Xingu Encounter

该项目是在大量研究的基础上开展的，这些研究探讨了土著和非土著文化之间文化交流的价值、公平和合乎道德的交流模式，以及研究如何能够促进土著知识和文化的保护，以及巴西和其他地区土著人民的可持续社会经济发展。在过去的四年里，遗产和AIKAX已经吸引了来自英国和巴西的创意和文化专业人士，以及来自不同学科的学者，与土著研究人员和艺术家的广泛合作。这一后续提案响应了在巴西和世界范围内日益增加的政治和环境威胁的背景下捍卫土著知识，文化和领土的需求。特别的催化剂是发现有人蓄意破坏一个圣地，那里的石刻记录了生活在辛古地区的Waujá人和Kuikuro人祖先的神话故事。利用数字技术创建原始洞穴的3D物理复制及其古老图像，同时举办一个展览，记录2018年令人震惊的雕刻破坏，并提供解释性材料，以支持观众参与文物对Kuikuro和Waujá人的重要性，Factum Arte/Factum Foundation将在2019年威尼斯双年展期间在威尼斯市中心制作一个为期一个月的高调装置。这一艺术和技术声明旨在对现实世界产生影响：响应提高对土著人民面临的风险的认识的迫切需要，同时传播新的手段，以保护和提供非-西蒙·麦克伯尼和戏剧公司Complicite将合作制作一个为期两天的国际论坛“遭遇”，将对土著人民和生活方式的威胁框定为一个关键的当代这是全球社会的问题。将邀请15名土著和15名非土著嘉宾出席，共同应对土著人民环境和遗产被抹去所面临的挑战。他们将讨论我们如何应对土著合作伙伴确定的具体需求，以公平和道德的方式增加公众对研究结果的了解和利益相关者的参与。虽然这些活动是由合作伙伴Factum和Complicite的慷慨捐助产生的，但这一应用程序将使Paul Heritage和四位巴西土著发言人，艺术家，法律的和政治活动家/倡导者前往威尼斯参加为期一周的活动，把以前的研究工作成果引起全球的注意（促使国际媒体关注土著文化遗产的脆弱性以及合作小组正在制定的帮助土著社区保护的方法联合国千年目标承认土著文化和社区在保护环境、防止毁林、保护生物多样性和应对气候变化方面的重要作用。然而，巴西正在进入一个新的阶段，土著社区日益受到环境变化、破坏性集约耕作方法的侵蚀、短期商业开发和全球地缘政治压力的攻击，使他们的存在受到质疑。这个后续项目与更广泛的讨论有关艺术和文化在保存与当代地缘政治和社会辩论有关的知识的价值。它动员了人权委员会资助的研究，并将其传播给广大公众，要求受众关注问题，解决方案以及我们指尖的创新方法和技术，这些方法和技术有助于创造一个更加公正和可持续的世界。

This project builds on a large body of research that has explored the value of cultural exchange between indigenous and non-indigenous cultures, models for equitable and ethical forms of exchange, and how research can contribute both to the preservation of indigenous knowledge and culture, and to sustainable socio-economic development for indigenous people in Brazil and beyond. Over four years HERITAGE and AIKAX have engaged a broad range of collaborators from creative and cultural professions in the UK and Brazil, and academics from a diverse range of disciplines, with indigenous researchers and artists.This follow-on proposal responds to the need to defend indigenous knowledge, cultures and territories in a context of increasing political and environmental threats, in Brazil and worldwide. The particular catalyst was the discovery of deliberate vandalism of a sacred site where mythical stories of the ancestors of Waujá and Kuikuro people living in the Xingu region were recorded through rock carvings. Using digital technologies to create a 3D physical reproduction of the original cave with its ancient images, alongside an exhibition documenting the shocking destruction of the carvings in 2018 and offering interpretative material to support audiences in engaging with the significance of the cultural artefacts to the Kuikuro and Waujá people, Factum Arte/ Factum Foundation will produce a high-profile installation in central Venice for one month during the 2019 Biennale. This artistic and technological statement aims at a real-world impact: responding to the urgent need to raise awareness of the risks to of indigenous peoples, whilst disseminating new means to preserve and provide non-harmful access to indigenous cultures.Simon McBurney and theatre company Complicite will partner to produce a two day international forum 'Encounter' which frames the threats to indigenous people and ways of life as a critical contemporary issue for the global community. 15 indigenous and 15 non-indigenous guests will be invited to attend, coming together to address the challenges faced by the erasure of indigenous peoples' environment and heritage. They will discuss how we can respond to the specific needs identified by the indigenous partners for increased public exposure to, and stakeholder engagement with, the key findings of the research in an equitable and ethical way.While the events are being produced by generous contributions from partners Factum and Complicite, this application will enable Paul Heritage and four Brazilian indigenous speakers, artists, legal and political activists/advocates to travel for a week to participate in these events in Venice, bringing the results of the previous research work to global attention (up to and bringing international press attention to the fragility of indigenous cultural heritage and the methods that the collaborative team is developing to help indigenous communities protect it.The United Nations Millennium goals recognised the vital role of indigenous culture and communities in protecting the environment, preventing deforestation, preserving bio-diversity and combating climate change. Yet Brazil is entering a new phrase where indigenous communities are increasingly under attack from environmental change, the encroachment of destructive intensive farming methods, short-term commercial exploitation and global geopolitical pressures that bring into question their very existence. This Follow-on project connects with wider discussions about the value of arts and culture in preserving knowledge relevant to contemporary geo-political and social debates. It mobilises AHRC-funded research and disseminates it to a broad public, demanding that audiences pay attention, to the problems, to the solutions and to the innovative methodologies and technologies at our fingertips that can contribute to creating a more just and sustainable world.