2013
01/06/2013
Christine Dettmann gave a talk on the origin of the berimbau, discussing its possible relationship to the Angolan bow “mbulumbumbumba”: 'A bow across the ocean: Research on the Afro-Brazilian musical bow berimbau, past and present' at the AHRC CMPCP Workshop on 'Orchestras in Global Perspective', IMR London.
11/01/2013 Matthias Röhrig Assunção gave a talk on 'Die angolanischen Wurzeln der Capoeira' at the Iberoamerikanisches Institut der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
23/05/2013 Matthias Röhrig Assunção gave a talk on ‘The Angolan Roots of Capoeira’ at the Latin American Studies Forum, Queen's University Belfast.
2012
29/11/2012-17/01/2013
The project team has launched a crowd funding campaign in order to raise money for the post-production of the documentary. Read more on indiegogo and the film website!
27/11/2012 Mariana P. Candido, Talk “Reexamining the ‘Marginal institution’: The Role of Benguela in the Transatlantic Slave Trade”, talk is part of the Distinguished Africa Lecture Series, University of Chicago.
25/11/2012 Matthias Röhrig Assunção talks on 'Zumbi dos Palmares - Myth and History'; at the Capoeira Angola Musical Instrument Making Workshop on Sunday 25 November, YMCA Stockwell, London SW9 9ES
20/10/2012 Matthias Röhrig Assunção was the guest speaker at 'Capoeira - An Afro-Brazilian Martial Art: History, Culture and Practice', an afternoon of talks, discussion, movement and music to mark Black History Month 2012 at the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland [programme].
15/09/2012 “The Benguelas”. Matthias Röhrig Assunção speaks at a capoeira event on the archeological site of the former Valongo slave market, which has recently been re-discovered in the harbour area of Rio de Janeiro during building works [video clip]. For more on Valongo, a future World Heritage Site, see this from the BBC news.
15/09/2012 ‘Versos e cacetes’. Documentary screening and Question and Answer session with Matthias Röhrig Assunção at Jongo na Telha event [programme].
07/09/2012 Mariana P. Candido, Paper “Uncomfortable past: Talking about slavery in Angola”, XI Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
28-30/08/2012 As raízes angolanas da capoeira. LABHOI 30 anos/30 years. Mesa III, Memória, África, Escravidão. Departamento de História, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ [programme].
17/08/2012 Closing debate of Mariana P. Candido (Princeton University, USA) and Roquinaldo Ferreira (University of Virginia, USA), “Nova historiografia de Angola e perspectivas de pesquisa: temas, arquivos e historiografia”, II Encontro Internacional de Estudos Africanos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroí [programme]
11/08/2012 ‘Versos e cacetes’. Sceening and Q&A during event (93th birthday of Tio Mané (one of the Brazilian performers filmed for the project) at Quilombo São José, municipality of Valença, RJ, Brazil.
‘Versos e cacetes’. Screening and Q&A at Grupo História Social - Trabalho, Cultura e Cidadania no Sul Global, Departamento de História, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Seropedica
11/06/12 - 05/07/12 With the help of the Angolan interpreter Manuel Tchilulu Ntchongolola, important key scenes and interviews were translated from Nyaneka to Portuguese. University of Essex (UK).
26/06/2012 Mariana P. Candido, presentation at debate “L'Angola entre recherche brésilianiste et recherche africaniste”, Le Centre d'Etudes Africanies (EHESS)/ Le Centre Internacional de recherches sur les esclavages (CNRS), Paris.
30/03/2012 Christine Dettmann: “Playing the game: A Brazilian Capoeira Mestre in Angola”. Annual Conference 2012 of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology.
06/03/2012 Christine Dettmann: “Über den Atlantik hinweg: Ethnomusikologische Forschung zur afro-brasilianischen Kampfkunst Capoeira” (“Beyond the Atlantic: Ethnomusicological Research on the Afro-Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira“). University of Berne/SMG (Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft).
2011
01/12/2011 Verses and Cudgels. Stickplaying in the Afro-Brazilian Culture of the Paraiba Valley (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Screening at the 3rd Festival of Research Film, Culture, Diaspora and Citizenship, Cultural Centre Banco do Brasil (CCBB), Rio de Janeiro [programme].
11/11/2011 ‘Versos e cacetes’ III - Seminário Internacional luso-brasileiro, “Media, Identidade, Cidadania”, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH-UNL) [programme].
28/10/2011 Matthias Röhrig Assunção: “Capoeira, 1930-1950. A modernização de uma arte marcial brasileira” (“Capoeira, 1930-1950: The modernization of a Brazilian martial art”), at the International Conference “Brazil in global context, 1870-1945”, Freie University Berlin.
24/10/2011 Christine Dettmann: “Auf den Spuren des Zebras“ (“Tracking the Zebra“), University of Berne.
28/09/2011 Mariana P. Candido, Lecture “An African Slaving Port on the Atlantic World, Benguela, 1600-1850,” African Diaspora Speakers Series at New York University.
10/09/2011 Mestre Cobra Mansa and Matthias Röhrig Assunção gave a lecture about the project and the experiences of the recent fieldtrip to Angola at the 1st South African Capoeira Angola Workshop in Durban/South Africa, “Capoeira do Natal”, 9-11 September 2011.
01/08 - 07/09/2011 Second field trip to Angola with the team, consisting of Matthias Röhrig Assunção, Mestre Cobra Mansa, Richard Pakleppa and Christine Dettmann.
25/08/2011 Mariana P. Candido, Lecture “História da Escravidão num Porto Africano: O Caso de Benguela,” Instituto de História, UFRJ, Brazil.
17/05 - 31/07/2011 Mariana P. Candido’s research and field trips to Portugal (Lisboa: Arquivo Historico Ultramarino; Torre do Tombo) and Angola (fieldwork and archival work in Luanda, Benguela, Dombe Grande, Quilengues and Caconda)
08/04/2011 Christine Dettmann gave a paper “Getting the picture: Reflections on Filmmaking” at the BFE Conference: Mediation, Writing & Performance, University College Falmouth/UK, 7-10 April 2011). Drawing from her experiences of the field trip to Angola, she looks for a feasible approach to filmmaking which acknowledges intersubjective moments during filming.
26/03 - 17/04/2011 Field trip to Brazil with the team, consisting of Matthias Röhrig Assunção, Mestre Cobra Mansa and Richard Pakleppa.
2010
25/11/2010 “Zumbi dos Palmares – Myth and History”. A talk by Matthias Röhrig Assunção at Zumbi dos Palmares Capoeira Angola Meeting, Grupo Amazonas Capoeira, London
24/11/2010 Christine Dettmann presented examples from fieldwork in Brazil and Angola, in order to highlight some differences between urban and rural fieldwork, at the University of Berne/Switzerland, Musicology Department Lecture “Urban music cultures in a global context” by Prof. Dr. Britta Sweers.
28-30/10/2010 “Capoeira, a creole martial art” Paper by M R Assunção at the conference: American Counterpoint: New Approaches to Slavery and Abolition in Brazil. Gilder Lehrman Center’s 12th Annual International Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
20/07 - 02/09/2010 Field trip to Angola with the team, consisting of Matthias Röhrig Assunção, Mestre Cobra Mansa, Richard Pakleppa and Christine Dettmann.
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