table 2: the city against us

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Two fundamental names in contemporary Brazilian literature who, each in their own way, create forms of modern chronicles. Observation of the city and its walls, with a magnifying glass and […]

table 3: from dust we come

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Two brilliant novelists who, through their literary creation, courageously discuss the most difficult issues of life in the diaspora: racism, the position of women, whitening and the founding pain of […]

table 4: the secret life of emotions

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Ilaria Gaspari is a philosopher who looks to the history of ancient philosophy to understand the world and who we are today. Marcela Dantés is a writer who looks at […]

table 5: Inventing in Latin America

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Two of the greatest names in Latin American literature talk about literature and their most recent novels, which reflect on how the climate emergency reaches every corner of the world, […]

table 6: sleeping with the enemy

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Artificial intelligence, data usage policies, consumer choices: big techs are everywhere and controls the world with their silent network. A table to reflect on how they influence our way of […]

table 7: prophecies of the past

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

On the centenary of James Baldwin, two authors bring together such different realities that converse about the legacy of a past marked by violence. In the US, the construction of […]

table 8: peace and gesture

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

The life of a woman told by herself, without traps that lead her to discuss, once again, motherhood or romantic relationships. Women as creators of a unique and living autonomy, […]

Table 9: how to face hate

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Understanding the mechanism of hatred on social media and in society is the central point of political discussion: how social media is used in the construction of polarization and how […]

table 10: knowing the past, aiming for the future

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

A tribute to the most important indigenous leader in the country, who has been at the forefront of spreading the thinking of the indigenous peoples for decades. Alongside him, Txai […]

table 11: discovery in reverse

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Two impressive literary constructions go back to the origins of Brazil to reflect on the formation of the country we are today, by revisiting colonialism and violence against indigenous peoples […]

table 12: there no longer exists

Auditório da Matriz Praça da Matriz, Paraty, RJ

Atef Abu Saif was in Gaza when the bombings began and saw the city completely destroyed and his loved ones killed. Julia Dantas saw her home and neighborhood in Porto […]