De-Romanticizing the Amazon: an interview with Jaider Esbell

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v33i1pe223458

Keywords:

Jaider Esbell, Indigenous Art, Amazon, Indigenous Artist, Indigenous Leadership

Abstract

In this unprecedented interview conducted in 2017, Jaider Esbell recounts his life journey, as well as discusses his relationship with art and central issues of sustainability, Amazon preservation, and the impacts of human action in pursuit of "progress." Over three years, the artist traveled through various regions of the country and abroad, carrying out an itinerant exhibition titled "It was Amazon / Era uma vez Amazônia," where he presented 16 black and white drawings. The project was not sponsored, and its costs were covered by the sale of his works and the assistance of volunteers. Esbell engaged in broad dialogues aimed at adding to resistances and signaling the urgency of a new policy with indigenous peoples and their knowledge. In the realm of arts, Esbell presented his concepts and struggles to break through the barriers of ignorance about indigenous peoples in contemporary Brazilian and global thought. It was during this period that the interview took place.

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Author Biographies

  • Daiane Marques, Federal University of São Paulo

    Doutoranda em História da Arte pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), com graduação em Artes Visuais pela Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (Univasf) e em História pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Pesquisa sobre o protagonismo das artes e dos artistas indígenas a partir de uma relação entre Artes visuais, História da arte e Antropologia. Atualmente está interessado em estudar a presença e a participação indígena em exposições, tais como a Bienal de São Paulo.

  • Delcides Marques, Federal University of São Francisco Valley

    Doutor e Mestre em Antropologia Social pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) e Graduado em Sociologia e Política pela Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo (FESPSP). Professor de Antropologia na Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF). Pesquisador do KRISIS - Laboratório de Antropologia, Filosofia e Política. Estuda as seguintes intersecções : (1) política, tolerância e liberdade; (2) exegese, tradução e filologia; e (3) moralidade, pregação e missão.

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Published

2024-05-14

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2024)

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Interview

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How to Cite

Marques, D., & Marques, D. (2024). De-Romanticizing the Amazon: an interview with Jaider Esbell. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 33(1), e223458. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v33i1pe223458