Programme

24 June 2026
_{Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden}

09:00 Opening and presentation of the mini-course
Introduction to the themes of the mini-course, focusing on the relationships between the Amazon, colonial memory, vegetal life, contemporary art, and narrative disputes in archives, scientific institutions, and spaces for the preservation of memory.

09:30 Discussion with students and tour of the Botanical Garden
Guided walk focusing on selected trees and plants in the Botanical Garden, linking discussions on colonial memory, Indigenous and Afro-diasporic histories, living archives and plant landscapes.

14:30 Lecture and conversation with José Diniz
Conversation centred on brazilwood, its materialities, histories, memories and contemporary reverberations.

25 June 2026
_{Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, Rio de Janeiro}

09:30 Lecture and conversation with Rosana Paulino
Discussion on processes of artistic creation, memory, vegetal life, history and interventions in historical archives.

11:00 Lecture and conversation with Denilson Baniwa
Art, cosmology, archives, storytelling and disputes over memory in dialogue with the themes of the event.

16:00 Closing conversation
Collective debate between participants and guests, bringing together the themes discussed throughout the mini-course and reflecting on the Amazon, art, archives and memory