Fwd: Free Online “Minicourse” for students interested in Brazilian Studies, Latin American Studies or Urban Social Change in the Global South

[Undergrad Advising Global Studies]

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From: Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies <con...@orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Subject: Free Online “Minicourse” for students interested in Brazilian Studies, Latin American Studies or Urban Social Change in the Global South

PLEASE FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO YOUR STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES Join us for a free, online, five-session minicourse, open to graduate and undergraduate students, as well as other interested participants   Introduction to Brazilian Studies via the Rio as Method Scholar-Activist Collective Dates: Fridays: April 10 | April 24 | May 8 | May 22 | June 5 (2026)   Format: Five online sessions with authors of Rio as Method presenting their research   Time: 12:30 – 2:30 pm (PST) | 3:30-5:30 pm (EST)   Eligibility: This seminar is especially suitable for students who do not speak Portuguese but are interested in Brazilian studies, urban anthropology, and contemporary debates on cities.   REGISTER HERE:  https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vRGJMhLCSaqNtmJ0mGwg7Q   For any questions, please email: orfaleacen...@ucsb.edu This course is designed to foster collaboration between classrooms across the US and Brazil drawing upon the resources gathered together for this purpose in the volume Rio as Method: Collective Resistance for a New Generation (Duke University Press). Several of our partnering professors have assigned the book as part of their course readings this term or in the coming 2026-2027 school year.    The course will bring students into direct live dialogue with Brazilian activist scholars who use Rio de Janeiro as a lens to rethink how we study cities, articulate resistance, empower communities and explore new perspectives on urban life, inequality, culture, and social change.   Students do not have to be enrolled in a particular class to register for these free sessions offered online. Students will enjoy the opportunity to meet and learn from Brazilian scholar-activists of the “Rio as Method” collective.   This course is offered by the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at the National Museum of Brazil (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), in partnership with the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA). Each session will include presentations by the authors followed by discussion and dialogue with students. Thank you very much for helping us share this opportunity. Please feel free to circulate the attached poster and this information among your networks.   Copyright © 2026 Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you previously interacted with us. Our mailing address is: Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies MS 2150, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2150 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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Global Studies Undergraduate Advising Team

Meghan Zero + Taylor Ross + Undergraduate Peer Advisors

Email: global-...@ucsb.edu|Appointment info here  

Phone: (805) 893-7860

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