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In this talk Professor Sansonse will present his book,
La Galassia Lombroso: l’Africa e l’America Latina (The Lombroso Galaxy) in which he shows the academic and intellectual exchanges between relatively marginal national anthropologies, such as the Italian and the various Latin American schools. In Brazil, Cuba and Argentina ethnography was powerfully informed by the methods and philosophy of the Italian Scuola Positiva, whose central figure was Cesare Lombroso – physician, psychiatrist, criminologist, anthropologist, collector, hygienist, socialist, Jew, positivist, racist, a
supporter of miscegenation, anti-colonialist and Spiritualist. The talk will mostly focus
on the Brazilian context.
Livio Sansone is full professor of anthropology at the Federal University of
Bahia (UFBA). He is the head of the Factory of Ideas Program – an advanced international course in ethnic and African studies – and coordinates the Digital
Museum of African and Afro-Brazilian Heritage. He has published extensively on youth culture, ethnicity, inequalities, international transit of ideas of race and antiracism, anthropology and colonialism, globalization and heritage with research based in the UK, Holland, Suriname, Brazil, Italy and, recently, Cape Verde, Senegal, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau.
supporter of miscegenation, anti-colonialist and Spiritualist. The talk will mostly focus
on the Brazilian context.
Livio Sansone is full professor of anthropology at the Federal University of
Bahia (UFBA). He is the head of the Factory of Ideas Program – an advanced international course in ethnic and African studies – and coordinates the Digital
Museum of African and Afro-Brazilian Heritage. He has published extensively on youth culture, ethnicity, inequalities, international transit of ideas of race and antiracism, anthropology and colonialism, globalization and heritage with research based in the UK, Holland, Suriname, Brazil, Italy and, recently, Cape Verde, Senegal, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau.
| Building: | Modern Languages Building |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | African Studies Center, Anthropology, Books, Brazil Initiative At Lacs, Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies, Comparative Literature, Culture, Discussion, Diversity, Ethics, Free, Global, In Person, International, Language, Latin America, Lecture, Multicultural, Politics, Race, Romance Languages And Literatures, Social Impact, South America, Talk |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Romance Languages & Literatures, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
