Sergio Gonzalez Varela – författare

In Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism: Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World, Sergio González Varela examines the mobility of capoeira leaders and practitioners. He analyzes their motivations and spirituality as well as their ability to reconfigure social practices. Varela draws on tourism mobilities, multisited ethnography, global networks, heritage, and the anthropology of ritual and religion in order to stress the commitment, dedication, and value that international practitioners bring to capoeira.For more information, check out A Conversation with Sergio González Varela.

Considering the concept of power in capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian ritual art form, Varela describes ethnographically the importance that capoeira leaders (mestres) have in the social configuration of a style called Angola in Bahia, Brazil. He analyzes how individual power is essential for an understanding of the modern history of capoeira, and for the themes of embodiment, play, cosmology, and ritual action. The book also emphasizes the great significance that creativity and aesthetic expression have for capoeira's practice and performance.

In the past two and a half decades, capoeira has experienced a remarkable global expansion. However, it’s challenging to quantify its full extent. This book aims to explore the diverse reconfigurations and resignifications that capoeira has undergone in the new millennium. It brings together a diverse group of experts from various disciplines, including anthropology, history, ethnomusicology, political science, and social activism. One of the book’s primary objectives is to examine capoeira’s recent resurgence in Africa, where various countries across the continent have witnessed significant practical and ritual innovations. Additionally, the book delves into capoeira’s role as a tool of political discourse and activism in Brazil, the United States, and beyond, and how it has been instrumental in supporting causes advocating for ethnic minorities in Europe and the Middle East. As an art deeply rooted in its African ancestral past, capoeira’s adoption by groups in diverse locations like Ghana, Togo, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, and Angola, demonstrates a revitalization that has yet to be fully explored in capoeira studies. This book seeks to revisit this expansive movement while always keeping its impact in Brazil in mind.The collected texts provide a comprehensive overview of capoeira’s global status, the new territories it has conquered, and its power as an art of resistance. In this context, the concept of resistance becomes crucial in understanding its significance and current influence on the world.

In the past two and a half decades, capoeira has experienced a remarkable global expansion. However, it's challenging to quantify its full extent. This book aims to explore the diverse reconfigurations and resignifications that capoeira has undergone in the new millennium. It brings together a diverse group of experts from various disciplines, including anthropology, history, ethnomusicology, political science, and social activism. One of the book's primary objectives is to examine capoeira's recent resurgence in Africa, where various countries across the continent have witnessed significant practical and ritual innovations. Additionally, the book delves into capoeira's role as a tool of political discourse and activism in Brazil, the United States, and beyond, and how it has been instrumental in supporting causes advocating for ethnic minorities in Europe and the Middle East. As an art deeply rooted in its African ancestral past, capoeira's adoption by groups in diverse locations like Ghana, Togo, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, and Angola, demonstrates a revitalization that has yet to be fully explored in capoeira studies. This book seeks to revisit this expansive movement while always keeping its impact in Brazil in mind.The collected texts provide a comprehensive overview of capoeira's global status, the new territories it has conquered, and its power as an art of resistance. In this context, the concept of resistance becomes crucial in understanding its significance and current influence on the world.

En la antropología, el término "tecnología" no está restringido exclusivamente al dominio de lo científico-industrial. Por el contrario, su uso puede referirse a contextos artísticos, corporales, sociales, conceptuales, estéticos, imaginarios, rituales y espirituales. Este libro hace una revisión de las nociones de tecnología y materialidad en los "márgenes", es decir, en los linderos que entrecruzan las relaciones entre humanos y no humanos. Presentando, por un lado, diferentes casos etnográficos y por el otro, textos de reflexión teórica sobre el tema, el presente volumen explora la manera en que las tecnologías engendran, modifican y se ven envueltas en la disolución o transformación de las relaciones sociales.Las distintas contribuciones de este libro presentan una innovadora reflexión sobre los alcances teóricos, políticos y religiosos de los procesos sociales y culturales en América Latina, centrada en aquellas técnicas mediante las cuales los seres humanos se abren y dan sentido al mundo. Este libro incluye textos de los siguientes autores:Ángel Aedo, Cristóbal Bonelli Iglesias, Diana Espíritu Santo, Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Sergio González Varela, Martin Holbraad, Tim Ingold, Daniel Miller, Johannes Neurath, Helene Risør, Inger Sjørslev, Nico Tassi.

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