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Art, Contemporary Art, Latin-american culture, Communication, Decoloniality
Brazil

Biography

I am a professor, art critic and researcher. I research the fields of culture and art, with a strong emphasis on Latin American Contemporary Art, in conjunction with my work as a lecturer at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB). I seek to investigate the relationship between art and "decoloniality", from the intersection between race, ethnicity, gender, geopolitics and social class, and in aesthetic-political practices, in spaces of activism, protest and social movements. I am interested in investigating collective aesthetics as an integral and radicalizing force, in rural and urban spaces, and the possible formation of a system of transcultural articulation, based on the idea that cultural difference is less based on territorial borders, but rather in identifying bonds between peripheral networks. My research is also focused on the visual art, performing, cinema, and Its relationship with the collective identities, reconstructed, in recent times, in unprecedented ways through the complex interlocution between religion, territoriality, race, class, ethnicity, gender, nationality, human rights, ecology, feminism, cultural rights.

Activities

Employment (1)

Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia: Itabuna, Bahia, BR

2015-10-05 to present | Professor (Interdisciplinary Degree in Arts and Technologies/Master's Program in Teaching and Ethno-Racial Relations )
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Leeds: Leeds, UK, GB

2023-03-01 to 2024-12-20 | Post_doctoral/Visiting Researcher (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies)
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Universidade de São Paulo: São Paulo, São Paulo, BR

2011-12-05 to 2014-12-02 | PHD (Program in Integration of Latin America (PROLAM))
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Universidade de São Paulo: São Paulo, BR

2005-04-02 to 2008-04-01 | Master (Interunit Graduate Program in Aesthetics and History)
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Universidade Estadual Paulista: Bauru, São Paulo, BR

1992-02-02 to 1995-12-08 | Journalism (Social communication )
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Professional activities (4)

European Network of Brazilianists Working in Cultural Analysis (REBRAC): London, GB

2022 to present
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International Association of Art Critics (AICA): Paris, FR

2012-03 to present
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Brazilian Association of Art Critics (ABCA): São Paulo, BR

2009-05 to present | Member
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AICA International: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2012-10 | Young Critic Award (AICA's Awards)
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Funding (6)

Revolution from the Margins: The Decolonial Turn in the Brazilian Contemporary Art World

2023 to present | Grant
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Brasília, GB)
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Funding for the Brazilian Association of Art Critics Annual Congress 2020

2020 to present | Grant
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Ministry of Education (MEC) (Brasília, BR)
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Indigenous and contemporary arts

2019 to 2022 | Grant
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Brasília, BR)
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Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires city: support for the new urban art

2011 to 2014 | Salary award
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) (São Paulo, BR)
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Horror and enchantment in the art of Francisco Brennand: the mythical and ritualistic dimension and the tragic vision in the artist's work

2005 to 2008 | Salary award
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) (São Paulo, BR)
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Places of Art: An Analysis of the Teaching of Arts in the Basic Education Network

Grant
Federal University of Southern Bahia (Itabuna, BR)
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Alessandra Simões Paiva

Works (18)

Florestas vivas e partilhas estéticas

Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies
2024-12-29 | Journal article | Author
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https://tidsskrift.dk/bras/article/view/143875

Part of ISSN: 2245-4373
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Dismantling Boundaries: Impacts of the Decolonial Movement on Brazilian Art Institutions

Art Style Magazine
2024-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Decolonial Twists and Turns of the Tupinambá Cloak

Vista - Revista de Cultura Visual
2024-02-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Reviravoltas Decoloniais do Manto Tupinambá: Três Artistas Mulheres e Seus Trabalhos em Torno do Artefato que Se Tornou Ícone da Identidade Brasileira

Vista
2024-02-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Armadilhas da representação: a corrida institucional pela reparação histórica na virada decolonial na arte brasileira

ARTES E PRÁTICAS CULTURAIS
2024-02-01 | Book chapter
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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SACUDINDO A POEIRA OCIDENTAL: A AESTHESIS DECOLONIAL E AS TEORIAS DA ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA

Formas de Vida - Anais do 32º Encontro Nacional da ANPAP
2023 | Working paper
Contributors: Alessandra Mello Simões Paiva
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The Dissolution of the Cognitive Empire: Brazilian Street Art During the Pandemic and the Urban Landscape as a Medium for Decolonial Poetics

Alternautas
2023-12-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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ESCALA Collection: A British Collection and its Connections with the Internationalization of Latin American Art

Art in Translation
2023-11-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-1310
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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A “virada decolonial” na arte contemporânea brasileira: até onde mudamos?

Revista VIS: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Visuais
2023-03-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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A arte contemporânea indígena em constelações tecno-poéticas

Revista Arte&Crítica
2022 | Magazine article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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A virada decolonial na arte brasileira

Editora Mireveja
2022 | Book
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Reapropriar para reparar: o centenário da Semana de 22 sob a ótica decolonial

Revista USP
2022-12-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2316-9036
Part of ISSN: 0103-9989
Contributors: Alessandra Simões
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Corpos insurgentes: o contundente panorama da arte feminista na américa latina no recente livro da pesquisadora argentina Andrea Giunta

Palíndromo
2022-01-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2175-2346
Part of ISSN: 1984-9532
Contributors: Alessandra Mello Simões Paiva
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A fotografia-corpo de Marela Bonfim

Prêmio Pipa 2021
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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A hora e a vez do decolonialismo na arte brasileira

Revista Visuais
2021-06-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Aos que sempre lutaram - o 'filme-carta' como artefato poético de aprendizagem

Livro em Roda: Elos entre Aldeia, Escola Indígena e Universidade
2020 | Book chapter
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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Resistências poéticas: arte, crítica e direitos humanos - Jornada da Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Arte

2020 | Edited book
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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São Paulo e Buenos Aires: cidades suporte para a nova arte urbana

2017 | Book
Contributors: Alessandra Simões Paiva
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