Darién J. Davis, Iméra fellow in 2021, will present the results of his research at the international conference “Parole artistique, parole médiatique: parcours et performances politiques au Brésil et en France” in São Paulo from 27 to 29 August 2025.
Credit: Magno Borges, visual artist with Agência Mural and founding member of the MMaxixe studio – @caputmagno on Instagram.
Afrodiasporic exchanges and the circulation of Afro-Brazilian cultures in Marseille: from the 1980s to the present day
Darién J. Davis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, will present an article on Afro-Brazilian links in Marseille, based on work carried out during his residency at Iméra in 2021 as holder of the Fulbright/Iméra Chair in Migration Studies.
The paper in question is titled Échanges afrodiasporiques et circulation des cultures afrobrésiliennes à Marseille: des années 1980 à nos jours (Afrodiasporic exchanges and the circulation of Afro-Brazilian cultures in Marseille: from the 1980s to the present day in English). He will be speaking on Wednesday 27 August at 5pm during a session on Narratives in Transit.
“Parole artistique, parole médiatique: parcours et performances politiques au Brésil et en France” (Artistic words, media words: political paths and performances in Brazil and France)
The international conference “Parole artistique, parole médiatique: parcours et performances politiques au Brésil et en France” is being organised by the Institut Français de Presse (IFP) of the Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP), as part of an international university cooperation programme launched in 2023.
