The Mind in Hand: Introducing the Knowing Hands ProjectBlog for CAS-E June 2025
Marta Hanson The opportunity to speak on May 27th (2025) in the CAS-E summer semester lecture series, turned out to be a timely and appropriate milieu to introduce the “Knowing Hands” project.1 The Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) will jointly fund this project for three years (6.2025-5.2028). On the ANR […]
Almost a Religion: Spirits, Ancestors, and Powerful Persons in Afro-Brazilian Capoeira
Sergio González Varela Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian ritual that combines elements of martial arts, music, and playfulness. Introduced by slaves in Brazil in the seventeenth century during the colonial period, it maintains strong connections to Africa and the African diaspora. Performed by two practitioners known as players within a circle or combat ring called a […]
