Gardens as a Caminho: Ancestral Plants as Strategy of Indigenous Critique in Contemporary Brazilian Art

FALL LECTURE

Gardens as a Caminho: Ancestral Plants as Strategy of Indigenous Critique in Contemporary Brazilian Art

DR. PATRÍCIA DE NÓBREGA GOMES, POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR, UCLA

NOVEMBER 20TH, 2:00 PM

UCI HG 1030

Dr. Gomes examines how Indigenous artists Denilson Baniwa and urban Native Sallisa Rosa use ancestral plants during artistic residencies to grow gardens as temporary forms of land reclamation in major Brazilian cities, a strategy for decolonial activism and transformative dialogue.

CO-SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STUDIES