Organizer: Institute for Latin American Studies

Venue: Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI), Freie Universität Berlin, Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56, 2nd floor, Room 201

Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion that brings together voices from the sciences, politics, and the arts to engage in a multifaceted exploration of the Amazon region. The event will delve into the Amazon’s complex past, its pressing nowadays challenges, and ponder visions for possible futures. In an interactive session incorporating fiction, imagery, video, music and other media, panellists will draw on their diverse disciplinary backgrounds and personal experiences to encourage a lively discussion that challenges the current perception of the Amazon as merely 'the lungs of the Earth'. Organised by the Prodigy research project (https://prodigy-biotip.org/) and the Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI/FU), this event forms part of Amazon Week, an initiative of the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin.

More information: https://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/forschung/prodigy/AmazonWeek/index.html and https://www.amazonweek.eu/