On this episode James talks with Erica Lorraine Williams, Assistant Professor at Spelman College and author of 'Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements.' They discuss Erica’s book, which explores how Brazil’s sex tourism industry affects Afro-Brazilian women’s lives in the Brazilian state of Bahia. They also look more broadly at how Afro-Brazilian women have been impacted by the election of president Jair Balsanaro, and the ways they have organized to resist this current regime.

You can learn more about Erica's book here: [https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/67nsg8gz9780252037931.html]

How Black Feminists Activists Are Resisting Brazil’s Conservative Turn

October 1, 2020 - CRG Thursday Forum 

Thirty years after the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), only one-third of Native American ancestral remains have been repatriated from museums. UC Davis NAGPRA Project Manager Megon Noble presents case studies and discusses ongoing consultation and repatriation efforts with Native American governments and communities, in conversation with Lauren Kroiz, Associate Professor of Art History and Faculty Director of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

Co-sponsored by the Decolonizing Museums Working Group.

Links with additional information: 
UC's Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Policy(https://www.ucop.edu/research-policy-analysis-coordination/policies-guidance/curation-and-repatriation/index.html)
UC Berkeley NAGPRA Policy
(https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/nagpra/nagpra-policy)

Restoring Rights, Returning Ancestors, and Building Relationships

The Center for Race and Gender (CRG) is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of California, Berkeley that fosters explorations of race, gender, and their intersections.

Restoring Rights, Returning Ancestors, and Building Relationships

Center for Race & Gender

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