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Amid the tragedy of the pandemic, with death, mourning and the cowardly use of the virus as a tool to plunder rights, various forms of cure began to arise, which were found in the territories, hidden in the memories of the elderly. From sadness, the light of resistance is kindled, the power of recreation of the world. In a message to a Xavante friend who was able to cure himself from the virus with song, prayer and traditional roots, Ailton Krenak responded with the beautiful poem that provides the title of this project, written so that we never forget, as he never forgets: \u201cBecause it never knew the goodness that the sky holds from up high\u201d. Combining news and feelings, Krenak wrote the poem, producing art, to not remain paralyzed and weeping. It is a poem that carries the dream, with light and color, to face this sad moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Sky arises from the international research project known as \u2018Sustainable\u2019 Development and Atmospheres of Violence: Experiences of Environmental Defenders
financed by the British Academy, which materialized along with the other project, Mapping Indigenous Rights Abuses in Northeast Brazil, and an emergency research plan to investigate the impacts of Covid-19 among the Indigenous peoples. The latter two projects are financed by the University of Sussex, in Great Britain. In an interdisciplinary movement and in a network, we use three research methodologies from political ecology, and the environmental humanities: reports of the experiences of the defenders, cartographies of conflicts realized by Indigenous researchers and students, and works by Indigenous artists about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, associated to the ecological conflicts experienced by the communities. The result is presented on this website, in a mapping and virtual exhibit, which interlink in Another Sky, and with the international network Atmosferas de Viol\u00eancia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From these territories of art and war emerge different forms of resistance, narratives, constructions and reconstructions of worlds torn by conquest, colonialism and capitalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We combine here the complexity of the contemporary Indigenous struggles: art and war. The mapping was conducted by Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers associated to the project, particularly students from three universities in Bahia: the Federal University at Bahia (UFBA), the Federal University at Rec\u00f4ncavo da Bahia (UFRB) and the State University of Bahia (Uneb). This is not a complete mapping, but a continuing process under construction. The idea is that the survey, in a partnership with this network of universities with the Indigenous movements, will continue, by including new and revised descriptions of conflicts; and simultaneously improving the descriptions already realized. It is also hoped that the project will develop by making visible not only the Indigenous resistance, as in the current work, but particularly those that perpetuate the violence and invasions of territories and Indigenous lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conjunction with the mapping of the ecological conflicts, artworks were created by 15 Indigenous artists, as well as a documentary directed by two Indigenous filmmakers, Graciela Guarani and Alexandre Pankararu. The art that illuminates this constellation was created by the artist and designer Denilson Baniwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For another horizon of conviviality of differences, new worlds, that are more just and egalitarian, and another Sky suspended on high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project coordinators:<\/strong> Mary Menton (SSRP\/University of Sussex), Felipe Milanez (IHAC\/UFBA), Jurema Machado (CAHL\/UFRB) and Felipe Cruz Tux\u00e1 (Opar\u00e1\/Uneb)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project credits<\/strong>
Um Outro C\u00e9u \/ Another Sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Sussex; Universidade Federal da Bahia Federal University at Bahia<\/a> – Instituto de Humanidades, Artes e Ci\u00eancias Professor Milton Santos The Professor Milton Santos Institute for the Humanities, Arts and Sciences<\/a>, Programa Multidisciplinar de P\u00f3s-Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Cultura e Sociedade The Multi-disciplinary Graduate Program in Culture and Society<\/a>, Grupo de Estudos Multidisciplinares em Cultura Multidisciplinary Studies Group in Culture<\/a>; Universidade Federal do Rec\u00f4ncavo da Bahia Federal University of Rec\u00f4ncavo da Bahia<\/a> – Centro de Artes, Humanidades e Letras Center of Arts, Humanities , Literature and Language<\/a>, Grupo de Pesquisas Mem\u00f3rias, Processos Identit\u00e1rios e Territorialidades no Rec\u00f4ncavo da Bahia Group for Studies of Memories, Identity Processes and Territorialities in the Rec\u00f4ncavo of Bahia<\/a>; Universidade do Estado da Bahia State University of Bahia<\/a> – Centro de Pesquisas em Etnicidades, Movimentos Sociais e Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Research Center of Ethnicities, Social Movements and Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projeto de pesquisa \/ Research project<\/strong>
Desenvolvimento \u201cSustent\u00e1vel\u201d e Atmosferas de Viol\u00eancias: Experi\u00eancias de Defensores Ambientais \/ \u201cSustainable\u201d Development and Atmospheres of Violence: Experiences of Environmental Defenders
Coordination: <\/strong>Mary Menton (Universidade de Sussex) and Felipe Milanez (UFBA)
Financing:<\/strong> British Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projeto de pesquisa \/ Research project<\/strong>
Mapeamento das Viola\u00e7\u00f5es aos Direitos Ind\u00edgenas no Nordeste do Brasil \/ Mapping Violations of Indigenous Peoples Rights in Northeastern Brazil
Coordination: Mary Menton (Universidade de Sussex), Jurema Machado (UFRB), Felipe Milanez (UFBA) and Felipe Cruz Tux\u00e1 (Uneb)
Financing: UKRI-Research England GCRF\/Universidade de Sussex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Execu\u00e7\u00e3o\/ Project implementation<\/strong>
Funda\u00e7\u00e3o de Apoio \u00e0 Pesquisa e \u00e0 Extens\u00e3o (Fapex)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artistas premiades \/ Awarded artists<\/strong>
Arissana Patax\u00f3 (Bahia)
Eduarda Yacun\u00e3 Tux\u00e1 (Bahia)
Glic\u00e9ria Tupinamb\u00e1 (Bahia)
Olinda Yawar Tupinamb\u00e1 (Bahia)
Edivan Fulni-\u00f4 (Pernambuco)
Leide Pankararu (Pernambuco)
Lindaura Xukuru-Kariri (Pernambuco\/Alagoas)
Ziel Karapot\u00f3 (Alagoas)
Ben\u00edcio Pitaguari (Cear\u00e1)
Reginaldo Kanind\u00e9 (Cear\u00e1)
Arawi Suru\u00ed (Par\u00e1)
Irekran Kayap\u00f3 (Par\u00e1)
Kryt Gavi\u00e3o Akr\u00e3tikatej\u00ea (Par\u00e1)
Isael Maxakali (Minas Gerais)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pr\u00eamio especial \/ Special award<\/strong>
Ailton Krenak, Minas Gerais. Autor do poema Um Outro C\u00e9u \/ Author of the poem Another Sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comit\u00ea cienti\u0301fico de indica\u00e7\u00e3o dos artistas \/ Scientific committee for selection of artists<\/strong>
Mary Menton, Jurema Machado, Felipe Milanez, Felipe Cruz Tux\u00e1, Denilson Baniwa, Cristiane Pankararu, Alexandre Pankararu, Graciela Guarani, Paola Barreto, Naurinete Reis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolsistas \/ Student interns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n