http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/brazil Upcoming Conference & Exhibition in São Paulo: “Visible Rights: Photography for and by Youth” December 7-9, 2006 - São Paulo, Brazil Centro Universitário Senac – Campus Santo Amaro Working with artists, educators, child rights advocates, and scholars, “Visible Rights: Photography for and by Youth” will explore the role that photography can play in facilitating children’s agency and promoting their rights by placing cameras in the hands of youth, giving them the power of self-representation. The goal for the conference is to identify best practices among practitioners and scholars; to promote synergies in a network of collaborations, publications, workshops, and internships; and to encourage intervention through creative, non aggressive practices. Speakers will include faculty from Harvard, Duke, Brown, Boston College, NYU, Universidad Autónoma de México, Senac, and USP, as well as NGO pioneers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Thailand and the United States. This Cultural Agents conference is supported by the Lemann Fund of the Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Centro Universitário Senac, UNESCO, and UNICEF. For full schedule and other info (in both English & Portuguese), see: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/index.pl/brazil_events/photography_youth Tomás Galli de Amorim Program Officer / Gerente de Projetos e Pesquisas David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Harvard University Av. Paulista, 1337 - cj 171 São Paulo, SP 01311-200 Tel: +55-11-3549-9592 Fax: +55-11-3549-9595 amorim(a)fas.harvard.edu http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/brazil