Space at Galeria Metrópole presents knowledge from communities in the Xingu, Rio Negro and Vale do Ribeira, in addition to publications by the organization and partners
The Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) opens its store and event space in São Paulo on Friday (26/08), at 18 pm. Floresta no Centro is located in the second mezzanine of Galeria Metrópole, in Praça Dom José Gaspar, downtown São Paulo.
The opening event will be a book chat The Desire of Others: An Ethnography of Yanomami Dreams. The author, the anthropologist Hanna Limulja, and the ISA biodiversity specialist Nurit Bensusan participate. The work, published by UBU Editora, was launched in partnership with ISA and the Hutukara Associação Yanomami.
On the same day, there will be commercialization of products from ISA's indigenous, riverside and quilombola partners, from territories in the Xingu, between Mato Grosso and Pará, in the Rio Negro, which covers part of Amazonas and Roraima and in the Ribeira Valley, in São Paulo, as well as publications by the organization and partners that are part of the history of defending the rights of indigenous peoples and traditional communities in Brazil.
Visitors will be able to take home Pimenta Baniwa, Mushroom Yanomami, Chestnut-do-Pará Vem do Xingu, Banana Chips Quilombola, as well as indigenous ceramics and basketry, among other examples of an economy that cares for the forests.
Recent study published by ISA showed that these peoples and their economies are responsible, together, for the protection of one third of the forests in Brazil. In the last 35 years, Indigenous Lands alone have protected 20% of the total national forests.
Come and discover how the ways of life of indigenous people, riverine people and quilombolas are inspiration for a socio-environmentally fair future. Floresta in the Center is open from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 18 pm.
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Service:
Opening of the new ISA store, 'Floresta no Centro', and chat about the book The Desire of Others: An Ethnography of Yanomami Dreams
Address:
Metropolis Gallery
second mezzanine
Dom Jose Gaspar Square
When: August 26th
Open Hours:
From 18h to 21h