ArchaeoCafé - Episode 15 - Histories of the Amazon: An interview with Anne Rapp Py-Daniel and Myrtle Pearl Shock

In this episode, I talk with Anne Rapp Py-Daniel and Myrtle Pearl Shock about the importance of local history, particularly the long period of pre-European history in Brazil, and their initiative “Arqueologia nas Escolas: Histórias da Amazônia” which is introducing local histories and hands-on learning to the public school curriculum in Pará state, in the northeast of Brazil.

Episode notes are available on the ArchaeoCafé website.
http://archaeocafe.kvasirpublishing.com/archaeocafe-podcast-ep-15-rapp-py-daniel-and-shock/

About Anne Rapp Py-Daniel

Dr. Py-Daniel is a professor of archaeology at the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA) in the city of Santarém, in northeastern Brazil. Her work focuses on the archaeology of death, taphonomic processes, particularly in the Amazon. She is currently working on the dissemination of archaeological knowledge in to the public.

Web:
https://ufopa.academia.edu/AnneRappPyDaniel
https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=Ds5ZptMAAAAJ
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne_Rapp_py-daniel
http://lattes.cnpq.br/2636987367384833

About Myrtle Pearl Shock

Dr. Shock is a professor of archaeology at the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA) in the city of Santarém, in northeastern Brazil. Her work focuses on issues of environmental management and plant cultivation in the lowlands, cerrado and tropical forest, through palaeoetnobotanical research.

Web:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x7NgiQ8AAAAJ
http://lattes.cnpq.br/5738499175959946

Some useful terminology and links

Arqueologia nas Escolas: histórias da Amazônia
An intiative to disseminate and democratize the knowledge produced by archaeological research carried out in Monte Alegre and Santarém, Pará, Brazil.
https://www.facebook.com/Arqueologia-nas-Escolas-Histórias-da-Amazônia-1575686789189174/

Projeto “Arqueologia nas Escolas” recebe Menção Honrosa do Prêmio Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade
https://www.ecoamazonia.org.br/2019/12/projeto-arqueologia-escolas-recebe-mencao-honrosa-premio-rodrigo-melo-franco-andrade/

Projeto “Arqueologia nas Escolas” recebe Menção Honrosa do Prêmio Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade
https://www.museu-goeldi.br/noticias/projeto-201carqueologia-nas-escolas201d-recebe-mencao-honrosa-do-premio-rodrigo-melo-franco-de-andrade

Ufopa lança material didático sobre arqueologia amazônica para escolas públicas da região
http://www2.ufopa.edu.br/ufopa/noticias/2018/fevereiro/ufopa-lanca-material-didatico-sobre-arqueologia-amazonica-para-escolas-publicas-da-regiao

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