Franklin Visiting Scholar Dr. Evelyn Saavedra Autry presenting her talk:

Singing Feminist Chi'ixi+Art Music: Andead Rhythms, Hip-hop, and Indigenous Youth in Contemporary Latin America

Contact: bkaplan@uga.edu

The article "Processing dissociations between raising and control in Brazilian Portuguese" recently appeared in the First View portion of the Journal of Linguistics. This article was co-published by UGA Department of Linguistics alumnus Dr. Douglas Merchant (PhD, 2019) and Dr. Timothy Gupton.

Amandine Gay's documentary Ouvrir la voix is a series of personal interviews of French and Belgian Black women. During this event, we will watch part of this documentary about the necessity for ethnic-based statistics in France. On the website of the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (Insee), we can read the following:

The event offers an opportunity to reveal the distinct and plural Brazilian regions. From the charms of the beauties of the North to the cultural vibrancy of the Northeast, passing through the exuberance of the Central-West, South, and Southeast, we will explore the geographic, cultural, and linguistic singularities that make each region unique.

Brazilian Portuguese has its own pronunciation, structure, and vocabulary that can be traced back to the influence of African enslavement by colonial Portugal in Brazil. In this workshop, you will learn the specifics of the pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese while also learning how it came to be and its relation to Afro-Brazilian culture. 

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