Abstract

This seminar intends to explore the discussion on media and audio-visual contents (documentary) in the light of Epistemologies of the South and Ecology of Knowledges, including theoretical debates and innovative practices that have allowed the university to approach social movements and struggles. First, an introductory conceptual approach to Media and Epistemologies of the South will be carried out at two analytical levels: on the one hand, how the modern media strengthen systems of domination that make other alternatives of humanity and society invisible; on the other, there are innumerable forms of communication beyond hegemonic media technologies in the Global South that explore narratives and present alternatives in terms of sociologies of absences and emergencies. Next, the potential of audio-visual documentary, which despite being a modern and Eurocentric invention, can be incorporated and reinvented as a communication tool in articulation with social struggles, also providing a copious expression of ecology of knowledges. Finally, an example of an articulation between academia and social struggles will be presented, based on the production, distribution and training processes involving video documentaries that portray different realities and social movements in rural Brazil.

Participants
Sofia José Santos - PhD in International Relations and with Communication expertise, she is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Associate Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra.

Marina Fasanello - PhD candidate in the Postgraduate Programme in Health Information and Communication of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation with a dissertation on the documentary and the social movements in rural Brazil. Journalist and educator.

Roberto Novaes - Professor of Agricultural Economics and Rural Labour Relations,  Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is a filmmaker and producer of documentaries on the world of labour and the struggles of rural workers.

Moderator
João Arriscado Nunes - Full Professor of the Faculty of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra.