Upcoming
Dancing the land, dancing the body: Indigenous stories from Brazil through Photovoice
Pole-to-Pole lead researcher, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima, presented “Gallery TRANSFORMING” at 2001 McGill College on Monday 5 February from 4pm – 7pm.
Past
Dancing with the land, dancing with the body: Indigenous stories from Brazil through Photovoice
Pole-to-Pole lead researcher, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima, presented “Gallery TRANSFORMING” at 2001 McGill College between 12 and 14 November 2023.
Experiências e educação com os saberes Indígenas [Experiences and education based on Indigenous knowledge]
On April 12, 2023, Pole-to-Pole lead researcher, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima, participated in the Experiências e educação com os saberes Indígenas forum at the Universidade de Uberaba in Brazil. This was a great opportunity to share and discuss the importance of Indigenous knowledges in education.
Presença Indígena na Dança do Distrito Federal [Indigenous presence in the Dance of the Federal District]
On May 23, 2023, Pole-to-Pole lead researcher, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima, and on-site coordinator in Brasília, Dr. Diego Pizarro, participated in a dialogue with Indigenous youth in Brasília. During the discussion, the experiences of indigenous people were discussed at the Instituto Federal de Brasilia (Brasília, DF).
Povos Indígenas: Diversidades Sociolinguísticas e os Territórios Originários [Indigenous peoples: sociolinguistic diversities and original territories]
On May 14, 2023, during her fieldwork in Porto Seguro, Brasil, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima and on-site Coordinator, Dr. Edson Kayapó participated in the round table entitled Povos Indígenas: Diversidades Sociolinguísticas e os Territórios Originários at the Instituto Federal de Bahia in Brazil. This event featured Indigenous leaders, scholars and activists from Brazil.
Healing the World: The Leadership of Young Indigenous Dancers During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Americas
On May 12, 2023, Pole-to-Pole lead researcher, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima, participated of the Dance Studies Association’s 2023 Conference symposia: Movement, Mobility, Reciprocity – Radical Acts of Translation: Mobilizing Reciprocities Across Bodily Arts. This talk exposed the leadership of Indigenous girls and women in the Americas and their efforts to contribute to healing the world through their dances.
Words are not enough: Care through dance for preventing sexual gender-based violence against Indigenous women – Dancing Resilience: Dance Studies and Activism in a Global Age
On October 14-16, 2022, Dr. Déborah Maia de Lima presented in the Dancing Resilience: Dance Studies and Activism in a Global Age Conference from the Dance Studies Association at Vancouver, British Columbia. The presentation was part of the HUB Co-Imagining Cross-Cultural and Anti-colonial Research: Looking for Radical Pedagogies and Artistic Micro-activisms, which addressed the paucity of initiatives that examine the use of dances and body-based approaches in the field of education, especially as a source of empowerment for Indigenous girls and young women. This group also discussed how the emergence of youth-led Indigenous movements foster self-care and emotional empowerment through dances during the pandemic.
DANCING WITH THE LAND 