Review of Sonorous Worlds: Musical Enchantment in Venezuela
Sonorous Worlds is anthropologist Yana Stainova’s memoir (not her term) of her experiences while researching music among marginalized communities in…
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Theme: Arts and Humanities
Redefining the American Novel
The border crisis between the United States and Latin America has sparked countless headlines and controversies in the past few years. Recently, we’ve heard devastating news of the…
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Museums and Deaf Population in Brazil
We’ve been fascinated that museums, science centers, zoos, planetariums, botanical gardens and other similar places are allied to the informal science learning…
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Modernity in Black and White
For years, one of my favorite pieces in the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) was the iconic Abaporu (1928), by Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral: a canvas…
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A Norwegian-Brazilian Transcultural Encounter
In 1886, the Norwegian-born artist Alfred Emil Andersen exhibited his paintings alongside Edvard Munch, whose iconic “The Scream” would subsequently gain worldwide recognition. Just…
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