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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, March 18, 2022 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
  \n Online, Zoom \n\nSpeakers \nRoss Swanson \n\nDescription: \nThe Latin
  American Studies program is pleased to invite you to a lecture by one of 
 the LAS Fellows for 2021-22, Ross Swanson.About the Presentation First pu
 blished in French in 2010, The Falling Sky by the Yanomami shaman and act
 ivist Davi Kopenawa has been described as a 'cosmoecological manifesto' by
  collaborator and translator, French anthropologist Bruce Albert. In the 
 book, Kopenawa develops a shamanic analysis of the ills of colonialism an
 d extractivism, particularly garimpo (informal gold prospecting), and wa
 rns of the impending collapse of the sky.In this talk, I examine the ways
  that Kopenawa and his collaborators, including Albert and other non-indi
 genous commentators, attempt to negotiate the restrictions imposed on ind
 igenous discourse under what Elizabeth Povinelli calls “geontopower.” Alth
 ough these strategies may be effective, they also risk the imposition of 
 Western terms of analysis on Kopenawa’s message for political effect. I en
 d by reflecting on how The Falling Sky contributes to the construction of 
 the Amazonian shaman as a ‘diplomat’ capable of bridging Western and indig
 enous ontological ‘worlds.’About the Presenter Ross Swanson is a Latin Ame
 rican Studies Fellow for 2021-2022 and a PhD candidate in the Department o
 f Spanish & Portuguese. His dissertation research examines how Latin Ameri
 can writers and filmmakers have mobilized the figure of the Amazonian sham
 an in search of new perspectives and critical authority on issues like ext
 ractivism, climate change, and the continuing impact of colonialism in t
 he region. \n\nContact Information: \n Berenice Villagomez comm.spanport@u
 toronto.ca Department of Spanish & Portuguese \n\nSponsors \nDepartment of
  Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American Studies program \n\nCategories \n L
 ectures and Conferences \n\nAudiences \n Latin American StudiesSpanish
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SUMMARY:Strategies of Shamanic Diplomacy in Davi Kopenawa's 'The Sky is Fal
 ling'
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