The Second Gathering of Amazonian Bowls – Afro-Indigenous Women and Countercolonial Experimentations, under the theme “Crossings, Weavings, Communication Challenges for Life,” is committed to bringing women together to reflect on violent and nonviolent communication, engage in dialogue about the importance of knowledge exchange, and practice spirituality from feminine, feminist, and Amazonian perspectives.
The elements Air, Earth, Water, and Fire are used as both the method and methodology, forming the foundation of this gathering.
Welcoming, Compassion, and the Celebration of Life.
General Objective:
Promote spaces for countercolonial learning and listening among women from the Amazon.
Specific Objectives:
- Practice interdisciplinarity in knowledge and ways of producing knowledge, focusing on the actions of Amazonian women in both urban and forest contexts;
- Learn about care, self-care, spirituality, interculturality, and pluriculturality;
- Strengthen alliances between the academic/university community and organizations of Amazonian women;
- Encourage self-care among women, youth, and children of the Amazon.
Why do this?
In a world marked by the escalation of violence, especially violence against women and children, the women of the Amazon are organizing this gathering to:
a) reflect on violent and nonviolent communication in our daily lives;
b) discuss the importance of exchanging knowledge and experiencing spirituality from feminine, feminist, and Amazonian perspectives;
c) learn, together, how to care for our bodies and our souls;
d) embody hope and dance life.
Program
Date: July 18, 2026
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: AMARN Headquarters (let’s decide whether to include the address. I think we should.)
8:30 a.m. – Welcome
- Welcoming ritual (fragrant water or essential oil placed on each participant’s hands)
- Circle dance and Indigenous dance
9:00 a.m. – Celebrating the elements that make up our bodies: Air, Earth, Water, and Fire
(Bowls representing the elements will be presented by women: Indigenous, Black, White, riverside, non-Indigenous, LGBTQIAPN+, etc.)
Sharing Life: What brings us together? What connects us? Compassion, respect, affection, care, compliments…
- Circle dance and Indigenous dance
12:00 p.m. – Closing: Shared lunch.
Organized by:
- Ligação Extension Program – Communication, Nature, and Citizenship in the Amazon (FIC–UFAM);
- Indigenous Teacher Education Program, Faculty of Education (FACED/UFAM);
- Association of Indigenous Women from the Rio Negro Living in Manaus (AMARN);
- Amazonian Front for the Mobilization in Defense of Indigenous Rights (FAMDDI).
Support:
- Association of UFAM Faculty Members (ADUA).
