Mecila

@mecila.bsky.social

We're an international centre for advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences, based in São Paulo.

📢 Mecila Annual Meeting 2026 "Conviviality-Inequality between the Global and the Planetary" 🗓️ 01–03 September 2026 📍 IEB-USP (01–02 Sep) & Cebrap (03 Sep), São Paulo ✨ Keynotes by muSa michelle maMuzzi and Denilson Baniwa 📝 Register here: mecila.net/en/2026-annu...

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Open calls for 2027! > Postdoctoral Fellow: from January 2027 until July 2028 > Senior Fully Funded Fellow: to take place between February and November 2027 > Senior Sabbatical Fellow: to take place between February and November 2027 📅 Applications until 12 July 2026 👉 mecila.net/en/calls

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Today! We're happy to host the guest lecture "Social Capital and Inequalities in Contemporary Argentina" by Prof. Dr. Juan Piovani (Universidad Nacional de La Plata / Mecila). From 2:00–4:00 PM he will be at the Room LAI 201 – Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin.

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No início desse ano a Folha de S.Paulo convidou 100 especialistas de diversos campos para eleger os 100 livros de não ficção mais importantes publicados no século 21 no Brasil. O objetivo foi o de expandir uma primeira lista que já havia sido selecionada em 2025.

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Mecila was proud to participate in the opening event of the new framework programme for the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) in Berlin on 18–19 May 2026. 📷️ by Sukriti Manocha.

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👉 O Mecila está com 1 vaga de estágio aberta! A/o estagiária/o irá apoiar a área de comunicação, publicações, eventos acadêmicos e coordenação institucional do Centro. 📍 São Paulo 🕒 20h semanais 📅 Início previsto: julho de 2026 📅 Inscrições abertas até 29 de maio. mecila.net/pt/chamada/o...

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📅 Next week!!! Join us on Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 18:00 CET for a lecture by Maristella Svampa (CeDInCI, Universidad Nacional de San Martín / Conicet, Argentina): “Policrisis, conflictos y narrativas sobre la transición ecosocial. Perspectivas desde América Latina”.

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No dia 29 de abril, Marcial Suárez (Universidade Federal Fluminense/ Ex- Fellow Mecila) e Juliana Lugão (Mecila Scientific Manager) participaram do “Fórum sobre democracia, soberania e participação: perspectivas da diversidade social”, promovido pela CLACSO em parceria com a PUC-SP.

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📅 Next week!!! Join us on Tuesday, 12 May at 18:00 CET for a lecture by Miguel A. García (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Conicet, Argentina / Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung): “Un archivo en el que todo confluye. Sobre los procesos de datificación, plataformización y virtualización del sonido”.

Un archivo en el que todo confluye. Sobre los procesos de datificación, plataformización y virtualización del sonido

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📅 Next week!!! Join us on 29 April at 18:00 CET for a lecture by Carolina Correia dos Santos (UERJ / AvH Foundation / Research Fellow at the IAI): “The Writing of the River: Winding Lines between Science, Power, and Ecology in Euclides da Cunha’s Amazon.”

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🎉 Great news for transregional Latin American studies! As of the bginning of the month, the Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (Mecila), coordinated by the Freie Universität Berlin, enters a new funding phase through March 2029.

Internationales Forschungskolleg Mecila stärkt transregionale Lateinamerikaforschung der Freien Universität Berlin

Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt unterstützt Forschungszentrum bis März 2029

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O Mecila convida para o colóquio "Sobre la colonialidad del Estado", com apresentação da ex-senior Fellow Ina Kerner, e com comentários do também ex-senior Fellow, Marcial Suarez. 📅 Data: 16 de abril de 2026 ⏰ Horário: 14h 📍 Local: Auditório do Cebrap (São Paulo) 🗣️ Idioma: Espanhol

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In late March 2025, two Indigenous representatives of the Apyãwa-Tapirapé people, Makato Tapirapé and Paroo'i Tapirapé, travelled to Germany alongside Ana Coutinho (Mecila Fellow) for a week-long visit focused on cultural heritage, ancestral collections, and the ongoing debate around restitution.

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👉 On March 26 the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (RJM) with the support of Mecila will hold the roundtable: “One Mask, Many Meanings: Indigenous Perspectives on a Mask from the Brazilian Amazon - Roundtable with Guests from the Brazilian Amazon”.

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Join us on Friday, March 27, 2026 (10:00–15:00) for the workshop: “Circulation and Transformation of Ype Masks among the Apyãwa-Tapirapé since 1960” 📍 Department for Anthropology of the Americas, University of Bonn Room 1001 📩 Please, register at lgarcias@uni-bonn.de by March 20th.

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In 2026, the Freie Universität Berlin and El Colegio de México, both members of the Mecila consortium, celebrate two decades of fruitful academic collaboration. To mark this milestone, researchers and institutional partners will gather in Mexico City on April 7–8 for a special anniversary event.

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O Brasil encontra-se em um momento decisivo do ponto de vista político. Após as profundas transformações dos últimos anos, a relação entre governo, parlamento e judiciário está sendo reconfigurada — com consequências de grande alcance para o futuro da democracia brasileira.

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From December 11 to 13, 2025, Mecila held its international conference, "Exploring the Conviviality–Inequality Nexus: Findings and Prospects". This event marked an important milestone to assess the work developed by the center and to reflect collectively on future directions for collaboration.

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Revueltas populares en América Latina abrieron potentes horizontes de transformación social, pero también dio lugar a restauraciones conservadoras y nuevas disputas por la memoria, la democracia y los derechos humanos. Conferencia con Isabel Piper miércoles, 4 de marzo 🔗 buff.ly/VaQJgdd

Después de las revueltas: memorias en disputa y futuros posibles en América Latina (2019–2025)

Conferencia en el marco del ciclo de conferencias IAI-Mecila “Diversity / Medialities”

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We recently concluded an intensive three-day international symposium at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin, bringing together experts to discuss the vital role of information infrastructures, Open Science, and digital sovereignty. We thank all the participants for the profound insights!

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