AfroRaiz’s “Flying River” A Showcase of Transformance-Pedagogy

During the first sixteen years of its existence, the Transformance Institute has dedicated itself to the development of an eco-pedagogical paradigm project of ‘Good Living.’ In this video, watch AfroRaiz young dance-percussion artists from Marabá in the Brazilian Amazon perform 'Flying River.’ The piece defends the River Tocantins, anticipates pandemic like COVID-19, and advocates a Good Living future for all!

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Responding and Imagining School Theatre in Buenos Aires

The National State took quick measures in the face of the COVID-19 crisis: closing borders and schools, compulsory quarantine, guaranteeing food. COVID-19 has spread strongly, also in the vulnerable neighbourhoods of the capital (55 in total), and has killed a social worker of the 31st neighbourhood, Ramona Medina, who denounced the lack of water. The Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires is trying to prevent this situation from being replicated in the vulnerable neighbourhoods of the Province (more than 1700). Apart from Covid, there are also many cases of dengue fever.

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Colombia and the Orange Economy (What does it mean for young creatives?)

The color orange has been historically tied to youth and creativity.  Iván Duque’s “La economía naranja. Oportunidad infinita” or  “The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity” seeks to retain, attract, capture and reproduce the talent of highly mobile youth, a group often undervalued socially and poorly rewarded economically in our societies, through aggressive funding of the arts and creative industries.

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