Brazil Abroad
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Join us in Brazil and visit one of the world's largest intact rainforests and coastal regions!
Learn from Indigenous and local leaders in the Amazon as you immerse yourself in community life, visit local universities, and explore botanical gardens and museums. Major units covered include Indigenous rights, activist filmmaking, global partnerships, community-based archaeology, oral history, media, sustainability, and regional foodways. Places include: Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian Amazon (Marabá, Tucumã, A’Ukre, Pinkaiti).
Purdue University works with Middle Tennessee State University, the Goeldi Museum and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), and non-governmental organizations to offer this program. We travel together to reach the heart of the Brazilian Amazon and coast -- where forest environments, coastal landscapes, and freshwater spaces co-exist to support local to global livelihoods. In a unique partnership for part of the trip, one Mebêngôkre-Kayapó community hosts our group and co-teaches the course alongside non-Indigenous faculty where students have an opportunity to:
Accompany Indigenous filmmaking efforts and activism in the region
Gain hands-on experience in a community-based archaeology project
Learn from elders and community members while visiting gardens, fishing, and taking forest hikes.
Participate in an inclusive conservation partnership with local organizations.
No prerequisites or language or previous travel experience are required. Moderate to strenuous hiking and camping required.
Dates
July 14-Aug 3, 2024
Cost
$4500 (estimated) including on-the-ground hotels and most meals. International airfare is separate.
Learn more
Contact Prof. Laura Zanotti, lzanotti@purdue.edu
