /coincides with a major conference, /Tango! Global Transformations of Latin American Culture/, to be held at Harvard October 26 and 27. Published by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, /ReVista/ focuses on different themes in Latin America and is distributed free of charge throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe to thousands of readers. In this special issue on dance, authors from the United States, Latin America and Australia--- professors, dancers students, and community activists---discuss their varying experiences and perspectives on dance in Latin America. The issue features essays in English, paintings, drawings and photographs, along with accounts in Portuguese and Spanish. Dance promotes understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural present in the art form of dance throughout Latin America. Many of the articles focus on dance as a tool for social empowerment, bringing to the readers' attention that dance is not simply an art form, but also a mean of creating political and social change. The Dance! issue also focus on the following themes: Tango!, Transforming Lives, The Diaspora Dances, Shaping Identity, Beyond the Tourist Gaze and Making a Difference. Beyond looking at the presence and different styles of dance in Latin American countries, Dance! also looks at the multiple roles dance can play in cultures across Latin America, Spain and Latino communities in the United States. Subscriptions and individual copies of Revista are available free of charge. Educators who wish multiple copies of ReVista for classroom use are encouraged to pay postage costs, and donations are welcomed to cover library subscriptions to Latin America. You may sign up for subscriptions (which will not include the dance issue) on-line. /ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America's winter issue Dance!/ will be available on October 19, 2007 and shortly thereafter on the DRCLAS website at http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/publications/revista. For classroom copies or press information, please contact: June Carolyn Erlick Editor-in-chief, /ReVista/ DRCLAS 1730 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Publications Director at jerlick(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:drpub@fas.harvard.edu> or 617-495-5428.

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Conversa - Today

by Marcio Siwi

The Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS presents Conversa: Lula I and II: A Political and Economic Assessment With Werner Baer ‘58, Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois and Joe Love ‘61, Professor of History Emeritus at University of Illinois. Moderated by Kenneth Maxwell, Director, Brazil Studies Program Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007 Time: 12:15-1:45 pm Location: CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund. For further information, please contact Marcio Siwi, at msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu. -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Related Events at Harvard

by Marcio Siwi

_*Upcoming Brazil Related Events at Harvard *_ *11/13 - Today* Tuesday Seminar: Lula's Politics of Cunning: From Trade Unionism to the Brazilian Presidency With: John D. French, Associate Professor, Duke University Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm Location: CGIS South S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Monica Tesoriero, smtesor(a)fas.harvard.edu *11/13 - Today* "Education in Brazil: can proprietary schools succeed where the public sector failed?" A Conversation with Claudio de Moura Castro When: Tuesday, November 13th 2-4pm Where: Gutman Library - Room 302, Harvard Graduate School of Education Claudio de Moura Castro is a Brazilian economist. He studied Economics at the University of Minas Gerais, has a Master Degree from Yale Universtiy, did one year doctoral work at the University of California (Berkeley) and has a Ph.D. in Economics from Vanderbilt University. He taught at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, the Vargas Foundation, the University of Chicago, the University of Brasilia, the University of Geneva and the University of Burgundy (Dijon). He was Technical Coordinator of the ECIEL research project on education (comprising ten Latin American countries), was the director of CAPES (Brazilian Agency for Post-Graduate Education) and was the Executive Secretary of CNRH (the Brazilian social policy institute of the Planning Secretariat). Chief of the Training Policies Branch of the International Labour Office (Geneva) between 1986 and 1992. He also worked in a Technical Division of the World Bank as Senior Human Resource Economist, was Division Chief of the Social Programs Division of the Interamerican Development Bank and then the Chief Educational Advisor of the same Bank. Presently he is the President of the Advisory Council of Faculdade Pitágoras. Castro has published over thirty five books and around three hundred scholarly articles. His main fields of research are labor markets, social and economic aspects of education, vocational training and science and technology policies. This event is sponsored by The International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Latin American and Caribbean Education Network (LACE) student organization. *11/14* History/Brazil Studies Workshop: The Revolt of the Whip: Brazil's Black Potemkin With: Joseph Love, Professor of History at University of Illinois. Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Time: 6:00- 7:30 pm Location: CGIS S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund. For further information, please contact Marcio Siwi, at msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu. *11/15* Conversa: Lula I and II: A Political and Economic Assessment With Werner Baer '58, Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois and Joe Love '61, Professor of History Emeritus at University of Illinois. Moderated by Kenneth Maxwell, Director, Brazil Studies Program Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007 Time: 12:15-1:45 pm Location: CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund. For further information, please contact Marcio Siwi, at msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu. *11/16 * Bate-Papo Date: Friday, November 16, 2007 Time: 4:00-5:30 pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS S-216 Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting. Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. _*Upcoming Brazil related events in the Boston Area*_ *11/16* The Brazilian Women's Group presents: Popcorn show - "Grandma has a video camera" Friday, November 16, 2007 | 7 pm St. Elizabeth's Medical Center's Seton Auditorium (736 Cambridge Street, Brighton 02135) A 1-hour documentary by Tânia Cypriano about the use of home video by a family of Brazilian immigrants, which portrays their lives in the United States for over twenty years. From enchantment to disillusionment, from idealization to conformity, first-hand images and voices depict how newly arriving immigrants see their new world, and struggle to establish their final home. Premiered at the Latinbeat 2007 Festival, September, New York. For more information: http://grandmahasavideocamera.blogspot.com/ -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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DRCLAS-Brazil-list November 2007