Programme (provisional)

14h-14h15 | Introduction to the Event
Patrícia Vieira, CES, University of Coimbra (face-to-face)

14h15-15h00 | Of Currents and Whirlpools: Hydraulic Forces and Human Labour in Amazonia
Javier Uriarte, Stony Brook University (face-to-face)
Focusing on the writings of Colombian engineer Miguel Triana from the early twentieth century, and considering the drastic transformations in the Amazonian landscape today as a consequence of the construction of hydroelectric power plants, this talk comparatively studies the ways in which river currents have been described, imagined and thought of in the Amazonian region.

15h15-16h00 | Hydroelectrics Reimagined: Art and Ecofeminism in Belo Monte
Victoria Saramago, University of Chicago (online)
This talk discusses how the impact of the construction of large-scale hydroelectric dams has been addressed in contemporary works of literature and visual arts. Drawing on the case of the Belo Monte dam, I examine issues such as the struggle for visibility and processes of narrativization through what I identify as an ecofeminist trend in current production.

16h15-17h | El Río: Discourses on Multispecies Relations
Juan Carlos Galeano, Florida State University (face-to-face)
El Río is a documentary about rivers that serves as a reflection on the sophisticated systems of knowledge and scientific literacy that the Amazonian communities have developed to interpret globalization, climate change and the controversial human relationships with rivers, ecosystems and the species that inhabit them.

17h15-18h | Roundtable Discussion with the Participants