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Translation as a Political Act--Dwelling in Florestania: A Conversation with Alex Brostoff and Jamille Pinheiro Dias
Today it is truly a special honor to welcome Alex Brostoff and to Jamille Pinheiro Dias Speaking Out of Place. This is a wide-ranging conversation, recorded right after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s surprise victory in Brazil’s presidential elections on October 25, 2026. We focus on the act of translation as a political act, with particular attention to the translation of Indigenous and quilombola knowledge and practice as found in the works of thinkers such as Ailton Krenak and Nêgo Bispo. We talk about translation’s importance in coalition building that is anti-capitalist and anti-fascist…
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