Unpacking: Congolese artists on the migrant experience in São Paulo

Authors

  • Jasper Chalcraft University of Sussex. Department of Sociology
  • Josep Juan Segarra
  • Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji Universidade de São Paulo. Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Languages, and Human Sciences. Department of Anthropology.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2017.129448

Keywords:

Imigration, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Performance, Music

Abstract

Two Congolese artists in São Paulo, Yannick Delass e Shambuyi Wetu encounter each other in performances that we record and recreate. Here, music and art are moments of empowerment, subtle shifts in the visible and auditory spaces of immigration policies.

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Author Biographies

  • Jasper Chalcraft, University of Sussex. Department of Sociology
    Professor visitante do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade de Sussex
  • Josep Juan Segarra
    Graduated in Journalism (Universitat Rovira i Virgili-URV, 2007) and in Social and Cultural Anthropology (URV, 2012, MOU scholarship)
  • Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Languages, and Human Sciences. Department of Anthropology.

    Professor at the Department of Anthropology of the School of Philosophy, Literature and Languages, and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo (FFLCH-USP). Coordinator of the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology and of PAM (Research in Musical Anthropology), vice-coordinator of GRAVI (Group of Visual Anthropology) and member of NAPEDRA (Center of Anthropology, Performance and Drama).

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Published

2017-05-29

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Gesture, image and sounds

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How to Cite

Chalcraft, Jasper, Josep Juan Segarra, and Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji. 2017. “Unpacking: Congolese Artists on the Migrant Experience in São Paulo”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2017.129448.